Geography
Straddling two continents, Europe and Asia, this major Turkish city was formerly known as Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
This 9-letter French phrase is used universally to describe the false, uncanny feeling of having already experienced a current situation.
What is Déjà vu?
In the periodic table of elements, the letter "K" is the symbol for this highly reactive metal.
What is Potassium?
You're out to dinner and the bill is $45. If you leave exactly a 20% tip, this is your total out-of-pocket cost.
What is $54? (10% is $4.50, so 20% is $9. $45 + $9 = $54)
This singer dominated the 2024 charts with her album Short n' Sweet.
Who is Sabrina Carpenter?
This African country is unique for having three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
What is South Africa?
This psychological term refers to the manipulation tactic where a person makes someone question their own sanity, memory, or perception of reality.
What is Gaslighting?
This term describes the theoretical lowest possible temperature (-273.15 °C or -459.67 °F), at which all molecular motion stops.
What is Absolute Zero?
Add the first five positive prime numbers together to get this total.
What is 28? (2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 = 28)
Stray Kids is managed by this "Big 4" entertainment company
What is JYP Entertainment?
This is the only country in the world that does not have a rectangular or square national flag.
What is Nepal?
Originally a naval phrase, this two-word term now refers to a false clue or a distraction used to mislead readers in a mystery story or movie.
What is a Red Herring?
Introduced by Austrian physicist Erwin, this famous quantum mechanics thought experiment involves a feline that is simultaneously alive and dead inside a box.
What is Schrödinger's Cat?
You take a road trip. You drive the first 60 kilometers at exactly 60 km/h. Traffic hits, and you drive the next 60 kilometers at exactly 30km/h. This is your total travel time.
What is 3 hours? (1 hour for the first leg, 2 hours for the second leg)
This popular internet talk show, hosted by Sean Evans, features celebrities answering in-depth questions while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings.
What is Hot Ones?
This South American capital city is officially the highest in the world, sitting at an elevation of over 11,900 feet (3,600 meters) above sea level.
What is La Paz?
This German word, heavily used in English, describes the feeling of pleasure, joy, or satisfaction derived from witnessing someone else's misfortune.
What is Schadenfreude?
This butterfly-shaped gland located in the human neck is responsible for producing hormones that regulate the body's metabolism.
What is the Thyroid gland?
Calculate 3^3, then multiply that result by 2^2 to get this final number.
What is 108? (3 cubed is 27. 2 squared is 4. 27 x 4 = 108)
In 2024, Kendrick Lamar won the "Big 3" rap beef after releasing this chart-topping diss track with a mustard-yellow cover.
What is "Not Like Us"?
Located in the Atlantic Ocean, this is the only sea on Earth that has no land boundaries, defined solely by ocean currents.
What is the Sargasso Sea?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when competent people suffer from self-doubt and feel like a fraud, fearing they will be "found out" by others.
What is Imposter Syndrome?
Discovered in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider, this subatomic particle is nicknamed the "God Particle" because it is responsible for giving other particles their mass.
What is the Higgs boson?
A classic brain teaser: A bottle of wine and a cork cost $110 in total. The wine costs exactly $100 more than the cork. This is the cost of the cork alone.
What is $5? (If the cork is $5, the wine is $105, which totals $110)
This 2012 song by Psy was the first YouTube video to ever hit 1 billion views, paving the way for the "Hallyu Wave" in the US.
What is "Gangnam Style"?