Astronomy
You wouldn't believe it, but one planet within our solar system has its day longer than its year! Which is it?
Venus
A certified trivia classic: this bone is considered the strongest in the human body!
Femur (thighbone)
The name given to a basic binary unit!
A bit
In calculus, this funny S symbol ∫ represents what?
Integral
The retrograde type of this condition applies to events prior to a head injury. Anterograde to events after it!
Amnesia
If you hope to continue your space journey, don’t cross this “point of no return” of a black hole; that describes the region where even light can’t escape the gravitational pull!
Event Horizon
This is no laughing matter! While bumping your elbow may result in the classic “Funny Bone” feeling, it is actually the result of pinching this nerve!
Ulnar nerve
The observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years is known as this!
Moore’s Law
Name this famous numerical sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, …
Fibonacci Sequence
This well-known cognitive bias describes the tendency of people with low skill in a specific area to greatly overestimate their abilities, while the highest performers feel the opposite way!
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Named after a constellation, this massive region of space, strangely devoid of galaxies, is also known “The Great Nothing” and was the main character of the most recent Kurzgesagt video!
The Boötes Void
French physician Rene Laennec came up with this device in 1816 to better hear the rhythm of a patient’s heart and lungs; it also helped to make his female patients less uncomfortable, what a gentleman!
Stethoscope
This operating system is known for its quirky penguin mascot, Tux!
Linux
This famous British computer scientist and mathematician is known for leading the team of cryptographers who broke the German Enigma Code during World War II, and also his horrific treatment by the British government afterwards!
Alan Turing
In 1971, Philip Zimbardo managed the research team that conducted this infamous experiment on incarceration, named after the Ivy League school Zimbardo was a professor at!
Stanford Prison Experiment
Also known as the Demon Star, Algol is one of the most famous types of what stellar formation?
Binary Star System
The "Father of Medicine”, the name of this ancient Greek physician lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners!
Hippocrates
Computer enthusiasts have been quite miffed about the shortage of this vital type of memory, caused by high demand for AI data-centers!
RAM
While Isaac Newton often gets credit for inventing calculus, less people know about this contemporary German who independently did his work on the subject around the same time!
Gottfried Leibniz
I’ll be shocked ;] if you know this psychologist who conducted an unethical experiment testing obedience of authority by utilizing electric shocks and participant deception!
Stanley Milgram
Although named after a nuclear physicist famous for his work on the Manhattan Project, this thought experiment deals with the harrowing discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life, and the apparently high likelihood of its existence!
Fermi Paradox
Like fingerprints, what other part of the human body has a unique print?
Tongue
A vital part of the user experience in modern computing, does GUI stand for?
Graphical user interface
This value represents the sum of the first five prime numbers!
2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 = 28
The tendency of participants to act differently from normal in a research study because they know they are being observed!
Hawthorne Effect