History
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln.
This organelle is responsible for ATP production in eukaryotic cells.
Mitochondrion.
This singer’s 2008 hit Love Story helped launch her from country into global pop stardom.
Taylor Swift.
In The Lion King, this character manipulates Simba into believing he caused his father’s death.
Scar.
10 seconds: What is 3/4 of 80?
60.
This explorer reached the Americas in 1492 while sailing under the Spanish crown.
Christopher Columbus.
This quantity is conserved in an isolated system and is the product of mass and velocity.
Momentum.
This Canadian artist released the 2015 hit Can’t Feel My Face and performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2021.
The Weeknd.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, this film follows a physicist’s role in developing the atomic bomb during World War II.
Oppenheimer.
This concept describes the instantaneous rate of change of a function at a single point.
Derivative.
This empire, ruled by leaders like Suleiman the Magnificent, controlled much of Southeast Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa at its height.
Ottoman Empire.
This principle states that a system at equilibrium will shift to counteract an applied change in concentration, temperature, or pressure.
Le Châtelier’s Principle.
In Someone Like You, Adele reflects on seeing an ex move on by doing this major life event.
Marrying someone.
In Inception, Dom Cobb’s team uses this layered technique to plant an idea into someone’s subconscious.
Inception.
1 minute: A function increases at a constant rate of 4. If f(2)=10, what is f(5)?
22.
This 1947 U.S. policy pledged support to countries resisting communism, marking a major shift in Cold War strategy.
Truman Doctrine.
This system in the human body is responsible for maintaining homeostasis through hormones like insulin and adrenaline.
Endocrine system.
This 1977 album by Fleetwood Mac features Go Your Own Way and Dreams, and is one of the best-selling albums ever.
Rumours.
In Get Out, the Armitage family uses hypnosis to send victims to this mental state where they are conscious but unable to control their bodies.
1 minute: You roll a fair six-sided die. What is the probability of rolling an even number or a number greater than 4?
2/3.
This 1857 uprising against British rule in India is sometimes called the First War of Independence.
Sepoy Mutiny.
These objects generate a dipole field that can orient nearby materials, exert forces on moving charges, and enable devices like electric motors through their interaction with electric currents.
This 2011 song by Childish Gambino uses the repeated line “Fiskers don’t make noise when they start up” to symbolize sudden violence and a loss of innocence.
Bonfire.
In No Country for Old Men, Anton Chigurh uses this object as a method of deciding whether victims live or die.
Coin toss.
This theorem states that differentiation and integration are inverse processes connecting accumulation and rate of change.
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.