Geography
Which continent has both the hottest and the driest desert in the world?
Africa
Which French leader became emperor after the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
The basic unit of life in all living things.
Cell
This process involves selling shares of a company to the public for the first time
IPO
This actor and comedian became famous for roles in “The Mask” and “Ace Ventura” before also starring in “Dumb and Dumber.”
Jim Carry
Which continent lies in all four hemispheres — north, south, east, and west?
Africa
The Silk Road connected which two continents for trade?
Bonus:
In 1876, during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, Mark Twain published this novel about a mischievous boy growing up along the Mississippi River.
Asia and Europe and/or Middle east
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
This organelle in plant cells captures sunlight and converts it into chemical energy during photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts
This type of investment involves buying a company, improving it, and selling it for a profit, often using debt.
Private equity
Tom Holland is engaged with who?
Zendaya
How many U.S. states share a border with Mexico?
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
Which empire was known for its road system and postal system across South America before the Spanish arrived?
Inca Empire
This trend decreases as you move down a group and increases across a period, reflecting how strongly an atom attracts electrons in a bond.
electronegativity
The type of finance that uses mathematical models, statistics, and computer algorithms to make investment decisions is called this.
quantitative finance (quant finance)
This director is known for grand-scale Bollywood films like “Bajirao Mastani” and “Padmaavat,” famous for visual storytelling and historical dramas.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
If you climbed Mount Everest, how many countries would you be standing between? Which ones?
2,
Nepal and China
In 1910, the year Mark Twain died, this famous comet appeared, which he had predicted he would “go out with.”
Halley’s Comet
An object moving in a circle at constant speed is still accelerating because of this.
centripetal acceleration
In the past 30 years, U.S. markets have faced several major declines. List 4 of them
Dot-Com Bubble Burst (2000–2002), Global Financial Crisis (2007–2009), COVID-19 Pandemic Crash (2020), 2022 Market Selloff
This actor played the lead in “Bahubali” and became a pan-India superstar through historical and action films.
Prabhas
Which lake has the deepest point on Earth’s surface outside of the ocean?
Lake Baikal
What system was used to recruit Christian boys into the Janissary corps (Ottoman army), where they were converted to Islam and were forced to train?
Devshirme system
To earn full points, list all three of Newton’s laws of motion that explain how objects move and interact.
No partial credit
First Law (Law of Inertia): An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an external force.
Second Law: Force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma).
Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
One strategy focuses on designing the best product possible, prioritizing features and innovation over customer feedback.
Another strategy focuses on understanding and meeting customer needs, prioritizing satisfaction and experience.
What are these two business approaches?
product-centric vs customer-centric
This singer, known for her classical influence and Bollywood hits, has won multiple National Film Awards and is considered one of India’s most versatile vocalists.
Shreya Ghoshal