History&Literature
This National Epic begins with an invocation to Lithuania but is the heart of Polish identity
'Pan Tadeusz'
This molecule is composed of four nitrogenous bases: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine
DNA
This fundamental constant represents the maximum speed at which all conventional matter and information in the universe can travel
Speed of light
Name a 'Peripheral' device used specifically for inputting data into a computer
Mouse/ keyboard / touchpad
This science-fiction philosopher and author predicted the internet and e-books decades before they existed.
Stanisław Lem
Often called the "powerhouse of the cell," this organelle has its own independent DNA inherited solely from the mother
Mitochondria
This term describes the tendency of an object to resist changes to its state of motion. It is the reason you fly forward when a car suddenly brakes, and it is directly proportional to an object's mass. It is also the subject of Newton's First Law
Inertia
What does the 'Fi' in 'Wi-Fi' technically stand for according to its founding organization
Fidelity
This Macedonian king created one of the largest empires in history by age 30, stretching from Greece to northwestern India
Alexander the Great
This scale measures the acidity or alkalinity of a solution; a value of 7 is considered neutral
pH
Named after an Austrian physicist, this thought experiment involves a feline that is simultaneously alive and dead until observed
Schrödinger's Cat
What mobile operating system was developed by Google?
Android
This Chinese dynasty, contemporary with the Roman Empire, established the "Silk Road" trade network
Han Dynasty
These elements, found in Group 18 of the periodic table, are characterized by their lack of chemical reactivity
Noble gases
This effect explains the change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer moving relative to the wave source, essential for GPS technology
Doppler Effect
An English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist whose portrait is on British pounds
Alan Turing
This South American civilization utilized a system of knotted strings called "Quipu" to record data instead of a written alphabet
Inca
These protective caps at the end of chromosomes shorten as a cell divides, playing a key role in the biological process of aging
Telomeres
This subatomic particle, discovered at CERN in 2012, is the physical manifestation of the field that gives other particles their mass
Higgs Boson
The field of AI research was founded at a workshop held on the campus of Dartmouth College (USA) in what decade?
1950s (1956)