Music
This pop star’s 2022 album Midnights featured the hit song “Anti-Hero.”
Taylor Swift.
This is the pH value of a neutral solution at room temperature.
7.
In this 1997 film, Jack shouts “I’m the king of the world!” while standing at the bow of a doomed ship.
Titanic.
This country is home to both the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum.
France.
30 seconds: 2(x-3)=10. What is 30(x-3)?
150.
This genre-blending artist released the critically acclaimed 2016 album Blonde after years of delays and mystery.
Frank Ocean.
If an object’s speed doubles, what happens to its kinetic energy?
It quadruples.
In this movie, a group of friends enter a deadly annual competition where only one tribute can survive from each district.
Hunger Games.
This desert, the largest hot desert in the world, stretches across much of North Africa.
Sahara Desert.
1 min: A fair die is rolled once. What is the probability of rolling an even number or a number greater than 4?
2/3.
This rapper headlined the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Eminem.
In a chemical reaction, what must be true about the total mass of reactants and products in a closed system?
Mass is conserved.
In this movie, a horrifying car ride scene leaves a family in stunned silence after a sudden, tragic accident involving a telephone pole.
Hereditary.
This landlocked Central Asian country, once part of the Soviet Union, is the largest country in the world without access to an ocean.
Kazakhstan.
10 seconds: If a function is increasing at a constant rate, what type of function is its integral?
Quadratic.
In the video for “Take On Me,” this band blends live action with pencil-sketch animation as the lead singer pulls a woman into a comic book world.
A-Ha.
Why does increasing temperature generally increase the rate of a chemical reaction, in terms of molecular collisions and energy?
More frequent collisions and higher probability of surpassing activation energy.
In this film, a linguist learns an alien language that changes her perception of time, revealing the future loss of her daughter.
Arrival.
This island nation in the Indian Ocean was formerly known as Ceylon and is just southeast of India.
Sri Lanka.
45 seconds: A triangle has angles in the ratio 1:2:3. What is the largest angle?
90°.
In this song's music video, the pop star is kidnapped and sold in a futuristic bathhouse setting.
Bad Romance.
Why does a charged particle moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field travel in a circle instead of a straight line?
Magnetic force is always perpendicular to velocity.
In this film, a silent, nearly wordless opening shows a woman performing daily routines on a distant planet before a shocking act of violence.
Blade Runner 2049.
This African lake, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, is the largest lake on the continent and a primary source of the Nile.
Lake Victoria.
3 min: A function has derivative f'(x) = (x-1)(x-3). At which values of x does the function have local extrema, and what types are they?
x = 1, max. x = 3, min.