History
This 1776 document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, announced the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
Declaration of Independence.
In this 1999 sci-fi film, a hacker named Neo discovers reality is a simulation controlled by machines.
The Matrix.
10 seconds: If 3x-7=11, find x.
6.
This 2008 hit by Katy Perry includes the line “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind?”
Firework.
This law states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to net force and inversely proportional to mass.
Newton's Second Law of Motion.
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles.
In Mean Girls, Regina George is hit by this type of vehicle immediately after saying, “Get in loser, we’re going shopping.”
A bus.
15 seconds: A triangle has angles 50° and 60°. What is the third angle?
70°.
This 1982 album by Michael Jackson became the best-selling album of all time and features production from Quincy Jones.
Thriller.
In thermodynamics and reaction notation, the term used for substances that result after a system moves from initial chemical composition to final equilibrium position is this.
Products.
This 1930s U.S. program, launched under Franklin D. Roosevelt, sought to combat the effects of the Great Depression through relief, recovery, and reform.
New Deal.
In The Dark Knight, this villain says, “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Harvey Dent.
1 minute: If f(x)=x3, what is f'(2)?
12.
This 1971 song by John Lennon is often interpreted as an anti-war anthem.
Imagine.
This term describes the energy barrier that must be overcome for reactants to form products, and it is lowered by catalysts without changing ΔG.
Activation energy.
This 1914 assassination of ______ in Sarajevo helped trigger World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
This 2017 horror film was produced on an unusually low budget (under $5 million) and became a major box office success while addressing themes of liberal racism.
Get Out.
15 seconds: A bag has 3 red and 2 blue marbles. One marble is drawn at random. Given that it is not blue, what is the probability that it is red?
1.
This 2010 song by Lady Gaga features a music video set in a desert prison where fashion and surreal imagery dominate the narrative.
Telephone.
This term describes different versions of a gene that exist at the same locus on homologous chromosomes.
Alleles.
This rebellion, led by a former soldier in western Massachusetts in 1786–87, exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and helped spur the Constitutional Convention.
Shays' Rebellion.
In this film, the protagonist’s memory condition is real, but the audience only understands its full impact after learning that key notes and tattoos are the only reliable narrative anchors.
Memento.
45 seconds: 3x+1 = 81. Find x.
3.
In this 2017 music video, a symbolic “snake” motif is transformed into a reclaimed symbol of empowerment during a stadium-scale visual climax.
Look What You Made Me Do.
This emergent macroscopic phenomenon arises from many-body electromagnetic interactions at boundary layers, producing a directional force that resists relative displacement in classical mechanical systems.
Friction.