Genius Geography
What U.S. state is known as the Sunshine State?
Florida
What fruit keeps the doctor away if eaten daily, according to the saying?
Apple
What animal is known as “man’s best friend”?
Dog 🐶
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
This river is the longest in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
The Nile River
This Italian dish consists of layers of pasta, cheese, and sauce baked together.
Lasagna
This large bird is the fastest animal on Earth when diving. Be specific!! 🐣
Peregrine falcon
The Great Fire of London occurred in this century.
The 17th century (1666)
This board game features tokens like the top hat, thimble, and racecar.
Monopoly
What Asian country is home to the city of Samarkand, a major stop on the ancient Silk Road?
Uzbekistan
What spice, derived from a crocus flower, is the most expensive in the world by weight?
Saffron
What mammal has the most powerful bite force of any living land animal?
Hippopotamus
This empire, founded by Genghis Khan, became the largest contiguous land empire in history.
The Mongol Empire
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same forward and backward?
Palindrome
This European microstate is the world’s oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic.
San Marino
This fermented Korean dish is made from vegetables like cabbage and radish and seasoned with chili.
Kimchi
This deep‑sea creature uses bioluminescence to lure prey with a glowing appendage.
Anglerfish
What 15th‑century invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized the spread of information?
The printing press
This element, atomic number 74, is known for its extreme hardness and high melting point. This element is also a metal.
Tungsten
Name one of the two countries in the world that are doubly landlocked (surrounded entirely by landlocked countries).
Uzbekistan/Liechtenstein
What ancient grain, once sacred to the Aztecs, is known for being a complete protein?
Amaranth
Name the only venomous primate in the world.
Slow loris (no one is getting this)
This ancient kingdom, ruled by Queen Amanirenas, successfully resisted Roman expansion in Nubia.
The Kingdom of Kush
What famous mathematical conjecture states that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two primes?
Goldbach’s Conjecture