Math
What number is the sum of the first 3 numbers cubed?
36 (1+8+27)
What element is represented by the symbol Sn?
Hint: Atomic number 50
Tin
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelly
What is the only flying mammal?
A bat
If 2 angles of a triangle are 15° and 85°, what is the value of the third angle?
80°
How many elements are on the periodic table?
118
Which country did the US Purchase Alaska from?
Russia
Which creature in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is famously always late?
The white rabbit
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
Which number could not be represented in Roman numerals?
Zero
Isotopes
How old was King Tut when he died?
19
Who is the king of Ithaca who was stuck on a 10-year journey from the Trojan War before returning home to his wife?
Odysseus
What was the first animal to be cloned?
A sheep named Dolly
If 5 oz is equal to 140 g, then 2 lb of ground meat is equal to how many grams?
896
Approximately how long is the large intestine?
5 feet
What U.S. government department was created in the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001?
Department of Homeland Security
Which children's book tells the story of a 24-foot-tall man who refuses to eat children?
The BFG (the big friendly giant)
Which letter of the alphabet doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
Q
Which famous mathematician is famous for discovering a sequence where each number is the sum of the previous 2 numbers?
Fibonacci (the Fibonacci spiral)
Where on the human body are the most sweat glands?
Palms and soles of feet.
What is considered the largest empire in world history?
The Mongol Empire
Who is the Greek poet credited with composing two major epics foundational to Western literature?
Homer
Which animal in extreme hot or dry conditions can enter a deep dormancy known as estivation, sleeping for up to 3 years to survive?
Snail