Science: Biology
What part of the cell is known as the powerhouse?
Mitochondria
What is the chemical formula for water?
H₂O
What wall was built to separate East and West Berlin?
The Berlin Wall
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What is the basic unit of life?
The cell
What is the chemical symbol for oxygen?
O
What ship famously sank in 1912?
The Titanic
How many original colonies were there?
13
Who wrote 1984?
George Orwell
What is the name of the pigment that makes plants green?
Chlorophyll
What is the smallest unit of an element?
Atom
What plague killed millions in Europe during the 1300s?
The Black Death / Bubonic Plague
What purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
The Louisiana Purchase
What is the name of the narrator in The Great Gatsby?
Nick Carraway
What is the term for maintaining a stable internal environment?
Homeostasis
What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
Na
What was the name of the trade route connecting Europe and Asia?
The Silk Road
What scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation?
Watergate
In Lord of the Flies, what object represents order and the right to speak?
The conch shell
What part of the brain controls balance and coordination?
Cerebellum
What is Avogadro’s number approximately?
6.022 × 10²³
What ancient Mesopotamian code of laws is one of the earliest written legal codes?
Code of Hammurabi
Who was president during the Great Depression and most of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
In Animal Farm, what type of animal is Napoleon?
A pig