Engineering?
What year did Albert Einstein formulated the equation: E = mc2?
1905
What is the real name of "The Bean"?
Big Silver bean thing in America
Cloud Gate
For bonus points: What is the name of the artist who designed it?
In which year was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
1963
In A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts visit Scrooge?
Four
Which actor voiced both Darth Vader and The Lion King's Mufasa
James Earl Jones
How many kids does Angelina Jolie have?
Six
What is the 23rd digit of pi?
4
This artist from Italy is most well known for their painting which has been hung at the Louvre Museum since 1797?
Leonardo DaVinci
What was the first domesticated animal?
Goats
According to dictionary entries, which language has the largest number of words (more than 200,000 words)?
A. Chinese B. English C. Spanish
English
Who was William Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
Which superhero movie series was filmed in Chicago?
Batman
Bonus: Which city is Gotham based off?
What are the true primary colors?
Cyan, magenta, yellow (Ives Color Wheel)
Name three different types of bridges
Truss, arch, and suspension
Which ancient Roman city was buried due to a volcanic explosion in 79 AD?
What is the name of the volcano?
Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
What does "monolithic" mean?
A single stone
Which famous author/poet can be considered the creator of the modern short story?
Edgar Allen Poe
What is the most controversial punctuation?
Oxford Comma
What is the official language of the United States?
There isn't one!
Name three famous painters that came from the impressionist art movement
Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissaro
How many Pyramids of Giza would you need to fit same height as the Willis Tower?
3.7-4.0
What was the supercontinent called during the late Palezoic and early Mesozoic era?
Pangea
The phrase, "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a quote attributed to Julius Caesar after his victory in battle. What is the Latin translation of this quote?
Veni, vidi, vici
What is the difference between Who and Whom?
Who is used as a subject, Whom is used as an object
What was the first novel ever written on a typewriter?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
This painter was known for pioneering the Cubism art movement and was commissioned to create a sculpture in the 1960's which now stands tall in Downtown Chicago
Pablo Picasso
Before the release of "Crazy Rich Asians" (2018), when was the last film with a theatrical release that featured an all Asian cast?
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
If you drove at a constant rate of 60mph how many days would it take you to cover the whole distance of The Great Wall of China?
~ 9 days (9.14)
What is the name of the largest prehistoric civilization site in Illinois, known for its massive mounds?
Cahokia
This church in Chinatown contains a statue of Christ that was donated by the mother of a famous Chicago mob boss.
St. Therese Church
List three types of figurative language
Similie, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, allusion, idiom, pun, onomatopoeia, alliteration
Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knew. What was the occupation of this real figure?
Surgeon
One of the most popular bands to come out of South Korea is BTS. What do these letters stand for?
Bangtan Sonyeondan
Who was the famous philosopher that said the quote, "Be like water, my friend"?
Explain the meaning of the quote.
Bruce Lee