Science
What gas, discovered on the sun before Earth, is the second most abundant element in the universe?
Helium
In "The Hobbit," what is the name of the dragon that guards the treasure in the Lonely Mountain?
Smaug
What is the name of the first woman created by God in the book of Genesis?
Eve (Chava in Hebrew)
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the name of the kingdom ruled by Princess Peach in the "Super Mario" series?
Mushroom Kingdom
What subatomic particle has no electric charge and is found in the nucleus of an atom?
Neutron
In "Star Wars," what is the name of Han Solo's ship?
Millennium Falcon
Which son of Jacob was sold into slavery by his brothers and later became a ruler in Egypt?
Joseph (Yosef)
What tax on a beverage led to a famous protest in Boston Harbor in 1773?
Tea Tax (or the Tea Act)
What is the name of the game series that features the character Solid Snake?
Metal Gear Solid
What law states that the entropy of an isolated system will always increase over time?
Second Law of Thermodynamics
What is the name of the desert planet in Frank Herbert’s "Dune" series?
Arrakis
What judge of Israel, known for his strength, brought down the pillars of a Philistine temple?
Samson (Shimshon)
What document, signed in 1803, doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
What 1998 Valve game introduced physicist Gordon Freeman battling aliens at Black Mesa?
Half-Life
What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
299,792,458 meters per second
(will accept within 20% of answer)
What is the name of the artificial intelligence in "2001: A Space Odyssey"?
HAL 9000
In the Book of Judges, what son of Gideon declared himself king of Israel, only to be killed by a millstone dropped from a tower in Thebez?
Abimelech
What 1796 farewell address warned against political parties and foreign entanglements?
George Washington’s Farewell Address
What is the name of the alien race in "Halo"?
The Covenant
What constant, approximately 6.626 x 10⁻³⁴ joule-seconds, is fundamental to quantum mechanics?
Planck’s Constant
In "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy," what is the name of the supercomputer designed to find the meaning of life?
Deep Thought
What ancient empire exiled the Ten Tribes of Israel after conquering the Northern Kingdom in 722 BCE?
Assyria
What Union general’s "March to the Sea" devastated Confederate infrastructure in 1864?
William Tecumseh Sherman
John Carmack, pioneered fast-paced first-person shooters. Name any of titles he developed. +100 points for every additional title you can name.
Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994), Quake (1996), Quake II (1997), Quake III Arena (1999), Doom 3 (2004)