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In what sport do players on horseback hit the ball with a mallet?
Polo
What travels faster than anything else in the universe?
Light
What delicious computer term did web browser programmer Lou Montulli coin to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server?
Cookie
The Great Sphinx of Giza has the head of a human and the body of a what?
Lion
86 billion
ISS is the abbreviation for the world's foremost space outpost. What does it stand for?
International Space Station
Protons and neutrons are found in what part of an atom?
The nucleus.
In an attempt to protect data and workplace online activity, many companies utilize a VPN for employees which provides a secure connection to a different network than public Wi-Fi. What does "VPN" stand for?
Virtual private network
What kind of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?
Suspension Bridge
The occipital lobe controls what?
Vision
What is the largest desert on earth?
Antarctica. (It receives less than 6 inches of rain per year, Antarctica counts as a desert. The Sahara Desert is the second largest)
What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered in water? ~3%
71%
Capella Space, a startup company founded in San Francisco in 2016, is working on space-based observation satellites that use what “R” technology, with special modifications that allow it to penetrate clouds and see at night?
Radar
In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?
Computer Aided Design
What part of the brain controls rational and logical decision-making?
Prefrontal Cortex
What Latin words do the letters "A.D." mean when they appear before a date?
anno Domini ("in the year of the Lord")
Is calcium carbonate the scientific term for salt, rubber, glass or chalk?
Chalk
Frequently involving a mobile device or email correspondence, what does the security term MFA refer to when dealing with computer-granted access?
Multi-factor Authentification
A major potential in efforts to engineer environmental sustainability are attempts to breed bacteria that can eat what polymer-based materials that are difficult to recycle?
Plastic
What is the biggest part of the brain?
Cerebrum (85% of the brain's weight. Wrinkly outer layer of the brain. Two halves)
Cumulus, cirrus, and stratus are three types of what?
Clouds.
The mass of the Earth is mostly made up of these two elements.
Oxygen (30%) and Iron (32%)
You know those annoying "prove you're not a robot" tests that you have to take on websites sometimes? They're known as CAPTCHAs. And CAPTCHA is actually an acronym standing for "Completely Automated Public" WHAT "test to tell Computers and Humans Apart." What surname completes the test's name?
Turing
What device, an example of ancient engineering, uses stored potential energy to fling a projectile great distances without any propellant? It is sometimes referred to as a trebuchet.
Catapult
What is "white matter" in the brain and why is it white?
White matter is the brain's communication network. It consists of millions of nerve fibers (axons) that act like cables, connecting different regions of grey matter so they can communicate. It gets its pale color from myelin, a fatty protective coating that insulates the fibers and drastically speeds up electrical signals