Historical Events
The fall of this wall in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The Second Law of Thermodynamics talks about this quantity
What is Entropy ?
This ancient invention, often attributed to Mesopotamians around 3500 BC, is fundamental to transportation.
What is the Wheel ?
This singer is known as the 'King of Pop.'
Who is Michael Jackson?
This is the hottest planet in the solar system.
What is Venus ?
This pandemic, occurring from 1347 to 1351, wiped out nearly one-third of Europe’s population.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
This form of energy transfer occurs between objects in direct contact.
What is conduction?
James Watt significantly improved this device in the 18th century, leading to the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
The Beatles were originally from this country.
What is the United Kingdom?
The name of the first artificial satellite launched into space.
What is Sputnik 1?
he Great Depression in the United States began with the stock market crash on this infamous day in 1929.
What is Black Tuesday?
This function, denoted as H, is the sum of a system’s internal energy and the product of its pressure and volume.
What is enthalpy?
This medical innovation by Edward Jenner in 1796 laid the foundation for immunization
What is the vaccine?
The singer-songwriter known for poetic lyrics in songs like 'Like a Rolling Stone'.
Who is Bob Dylan?
The largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars.
What is Olympus Mons?
This leader's failed invasion of Russia in 1812 led to the downfall of his empire.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This process occurs when a gas expands without heat exchange with its surroundings.
What is an adiabatic process?
Tim Berners-Lee developed this technology in 1989, changing the way people share and access information.
What is the World Wide Web?
This British rock band is famous for the song 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
What is Queen?
The phenomenon where light cannot escape from a massive celestial object
What is a black hole?
The Meiji Restoration in 1868 transformed this country into an industrialized world power. (Double Jeopardy)
What is Japan?
This thermodynamic potential, often used in chemical engineering, is minimized at equilibrium for constant temperature and pressure systems.
What is Gibbs free energy?
This modern material, first synthesized by Leo Baekeland in 1907, was the world's first fully synthetic plastic.
What is Bakelite?
The national anthem of the United States
What is The Star-Spangled Banner?
This moon of Jupiter is believed to have a subsurface ocean that may support life
What is Europa?