Sustainability
This international agreement, signed in 2015, aims to limit global warming to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
A) Kyoto Protocol
B) Paris Agreement
C) Copenhagen Accord
D) Montreal Protocol
What is B) Paris Agreement
This Roman numeral represents the number 50.
A) V
B) LX
C) L
D) X
What is C) L
This gas makes up approximately 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon Dioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Argon
What is C) Nitrogen
In 1492, this explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, eventually reaching the Americas.
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Marco Polo
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Vasco da Gama
Who is C) Christopher Columbus
This was the actual colour of the viral dress in the "Dress Debate" from 2015.
A) Blue and black
B) White and Gold
C) Green and gray
D) Red and silver
What is A) Blue and black
This type of energy-efficient light bulb uses less electricity and lasts longer than traditional incandescent bulbs.
A) Halogen
B) Fluorescent
C) LED
D) Incandescent
What is C) LED
This classical composer is known for his symphonies, including the famous "Ode to Joy" in his Symphony No. 9.
A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) Ludwig van Beethoven
D) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Who is C) Ludwig van Beethoven
This quantum mechanical phenomenon, first observed by Albert Einstein in 1905, describes the emission of electrons from a material when it is exposed to light.
A) Compton Effect
B) Photoelectric Effect
C) Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
D) Rutherford Scattering
What is B) Photoelectric Effect
This empire, which lasted from 1299 to 1922, spanned parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Its capital was Constantinople, later renamed Istanbul.
A) The Byzantine Empire
B) The Roman Empire
C) The Ottoman Empire
D) The Mughal Empire
What is C) The Ottoman Empire
Which wizarding world character recently became famous for their line: “Not me, not Hermione, you!”
A) Harry Potter
B) Severus Snape
C) Ron Weasley
D) Albus Dumbledore
Who is C) Ron Weasley
To dispose of pipette boxes, you can use green bins located in lab hallways as well as a large bin on this floor
A) E.01
B) E.S1
C) E.02
D) E.M2
What is A) E.01
This NFL player is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and spent his entire career with the New England Patriots, winning six Super Bowl titles.
A) Tom Brady
B) Peyton Manning
C) Brett Favre
D) Joe Montana
Who is A) Tom Brady
This type of cancer is often referred to as "the silent killer" because it frequently shows no symptoms until it reaches an advanced stage and is the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death in the U.S.
A) Ovarian cancer
B) Pancreatic cancer
C) Liver cancer
D) Esophageal cancer
What is B) Pancreatic cancer
This ancient city was once home to the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
A) Nineveh
B) Susa
C) Babylon
D) Uruk
What is C) Babylon
This animal is featured in a vine of a little girl saying "Look at all those chickens!"
A) geese
B) chickens
C) pigeons
D) pigs
What are A) geese
Which of the following countries generates the highest percentage of its electricity from geothermal energy?
A) Iceland
B) Canada
C) Japan
D) Germany
What is A) Iceland
What is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?
A) Y
B) W
C) Q
D) J
What is C) Q
In 1984, this scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the development of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
A) Kary Mullis
B) Harvey J. Alter
C) Michael Houghton
D) Albert Claude
Who is A) Kary Mullis
The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin were notable for this athlete, who famously defied Adolf Hitler by winning four gold medals.
A) Jesse Owens
B) Carl Lewis
C) Don Schollander
D) Jim Thorpe
Who is A) Jesse Owens
This famous tiktoker recently launched her music career with the song "Diet Pepsi".
A) Dixie D’Amelio
B) Addison Rae
C) Tate McRae
D) Avani Gregg
Who is B) Addison Rae
According to an annual 2024 report, over 1000 kg of labware was recycled at the RI-MUHC between March 2023 and August 2024, including this many plastics.
A) 193 kg
B) 267 kg
C) 895 kg
D) 556 kg
What is C) 895 kg
This rare and valuable mineral is known as the "diamond of the sea" and is primarily harvested off the coast of Japan.
A) Ambergris
B) Coral
C) Pearls
D) Triton’s trumpet
What is C) Pearls
This fundamental particle, predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics and discovered in 2012 at CERN, is often referred to as the "God particle" due to its role in explaining the origin of mass for other particles.
A) Higgs boson
B) Gluon
C) Neutrino
D) Graviton
What is A) Higgs boson
This ancient empire, centered in modern-day Iraq, is credited with creating one of the earliest forms of writing, the cuneiform script, and was known for its ziggurats and advanced mathematics.
A) The Akkadian Empire
B) The Babylonian Empire
C) The Sumerian Empire
D) The Assyrian Empire
What is C) The Sumerian Empire
This public figure went viral for saying the phrase "You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?"
A) Chappell Roan
B) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
C) Sabrina Carpenter
D) Kamala Harris
Who is D) Kamala Harris