Potpourri
This is the term for the art of decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.
Calligraphy
This organelle is the powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondria
Which ocean does the "ring of fire" surround?
The Pacific
Some may say this 6'2 footballer is the greatest player of all time.
Cristiano Ronaldo (sui)
This Serbian-American inventor's work in the late 19th century was instrumental in developing the alternating current (AC) electrical system.
Nikola Tesla
In business, this four-letter acronym stands for a planning framework used to evaluate a company's position within the market by identifying its internal and external factors.
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
This protein catalyzes other processes in the body.
Enzyme
By surface area, what is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
Lake Superior
This country won the first-ever FIFA World Cup in 1930.
Uruguay
There is a running joke that this UC Berkeley professor went on to teach a class less than 300 miles from where he dropped a bomb 15 years later.
j rob oppenheimer
Who is the only man to have ever won back to back gold medals in men's table tennis at the Olympics?
Ma Long
This property of water, caused by hydrogen bonds, allows insects like water striders to walk right on top of it.
Surface Tension
What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
Kazakhstan
Neymar Jr scored the fastest goal (14 seconds) in Olympics history in 2016 against Honduras. Which round was that goal in?
Semi-finals
There are said to be 4 great inventions in ancient chinese history. What are they?
Paper, gunpowder, compass, printing press
By Chebyshev's theorem, how much data falls within 3 standard deviations of the mean?
88.9%
What type of transport across a cell membrane requires energy in the form of ATP?
Active Transport
This country has the northernmost capital city in the world.
Iceland
This club has the nickname "FC Hollywood".
Bayern Munich
In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered this, the world's first mass-produced antibiotic, after noticing a mold inhibiting bacterial growth.
Penicillin
This 1381 uprising in England saw thousands of commoners march on London to protest high poll taxes levied to finance the Hundred Year's War.
The Peasant's Revolt
In chemistry, (K) is used to denote temperature (Kelvin). In ecology, K is also used in place of a term to describe the maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely.
Carrying capacity
What were the two major rivers that ancient Mesopotamian civilization revolved around?
(only need one)
Euphrates, Tigris
Warra trophy for ____
Arsenal (0 major trophies since 2020 btw)
Andy Konwinski recently spoke at the Berkeley CDSS commencement. What widely used tool did he co-found?
Databricks
(and perplexity!)