Physics
Nature
Music
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TV/Movies
100

This "universal speed limit" clocks in at about 30 centimeters per nanosecond.

What is the speed of light?

100

These horned animals are known for their ability to scale incredibly steep inclines.

What are mountain goats?

100

This song has ranked #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the past six weeks.

What is Flowers by Miley Cyrus?

100

This major event, taking place between 1347 and 1348 CE, wiped out a third of the European population.

What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?

100

This post-apocalpytic horror drama show wrapped up in 2022 after its eleventh season.

What is The Walking Dead?

200

This set of equations describes the interaction between matter and electromagnetic fields.

What are Maxwell's Equations?

200

The pressure in this underwater chasm is upwards of 1000 atmospheres.

What is the Mariana Trench?

200

This band played the first rock stadium concert in 1965 to a crowd of 55,000 fans.

Who are The Beatles?

200

This development, first occurring some 10,000 years ago, allowed humans to form permanent settlements.

What is agriculture?

200

This neo-Western sci-fi horror film is Jordan Peele's third directorial film.

What is NOPE?

300

Invariance under spatial translations corresponds to this conservation law.

What is Conservation of Momentum?

300

This animal's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.

What is a hummingbird?

300

This artist affectionately calls their fans the "Little Monsters".

Who is Lady Gaga?

300

Lasting from 1438 to 1533 CE, this empire spanned most of the western coast of South America.

What is the Inca Empire?

300

This is the first show since Law & Order to win an Emmy for Best Drama Series without being nominated in its debut season.

What is Breaking Bad?

400

This solution to Einstein's field equations describes a maximally rotating black hole.

What is the Kerr metric?

400

Trees first evolved some 400 million years ago in this geologic period.

What is the Devonian period?

400

The guitarist for this legendary band has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics.

What is Queen?

400

The 1st of January, 1983, is considered the official birthday for this revolutionary technology.

What is the Internet?

400

The first known mathematical theorem created solely for entertainment is named after this show.

What is Futurama?

500

Population inversion and stimulated emission are necessary ingredients for this device to function.

What is a laser?

500

This highly efficient hunter is the only living member of the Lycaon genus.

What is the African Wild Dog?

500

The score for this Beethoven song was not published until 40 years after his death.

What is Für Elise?

500

The 21st of July, 1969, at 02:56 GMT, marks this historic event.

When did humans walk on the moon?

500

This surrealist comedy follows the story of a puppeteer who finds a portal that leads into a famous actor's mind.

What is Being John Malkovich?