Science Shenanigans (Fun science facts)
What gas do plants breathe in to perform photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
What year did Christopher Columbus first arrive in the Americas?
1492
What boy wizard attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
Harry Potter
What is the capital of Portugal?
Lisbon
What music device, popular in the 1980s, let you carry music on cassette tapes?
Walkman
What common kitchen ingredient can be used to make a simple volcano experiment?
Baking Soda & Vinegar
What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
What Lord of the Rings character famously said, “You shall not pass!”?
Gandalf
Which country is famous for inventing the pizza?
Italy
What classic soda brand was introduced first: Pepsi or Coca-Cola?
Coca-Cola (1886)
What subatomic particle was discovered by J.J. Thomson?
Electron
Which U.S. president delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
Which 1977 sci-fi film started a legendary franchise with lightsabers?
Star Wars: A new hope
Which mountain is the tallest in the world above sea level?
Everest
What type of phone required you to spin a dial to enter numbers?
Rotary phone
What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in the periodic table?
J
What war was fought between the houses of Lancaster and York?
The war of the roses
In Greek mythology, who was cursed to turn everything he touched into gold?
King Midas
What is the only country that spans two continents?
Turkey
What year did the first moon landing take place?
1969
What fundamental force is responsible for holding the nucleus of an atom together, despite the repulsion between protons?
Strong Nuclear Force
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, signaling the end of the Cold War?
1989
Who was the female adversary of the famous detective who lived at 221B Baker Street?
Irene Adler
What is the name of the point in the ocean that is the farthest from any land, often called the "oceanic pole of inaccessibility"?
Point Nemo
Before the rise of digital photography, what type of film, invented by Kodak in 1935, was widely used for color photography and movies?
Kodachrome