General Knowledge
These many degrees are in a right angle.
What is 90?
This German city is where the Nazis and their representatives were put on trial in the aftermath of World War II.
What is Nuremberg?
This Hollywood heavyweight directed Avatar, Titanic, and The Terminator.
Who is James Cameron?
This mathematical term describes a quantity larger than any that can be specified.
What is infinity?
This person attended the same university as Bengals quarterback, Joe Burrow.
Who is Manish (LSU)?
This is the name given to a place where coins are made.
What is a mint?
This person had a duel with Alexander Hamilton in 1804, resulting in Hamilton’s death.
Who is Aaron Burr?
This artist released the song “The Winner Takes It All” in 1980.
Who is Abba?
Dry ice is the solid form for this gas.
What is carbon dioxide.
This coworker attended the same university as the current president of the United States.
Who is AB (UPenn)?
Mount St. Hellens, which erupted spectacularly in 1980, is located in this US state.
What is Washington?
This war was fought between June 1950 and July 1953.
What is the Korean War?
Jennifer Lopez and this actor married in 2002, got divorced, and then got remarried in 2022.
Who is Ben Affleck?
This numbering system, used in the operation of computers, uses only two digits, 0 and 1.
What is binary?
This coworker attended the only university in the world with a gold medal-winning athlete in every single summer Olympic Games since 1912.
Who is Shamit (USC)?
This play written by Arthur Miller is based on the Salem witch trials of 1692 & 1693.
What is The Crucible?
Cathay was the medieval name for this Asian country.
What is China?
This fictional town (and real state) is the setting for the Netflix hit show Stranger Things.
What is Hawkins, Indiana?
This Polish-born chemist discovered radium and polonium.
Who is Marie Curie?
This coworker attended a university with a geoduck as their mascot; a giant clam considered delicacy in the Pacific Northwest and much of Asia.
Who is Alex (Evergreen State College)?
This part of the body is where the cochlea can be found.
What is the ear?
In Roman times, this word meant a marketplace or public square, and place for public activity.
What is a forum?
In 1987, U2 released their bestselling album by this name.
What is The Joshua Tree?
This nocturnal and flightless bird is only found in New Zealand and adjacent small islands.
What is a kiwi?
BONUS (300 points): Riddhi attended this university sharing the name of the most consumed food on planet earth, accounting for 20% of the world’s calorie intake.
What is Rice University?