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What are the three major types of rock?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
100
What language does the word "emoji" come from?
Japanese
100
What does a chronometer measure?
Time
100
What object is being used by a person who is "tickling the ivories"?
Piano
100
What "ology" is the study of prehistoric life?
Paleontology
200
Through what process does the sun turn hydrogen into helium?
Nuclear Fusion
200
What world capital city starts with the letter Q?
Quito
200
The sun is currently a yellow dwarf. What type of star will it become in about 5 billion years?
Red Giant
200
What are the two most populous cities that border the Great Lakes?
Chicago, Toronto
200
What is the most common element in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
300
What gland, located at the base of the brain, produces human growth hormone?
Pituitary
300
What three languages was the Bible originally written in?
Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew
300
Where would you find Olympus Mons?
Mars
300
What element was discovered by Marie Curie and named after her birth country?
Polonium
300
What is thought to be the heaviest species of animal that has ever lived?
Blue whale
400
What green ornamental stone is comprised mostly of nephrite?
Jade
400
What name in English is equivalent to the Italian name Enrico?
Henry
400
What is the hardest known naturally-occurring material?
Diamond
400
What type of tea, flavored with citrus, is named after an English lord?
Earl Grey
400
What disease is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria?
Plague
500
What does a Geiger counter measure?
Ionizing Radiation
500
In what activity might a world champion have an Elo rating of 2800?
Chess
500
What species is the closest living relative to humans?
Chimpanzees
500
Besides the U.S., what country had the most Italian immigrants between 1850-1950?
Argentina
500
What never decreases, according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
Entropy