Astronomy
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
Milky Way
Which movie features a fictional metal called "vibranium" and a superhero from the African nation of Wakanda?
Black Panther
Which ancient Egyptian god is known as the god of the afterlife and is often depicted with a jackal head?
Anubis
Which river is the longest in the world?
Nile
Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, ruling after the fall of the Roman Republic?
Augustus
What is the term for the point in a planet’s orbit when it is closest to the Sun?
Perihelion
Which South Korean music group broke global records with songs like “Dynamite” and “Butter,” becoming the first K-pop band nominated for a Grammy?
BTS
Which Egyptian goddess, associated with magic and motherhood, was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus?
Isis
Which mountain range forms a natural border between Europe and Asia?
Urals
During the French Revolution, what was the name of the radical political group led by Maximilien Robespierre?
The Jacobins
What type of star will our Sun eventually become at the end of its life cycle?
White dwarf
In the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” the alternate dimension inhabited by the Demogorgon is referred to as what?
The Upside Down
Set (or Seth), the god of chaos and deserts, murdered which other major Egyptian deity?
Osiris
Which African country is completely surrounded by only one other country?
Lesotho
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between which two countries?
Spain and Portugal
What is the name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing—not even light—can escape?
Event horizon
Which American artist made history in 2023 by becoming the first to simultaneously hold all top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100?
Taylor Swift
Which Egyptian god was considered the ruler of the sky and often depicted as a falcon or a man with a falcon head?
Horus
Which of the following capital cities is located at the highest altitude above sea level?
La Paz
Who was the famous military leader and emperor who conquered much of the known world by 323 BCE, spreading Greek culture across Asia?
Alexander the Great
What phenomenon causes a star to appear to change position due to Earth's movement around the Sun?
Parallax
Which 2010 science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan explores the concept of time dilation near a black hole?
Interstellar
Which goddess was worshipped as the protector of cats and was often depicted as a lioness or a woman with a cat’s head?
Bastet
Which country has the most natural lakes in the world?
Canada
What was the name of the economic and political system in medieval Europe where peasants worked land owned by nobles in exchange for protection?
Feudalism