Science
Which of Newton’s Laws states that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
The third law of motion
Optics is the study of what?
Light
The oldest city in the United States.
Saint Augustine, Florida
Al Capone’s true crime
Tax evasion
Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm were the two phases of this armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
The Gulf War
Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with which specific organ in the body?
Pancreas
What part of the brain deals with hearing and language?
Temporal lobe
The first president born in a hospital.
Jimmy Carter
How many Alcatraz inmates actually escaped and never got caught?
3
For nearly three years, this period coincided with the massive growth in internet adoption, prolific venture capital availability and the rapid growth of the valuations in the new dot-com startups.
Dot-com bubble, in the late 1990s
What is it called when you make light change direction by passing it through a lens?
Refraction
Oncology focuses on what disease?
Cancer
The only U.S. president to never marry.
James Buchanan
Which state is known as the ‘Sunshine State’?
Florida
With the world watching in 1986, this space shuttle exploded before ever leaving the atmosphere, killing all 7 crew members, including a schoolteacher.
Challenger
Where is the world’s most active volcano located?
Hawaii
Which two elements on the periodic table are liquids at room temperature?
Mercury and Bromine
The first president to declare war.
James Madison
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
A shooting, at what school, took place in Littleton, CO, killing 14 students dead and leaving one teacher, and 23 students wounded?
Columbine High School
What disease stems from the medieval term that means ‘bad air’?
Malaria
What planet in our solar system has the most gravity?
Jupiter
The first national monument.
Devils Tower
Instead of being impeached for his part in the Watergate Scandal, this president resigned.
Richard Nixon
Who was the former computer intelligence consultant, turned whistleblower against the National Security Agency (NSA)?
Edward Snowden