Science & Mathematics
In chemistry, what is the pH level of a completely neutral substance, such as pure liquid water?
7
Which two global superpowers were primarily involved in the geopolitical tension known as the Cold War?
The United States and the Soviet Union (USSR)
What is the literary term for a word that phonetically imitates the sound it represents, such as "buzz," "sizzle," or "pop"?
Onomatopoeia
What is the name of the massive supercontinent that existed roughly 335 million years ago before breaking apart into the current continents?
Pangea
What does the acronym SOH CAH TOA help you remember in trigonometry?
Sine, Cosine, and Tangent
Who was the Prime Minister of Australia that delivered the historic national apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008?
Kevin Rudd
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, what is the name of the ubiquitous, all-seeing figurehead of the Party?
Big Brother
The Mariana Trench, which contains the deepest known point in the Earth's oceans, is located in which ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
What is the specific scientific term for a chemical bond formed by the sharing of electron pairs between atoms?
Covalent bond
What was the name of the secret U.S. government research project during World War II that developed the first atomic weapons?
The Manhattan Project
What American author wrote The Great Gatsby, a novel that famously critiques the "American Dream" during the 1920s Jazz Age?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is the meteorological term for the centre of a tropical cyclone or hurricane, an area paradoxically characterized by calm weather and clear skies?
The Eye
What famous formula, often called the most beautiful equation in mathematics, connects five fundamental constants and is written as eiπ + 1 = 0.
Euler's identity
In what year did the Berlin Wall finally fall, signaling the impending collapse of the Soviet bloc?
1989
In the high-fantasy Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson, what is the name of the magical, storm-infused energy that characters use to fuel Surgebinding?
Stormlight
In terms of total population, what is currently the most populous country in the world, having officially surpassed China?
India