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The capital of France
What is Paris?
This artist became the first to simultaneously hold all top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100
Who is Taylor Swift?
The year the United States declared independence.
What is 1776?
This physicist’s uncertainty principle is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics
Who is Werner Heisenberg?
This 19th-century inventor held over 1,000 patents and is credited with inventing the phonograph and improving the electric light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
The capital of Australia
What is Canberra?
This streaming series about a dystopian game show became a global hit in 2021
What is Squid Game?
This revolution in 1917 led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
What is the Russian Revolution?
This process describes the splitting of atomic nuclei and is the principle behind nuclear reactors
What is nuclear fission?
This Serbian-American inventor and engineer developed the alternating current (AC) electrical system and had a famous rivalry with Edison.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
The capital of Canada
What is Ottawa?
This South Korean boy band became the first Asian act to win Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards.
Who is BTS?
This ancient city was destroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
What is Pompeii?
The process by which plants make their food using sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
This invention by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 revolutionized how we access and share information globally
What is the World Wide Web?
This South American capital sits at the highest elevation of any capital city in the world
What is La Paz?
This fictional character’s real name is Kal-El
Who is Superman?
This treaty ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This is the term for the hypothetical point in space-time where gravity is so intense that nothing can escape
What is a singularity?
This 20th-century physicist developed the first successful polio vaccine
Who is Jonas Salk?
This European capital is home to the headquarters of the European Union
What is Brussels?
This 2020 film, directed by Chloé Zhao, won Best Picture at the Academy Awards
What is Nomadland?
This Chinese dynasty built most of the Great Wall as we know it today
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This particle, predicted by the Standard Model and confirmed in 2012, gives mass to other particles
What is the Higgs boson?
This British mathematician and logician is considered the father of the modern computer for designing the Analytical Engine
Who is Charles Babbage?