Geopardy

Geography

100

This African nation is historically known for having been under Belgian colonization and exploitation in the 19th century by King Leopold II.

What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

200

Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Gujarati are all examples of languages spoken in this highly populated Asian country, per their respective states.

What is India?

300

This is the United States-occupied archipelago territory in the Caribbean that includes a privately-owned island called Little Saint James, or famously otherwise known as Epstein Island. The United States acquired this territory for $25 million from Denmark during World War I.

What are the US Virgin Islands?

400

As of 2026, this small country in Western Europe ranks as the richest country in Europe per capita with an estimated GDP of $195,000 per capita.

What is Liechtenstein?

500

Still considered a colony under Great Britain, this territory sits on a strait between the southernmost point of Spain and the northernmost point of Morocco.  

What is Gibraltar?

Grammar

100

The definition of this term qualifies as a person, place or thing. 

What is a noun?

200

This is the most common word in the English language.

What is "the"?

300

This is the term for when two words are combined together into one typically slangy, shorthand. "Don't" and "can't" are frequently used examples in everyday speech.

What is a contraction?

400

Characterized by the use of three consecutive periods, this type of punctuation is typically used when omitting information from long lists or creating suspense...

What is an ellipsis?

500

This type of word is considered informal and improper when used as the last word of a sentence.

What is a preposition?

Geometry

100

This is the term used when an angle measure is equal to 90º.

What is a right angle?

200

This is the name used for when a triangle is equal on all three sides. 

What is equilateral?

300

This is the term representing the longest possible distance within a circle, stretching between two endpoints along the perimeter that always pass through the center.

What is diameter?

400

This three-dimensional shape has twelve flat pentagonal faces, thirty edges, and twenty vertices.

What is a dodecahedron?

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500

This is the official name of the following equation: (a² + b² = c²), named after an ancient Greek philosopher. 

What is Pythagorean Theorem?

Geology

100

This type of rock is formed by the cooling of magma.

What is igneous?

200

This element is the most dominant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, making up around 80% of it.

What is Nitrogen?

300

This solid layer of the Earth is the thickest layer, composed of iron, magnesium, and calcium. The convection currents that occur here are what drive tectonic plate movements.

What is the mantle?

400

This US state is the most prone to earthquakes due to its position on the Earth, directly atop where two tectonic plates interact.

What is Alaska?

500

This term is used to describe the quality or brightness of a rock's surface depending on the way light interacts with it.

What is luster?

Genetics

100

This condition occurs when a human is born with an extra chromosome, causing alteration in the physical and neurological development during infancy.

What is Down Syndrome?

200

This is the number of chromosomes the average human being is born with.

What is 46?

300

This is the typical number of weeks of pregnancy it takes for a zygote to develop into a fetus up to birth.

What is 40 weeks?

400

This is what the acronym "DNA" stands for.

What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?

500

This is the term used to describe human beings born with sexual characteristics outside of the standard binary. 

What is intersex?