Paleontology
Oceans
Archeology
Bones
Japanese Stories
100
What hit the Yucatan peninsula one spring day 65 million years ago, causing the excitation of all the non avian dinosaurs
What is a Meteor
100
The largest animal to ever exist that we know of
What is the Blue Whale
100
This ancient writing system was used by ancient Egyptians, and was deciphered after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone.
Hieroglyphs
100
The largest bone in the body
The Femur
100
The Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist, who co-founded Studio Ghibli along with Isao Takahata
Hayao Miyazaki
200
The geologic period that all the Jurassic park dinosaurs (such as T. rex) come from
What is the Cretaceous
200
The deepest point in the oceans, reaching ~36,000 ft below sea level at its deepest point.
Mariana Trench
200
The Italian city that famously faced its end after Mt.Vesuvius erupted in 79CE
What is Pompeii
200
The total amount of bones in the body typical adult human body
What is 206
200
A best selling manga, that has been running since 1997
What is One Piece
300
The largest shark to have ever lived (from the Miocene ~23-3.6 million years ago)
What is the Megalodon
300
A group of Cartilaginous (no bones) fish that are closely related to skates and rays, that include over 450 species.
What are Sharks
300
An ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop overlooking the city of Athens. The Parthenon is one of the buildings/sites here, construction first started around the 6th century BCE.
What is the Acropolis of Athens
300
This bone of the arm
A. Radius
B. Ulna
C. Humerus
D. Metacarpal
What is the Radius
300
The manga-ka that created Attack on Titan
A.Kohei Horikoshi
B.Masashi Kishimoto
C. Hajime Isayama
D. Gege Akutami
Who is Hajime Isayama
400
Starting ~538 million years ago, this is the name for the first rapid diversification of animals that we know of (most major animal phyla appear during this time).
A. the Cambrian Explosion
B. the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
C. the Silurian Revolution
D. the Ordovician Radiation
What is the Cambrian Explosion
400
The animal that forms colonies that act as the base of many (tropical) marine ecosystems
What are Corals
400
This landmass once existed between the British isles and mainland Europe, during the last glacial maximum.
A. Pangea
B. Laurasia
C. Gondwana
D. Doggerland
Doggerland
400
The bone that typically breaks in the event of strangulation, and is also the only bone not directly articulated with the rest of the skeleton.
A. The Patella
B. The Cuboid
C. The Atlas vertebrae
D. The Hyoid
What is the Hyoid
400
Haruki Murakami's break out novel (1987), that is about a college student, Toru Watanabe, in late 1960's Tokyo.
A.Men Without Women
B.Norwegian Wood
C.Kafka on the Shore
D.The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
What is Norwegian Wood
500
This jawless fish lived around 460 ~ 443 million years ago.
A. Anomalocaris
B. Hallucigenia
C. Sacabambaspis
D. Aegirocassis
What is Sacabambaspis
500
A top antarctic predator, a Pinniped (seal)
What is a Leopard Seal
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500
A unesco world heritage site and one of the 7 wonders of the world, in modern day southern Jorden. Famous for the "Treasury" building carved into the sandstone cliff, flourishing about 2000 years ago.
A. Petra
B.Valley of the Kings
C.Machu Picchu
D. Angkor Wat
What is Petra
500
The opening in the base of the skull, where the spinal cord passes through.
A. Infraorbital Foramen
B. Foramen Magnum
C.Condylar Foramen
D.Corotid Canal
Foramen Magnum
500
Written by Murasaki Shikibu during the Heian period, often considered the first novel
A. The Tale of Heike
B. The Pillow Book
C. The Tale of Genji
D. The 28 Local Paragons of Filial Impiety
The Tale of Genji