Geography
What year did the United Nations officially form?
1945
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
What chemical element is represented by the symbol Au?
Gold
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
What 1914 assassination directly sparked World War I?
The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What subatomic particle has no electric charge and is found in an atom’s nucleus - also the last name of this old beloved cartoon character, BOY GENIUNS!!
Neutron
Which planet in our solar system has the strongest gravity?
Jupiter
What is the only even prime number?
2
Which athlete holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals?
Michael Phelps
Which actor turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix?
Will Smith
What country has the most time zones?
France (including overseas territories).
Who was the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh.
What element has the chemical symbol Fe?
Iron
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What is a group of cats called?
Clowder
Which African empire became famous for Mansa Musa’s wealth?
The Mali Empire.
Which part of the human cell produces energy for the cell’s activities?
The mitochondria.
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Saturn
What is the next number in the sequence: 2, 4, 8, 16, ?
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In which sport would you perform a “Fosbury Flop”?
High Jump
Who was the first musical artist to win the Grammy for Album of the Year twice consecutively?
Taylor Swift
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What is the capital city of Iceland?
Reykjavik
Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?
Tim Berners Lee
What is the only number that is both a square and a cube, besides 1?
64
Which has the thickest fur of any mammal?
Sea Otter
Which Roman city was buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Pompeii
What type of wave carries light and radio signals through space?
Electromagnetic waves.
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Who discovered the law of planetary motion describing elliptical orbits?
Johannes Kepler.
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What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?
180 degrees
Who is the only player to have won the NBA MVP award four times in a row?
Bill Russell
Which movie holds the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend in the U.S.?
Avengers: Endgame.
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portuguese
Who is considered the father of artificial intelligence?
John McCarthy
Which element has the highest melting point?
The age of a lion can be determined by its … ?
Nose
What 1919 treaty formally ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles.
What scientific term describes animals that eat both plants and meat?
Omnivores
In what year did the first woman go to space?
1963
What number is represented by the Roman numeral XL?
40
What country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay
What TV show popularized the phrase “Winter is coming”?
Game of Thrones
Which ancient monument in England aligns with the summer solstice?
Stonehenge
Which company released the first commercially successful laptop computer?
Osborne Computer Corporation.
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What is the name of the mathematical hypothesis about the distribution of prime numbers that remains unproven?
The Riemann Hypothesis.
What is the smallest mammal in the world?
Bumblebee bat
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Which 1600 battle unified Japan under Tokugawa rule?
The Battle of Sekigahara.
What was the first commercially successful personal computer?
The Apple II
Which comet orbits the Sun roughly every 76 years?
Halley’s Comet.
What is the square root of 144?
12
Which NFL team has the most Super Bowl wins?
Steelers
Who was the first Black artist to win the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist?
Will Smith
Which country borders both Spain and Italy?
France
In what year was the first successful vaccine developed, and who created it?
1796, by Edward Jenner.
What is the longest river entirely within one country?
The Yangtze River in China.
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
Giraffe
What 14th-century plague killed millions across Europe?
The Black Death.
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Which company developed the first smartphone with a touchscreen?
IBM, with the Simon Personal Communicator.
What is the region beyond Pluto where icy bodies orbit the Sun called?
Kuiper Belt.
What is the smallest whole number?
0
Which country has won the most gold medals in Winter Olympics history?
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What year did the first episode of “The Simpsons” air?
1989
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington.
Which ancient civilization independently developed the concept of zero as a number?
The Mayans
In literature, what is the name of the narrative device where the story starts in the middle of the action?
In medias res.
What land animal has the most powerful bite?
Hippopotomus
Which Greek city-state focused heavily on military training?
Sparta
What programming language is known as the foundation of many modern languages and was created in the 1970s?
C
What is the largest moon in our solar system and orbits Jupiter?
Ganymede
What number comes next in the sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ?
8
Who is the all-time leading scorer in NHL history?
Wayne Gretzky.
Which actor portrayed the Joker in the 2008 film “The Dark Knight”?
What African country has the most pyramids in the world?
Sudan
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Which philosopher is famous for the statement “I think, therefore I am”?
René Descartes.
What year was the first Woodstock music festival held?
1969
What creature has a tongue that is twice the length of its body?
Chameleon
What Cold War structure fell in 1989, changing Europe’s future?
The Berlin Wall
What invention is credited to Nikola Tesla and greatly impacted electrical engineering?
The alternating current (AC) system.
What is the name of the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
What is the mathematical name for an angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?
Obtuse
What is the maximum break score in professional snooker?
147 points
What year was YouTube founded?
2005
Which U.S. state has the longest coastline?
Alaska
Which musician is known as the “King of Pop”?
Michael Jackson
What is the name of the Beatles’ last studio album released before their breakup?
Let it Be
What is a group of parrots called?
A pandemonium
Which civilization built Machu Picchu?
The Inca civilization.
What was the name of the first computer virus?
The Creeper Virus
Which moon of Jupiter is believed to have a subsurface ocean that could potentially support life?
Europa
This number was originally called a cipher, derived from the Arabic word sifr.
0
What is the length of an official NBA basketball court?
94 feet
What celebrity famously auctioned their own hair for charity?
David Beckham.
Which country completely surrounds Lesotho?
South Africa
Who is the best-selling female artist of all time?
Madonna
What instrument is famously known as the “king of instruments”?
The pipe organ
What is the deadliest creature in the world?
Mosquito
Who was tried in 1633 for supporting heliocentrism?
Galileo Galilei.
Which search engine was launched in 1998 and revolutionized internet browsing?
Which planet has a “Great Dark Spot” and “Great Red Spot” on its surface?
Neptune
Credited with inventing calculus
Sir Isaac Newton:
Which NFL quarterback holds the record for most career touchdown passes?
Tom Brady
Which pop star’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady GaGa