Science HL
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What is 15% of 60
9
Which country is both in Europe and Asia?
What weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they weigh the same
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
7
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What’s the next prime number after 29?
31
Which U.S. state is farthest west?
Alaska
If a plane crashes on the border between the U.S. and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?
Nowhere, you don’t bury survivors
What is the tallest building in Asia as of 2025?
Burj Khalifa
What is the process called when a solid changes directly into a gas?
Sublimation
A rectangle has a length of 27 and width of 83. What’s the perimeter?
Which country has the most time zones?
France
Some months have 30 days, some have 31. How many have 28?
All 12 months
Which video game has sold the most copies of all time (as of 2025)?
Minecraft
What law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Newton's Third Law
If 12 oranges cost $18, how much do 8 oranges cost?
$12
What is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?
If you have only one match and enter a dark room with an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which do you light first?
A match
What’s the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
Q
What is the chemical symbol for the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Hg (for mercury)
If you add 5 to a number, then double the result, you get 26. What is the number?
8
Which two landlocked countries are completely surrounded by one other country? (Clue: one is Africa, one in Europe)
Vatican City and Lesotho
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 run away. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
9
What is the world’s largest desert?
Antarctica