Math
What is the value of 7²?
49
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au.
What empire built the Colosseum?
The Roman Empire.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
The song "Brain Stew" was performed by which band?
Green Day
Solve: 3x−5=16
x=7
What planet is known as the Ice Giant?
Uranus
What 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Name one classics author.
Examples include William Shakespeare, H.G. Wells, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Dickens, Anne Sewell, Mark Twain, Charlotte Brontë, Ernest Hemingway.
What 1990s sitcom featured six friends living in New York and used the catchphrase, “We were on a break!”?
What’s the name of a triangle with all sides of different lengths?
Scalene
What part of the cell is known as the "powerhouse"?
Mitochondria.
What document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king and is considered a cornerstone of constitutional law?
The Magna Carta
What’s the term for giving human qualities to non-human things?
Personification.
What artist holds the record for the most Grammy wins of all time, as of 2024?
Beyonce
What is the vertex of the quadratic function f(x)=x2−6x+9?
(3,0)
What law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Newton's Third Law
What major historical event began in 1929 in the U.S.?
The Great Depression.
What novel by Mary Shelley is considered by many to be the first true work of science fiction?
Frankenstein.
What 1999 sci-fi film, known for its philosophical themes and bullet-time effects, features the line: “There is no spoon”?
The Matrix
What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
720 degrees
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
What was the name of the failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-backed exiles?
The Bay of Pigs
A long narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a hero, often in a grand, elevated style. Examples include Beowulf and The Odyssey.
An Epic
Who composed the iconic scores for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Jurassic Park?
John Williams