Recent US History
In this year, scientists in New Mexico witnessed the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb
1945
Despite its frequent use in English announcements and invitations, RSVP stands for this French phrase
Répondez, s’il vous plaît
This is the most widely spoken native language in Europe
German
Easter island, famous for its huge stone carvings, lies about 2,200 miles west of this South American country
Chile
This term can describe numbers that are positive, negative, or zero — as long as they aren’t fractions or decimals
Integer
In 2003, an overgrown tree in this state touched a power line and caused a blackout affecting 50 million North Americans
Ohio
“Mrs.” may usually be read as “Missus,” but it’s actually short for this
Mistress
Among the many English words taken from this language are yacht, easel, cookie and freight
Dutch
This world’s largest geographic island, in the Atlantic Ocean, is larger than the second, third and fourth largest islands combined
Greenland
In order to solve 6(9x7)-2+18, the Order of Operations, known better by this acronym, requires you to solve the parentheses first
PEMDAS
When the federal minimum wage became a standard in 1938, it was this much
$0.25/hr
AM and FM denote these types of Modulation that occur between a station and a carrier wave
Amplitude and Frequency
One of the oldest written languages, this is still spoken in rural areas across India
Sanskrit
This Indonesian Island is the most populous in the world, with over half the country’s population residing there
Java
To calculate this, divide the difference of the y-coordinates of 2 points on a line by the difference of the x-coordinates of those same 2 points
Slope
Prohibition began in 1920 and ended in this year when the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified by 36 of the 48 states
1933
BC refers to the period Before Christ; AD refers to this period
Anno Domini
After the Bible, this children’s book about a young monarch — originally written in French — is the world’s most translated book
The Little Prince
These Azores islands were uninhabited when this country claimed them in 1431; they are now home to a quarter of a million people
Portugal
To solve an equation where x represents an unknown, and a, b, and c represent known numbers, and a ≠ 0, you’ll need this formula
The Quadratic Formula
Leaked to the press in 1971, these documents detailed America’s involvement in the Vietnam War
Pentagon Papers
Of course UK hospitals have an emergency room, but instead of ER, they call it this
A&E — Accidents and Emergency
Many Slavic languages — most commonly, Russian — use this alphabet developed during the 9th century
Cyrillic
These islands consist of the projecting peaks of the largest mountain range in the world
The Hawaiian Islands
In a 2004 Pshysic’s World poll, these equations, used to map the relationship between electric and magnetic fields, tied with Euler’s identity as the “greatest equation ever”
Maxwell's identity