Jeopardy May 6th (1)

Scientific Mysteries

100

What is the hypothetical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing escapes?
A) Photon Sphere
B) Event Horizon
C) Singularity Shell
D) Schwarzschild Ring

Event Horizon

200

What causes the sudden “jerk” feeling when falling asleep?
A) Neural misfire
B) Muscle fatigue
C) Blood pressure drop
D) Dream interruption

Neural misfire

300

Why do we sometimes forget why we entered a room?
A) Memory decay
B) Brain overload
C) Doorway effect disrupting memory
D) Lack of oxygen

 Doorway effect disrupting memory

400

What type of bond holds water molecules together?
A) Ionic bond
B) Covalent bond
C) Hydrogen bond
D) Metallic bond

Hydrogen bond

500

What is the main component of natural gas used in homes?
A) Propane
B) Methane
C) Butane
D) Ethane

Methane

World Wonders

100

Which wonder is the only one of the original Seven Wonders still largely intact today?
A) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
B) Temple of Artemis
C) Great Pyramid of Giza
D) Statue of Zeus

Great Pyramid of Giza

200

Machu Picchu is located at approximately what altitude?
A) Sea level
B) 500 meters
C) 2,400 meters
D) 5,000 meters

2,400 meters

300

Petra was carved into what type of rock?
A) Granite
B) Limestone
C) Sandstone
D) Marble

Sandstone

400

Easter Island Moai statues were primarily carved from:
A) Marble
B) Volcanic tuff
C) Granite
D) Sandstone

Volcanic tuff

500

The Stonehenge is aligned with:
A) Lunar eclipses only
B) Winter solstice sunset
C) Summer solstice sunrise
D) Planetary orbits

Summer solstice sunrise

Abbreviations

100

“A system of rules that governs how data is transmitted over the internet.”
A) HTML
B) FTP
C) HTTP
D) IP

HTTP

200

“JPEG” stands for Joint Photographic ______ Group.
A) Experts
B) Encoding
C) Electronic
D) Exchange

Experts

300

Which abbreviation refers to a type of image file format?
A) PDF
B) MP3
C) PNG
D) TXT

PNG

400

“VPN” is best described as:
A) A faster internet connection
B) A private network over a public internet
C) A virus protection tool
D) A data storage system

A private network over a public internet

500

What does “q.d.” mean in prescriptions?
A) Four times daily
B) Every day
C) Every hour
D) As needed

Every day (from Latin “quaque die”)

Space & Astronomy

100

Which planet has the shortest day (fastest rotation)?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Saturn

 Jupiter

200

What is the main component of Saturn’s rings?
A) Dust only
B) Ice and rock particles
C) Gas clouds
D) Metal fragments

 Ice and rock particles

300

What is the term for a star that suddenly increases in brightness and then fades?
A) Pulsar
B) Quasar
C) Nova
D) Nebula

Nova

400

What is the Kuiper Belt?
A) A ring around Saturn
B) A region of icy bodies beyond Neptune
C) A type of asteroid
D) A solar flare zone

A region of icy bodies beyond Neptune

500

What happens during a solar eclipse?
A) Earth blocks the Sun
B) Moon blocks the Sun
C) Sun blocks Earth
D) Mars blocks the Sun

 Moon blocks the Sun

Historical Figures

100

Which ancient Egyptian ruler is famous for her tomb discovered in 1922?
A) Cleopatra
B) Ramses II
C) Tutankhamun
D) Hatshepsut

Tutankhamun

200

Which leader is associated with the phrase “Veni, vidi, vici”?
A) Augustus
B) Julius Caesar
C) Hannibal
D) Nero

 Julius Caesar

300

This leader crossed the Alps with elephants during war.
A) Julius Caesar
B) Hannibal
C) Alexander the Great
D) Scipio Africanus

 Hannibal

400

Which two figures are famously linked to the calculus priority dispute?
A) Galileo Galilei & Johannes Kepler
B) Isaac Newton & Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
C) Einstein & Bohr
D) Darwin & Mendel

Isaac Newton & Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

500

This figure:

• Was a queen of Egypt
• Had alliances with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
• Was the last active ruler of her dynasty

Who is she?
A) Nefertiti
B) Hatshepsut
C) Cleopatra
D) Arsinoe

Cleopatra