Science
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is Jupiter?
Solve for x: 2x + 5 = 17
Answer: x = 6
Name one country in North America.
Answers will vary
Which movie franchise features characters named Harry, Hermione, and Ron?
Answer: Harry Potter
Which Chicago-born rapper released the album "The College Dropout" in 2004?
Answer: Kanye West
What is the chemical symbol for water?
What is H2O?
What is the formula for finding the area of a triangle?
Answer: Area = (base × height) / 2
Name the seven continents.
Answer: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia (Oceania), South America
Name the author of the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series.
Answer: Rick Riordan
What is the nickname of the Chicago baseball team that plays at Wrigley Field?
Answer: Chicago Cubs
Define photosynthesis.
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.
What is the difference between a prime number and a composite number?
Answer: A prime number has only two factors: 1 and itself, while a composite number has more than two factors.
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Answer: Off the coast of Queensland, Australia
Which popular TV show features characters such as Ross, Rachel, and Joey?
Answer: Friends
What is the name of the public transportation system in Chicago?
Answer: Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?
It contains the cell's DNA and controls the cell's activities.
What is the order of operations in mathematics?
Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division (from left to right), Addition and Subtraction (from left to right)
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
Who is the lead singer of the band "System of a Down"?
Answer: Serj Tankian
Which Chicago skyscraper was once the tallest building in the world?
Answer: Sears Tower (If you answer Willis Tower, your team automatically loses 100 points...j/k)
Name the three main types of rocks.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
If a rectangle has a length of 6 cm and a width of 4 cm, what is its perimeter?
Answer: Perimeter = 2(length + width) = 2(6 + 4) = 2(10) = 20 cm
Define the term "latitude" and "longitude."
Answer: Latitude measures how far north or south a location is from the equator, while longitude measures how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian.
Who played the character Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Robert Downey Jr.
What is the name of the famous Chicago-style deep-dish pizza chain founded in 1943?
Answer: Uno Pizzeria & Grill (Uno's)