Astro-know-my
The Movies
Know your Booze
College Towns
The Olympics
100

This telescope was, in 2012, used to construct the most detailed image of the universe known to currently exist.

What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

100

Pixar Studios, in 1995, produced the first animated movie named this. 

What is Toy Story?

100

The name of this liquer is German for "Hunt Master"

What is Jägermeister?

100

Harvard is located in this city, also the name of England's second oldest university. 

What is Cambridge, MA?

100

This swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time winning 28 medals in total. 

Who is Michael Phelps?

200

This spiral galaxy, the closest to the Milky Way, is named after an Ethiopian queen in ancient Greek mythology

What is Andromeda

200

Creators of “Casper” say this film's logo plagiarized one of their characters.

What is Ghostbusters?

200

Weissbier, a beer known for its mild sweetness and low hop content, is mostly derived from this grain. 

What is wheat?

200

This sleepy city neighboring Los Angeles is home to Caltech.

What is Pasadena, CA?

200

Often considered among the greatest marathoners ever, this person won gold 2016 Men's Olympic Marathon in Rio.

Who is Eliud Kipchoge?

300

Also known as the Dog Star, this star is the brightest in the night sky.

What is Sirius?

300

Jack Nicholson plays a cantankerous colonel in this 1992 classic courtroom drama.

What is A Few Good Men?

300

This type of fortified wine hails from the Douro Valley in Portugal.

What is Port?

300

Einstein spent the last 20 years of his life at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in this bustling college town. 

What is Princeton, NJ?

300

According to official IOC regulation, gold medals must, surprisingly, contain at least 92.5% of this metal by weight. 

What is silver?

400

This satellite of Jupiter is known for its yellow surface due to its numerous sulfur plumes

What is Io?

400

This person has appeared in more than 30 Alfred Hitchcock movies.

Who is Alfred Hitchcock? (yes this is true)

400

You say Shiraz, I say this French name for a variety of red grape (and wine) cultivated in France's Rhone Valley.

What is Syrah?

400

The University of this city was the site of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in 1942. 

What is Chicago?

400

The name of this Olympic equestrian event means taming in French

What is dressage?

500

LIGO was, in 2016, the first successful experiment to detect these kinds of once-theorized disturbances from colliding black holes. 

What are gravitational waves?

500

This person was twice awarded the Oscar for Best Director, more recently for a film about the adventure of a boy and a tiger stranded at sea. 

Who is Ang Lee?

500

Along with lime and sugar, this native spirit is used to create Brazil's national cocktail. 

What is Cachaça? (can you name the drink in question?)

500

Waco TX is home to this university, the largest Baptist university in the world.

What is Baylor?

500

In 1998 (and ever since), Jamaica made a surprise first-time entry in this Winter Olympics event.

What is the bobsled (or bobsleigh)?