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Can you yo-yo in space?
In 2012, NASA astronaut Don Pettit took a yo-yo on board the International Space Station and demonstrated several tricks. It works because a yo-yo mainly relies on the laws of conservation of angular momentum to perform tricks, which, provided you keep the string taut, apply in microgravity too.
What does WiFi stand for?
Nothing. It is not a short form.
In Risky Business, what song did Tom Cruise lip-sync to in his underwear?
“Old Time Rock and Roll.”
What international organization replaced the League of Nations?
United Nations
What is 7 squared?
49
This 14th-century pandemic killed an estimated one-third of Europe’s population.
Black Death (Black Plague/Bubonic Plague)
What instrument measures earthquakes?
Seismograph
Which film features the famous line, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine?"
Casablanca
What is the world’s best-selling stout beer?
Guinness
In what month does summer vacation start in Chile?
December
Comets smell like what spoiled food?
rotten eggs
What Country banned time travel in movies?
China
What year was the movie Gone With the Wind released?
1939
Which country was formerly known as Persia?
Iran
True or false: The public school Benjamin Franklin attended is still open.
True
The longest anyone has held their breath underwater is _______.
24.5 minutes.
What language has the most native speakers worldwide?
Mandarin Chinese
What 1990 movie starred Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg?
Ghost
What is the primary ingredient in the Italian dessert tiramisu?
Mascarpone cheese
Where was America’s first public school located?
Boston, Massachusetts
About ____ grapes go into one bottle of wine.
700
In Ancient Rome, wealthy citizens used to brush their teeth using a powder made of crushed _____ brains.
mouse
What gift does Rose find in her coat pocket at the end of Titanic?
A necklace
What everyday item did ancient Romans use as a form of toothpaste ingredient?
Crushed bones or shells
Which year of high school is considered the most difficult?
11th grade