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What snake-like South American river is the longest in the world and could probably swallow a small country?
The Amazon River
What magical boarding school did a certain bespectacled orphan attend, where the staircases have severe commitment issues?
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
What gas do plants inhale like it's the freshest mountain air, only to exhale oxygen for us to breathe?
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) — plants are the OG air purifiers
How many players from one team are on the pitch during a soccer match (goalkeeper included)?
11 players
Mathematics: What's pi rounded to two decimal places? (Hint: it rhymes with "tree spore one mortgage")
3.14
In what year did World War II finally wrap up its unwelcome run?
1945 — the year the world collectively exhaled
Which Beatle earned the nickname "The Quiet Beatle" by, well, being quiet?
George Harrison
What does "HTTP" stand for? (You see it every day and probably never thought about it.)
HyperText Transfer Protocol 🌐
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice, giving us Mr. Darcy and unrealistic romantic expectations forever?
Jane Austen ✍️
In Greek mythology, who's the lightning-throwing CEO of Mount Olympus?
Zeus ⚡ (notorious shapeshifter and questionable husband)
What's the most abundant element in the universe by mass? It's also what stars use as fuel.
Hydrogen — the universe's favorite ingredient ✨
Which African country was once known as Abyssinia and is home to one of humanity's oldest civilizations?
Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Which country has hoisted the most FIFA World Cup trophies (5 and counting)?
Brazil 🇧🇷 (Samba + soccer = unbeatable combo)
Who unified China and became its first emperor — also a fan of giant terracotta armies?
Qin Shi Huang (also styled Qin Shi Huangdi) 🏯
There's only one even prime number in existence. Lonely little thing — what is it?
2 (the rebel of the prime family) 🔢
In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, who's the angsty ex-student that picks up an axe and ruins everyone's day?
Rodion Raskolnikov 🪓
What's the name of the rainbow bridge connecting Asgard to Midgard in Norse mythology?
Bifröst 🌈 (guarded by Heimdall, the world's most attentive bouncer)
What was Walt Disney's very first feature-length animated film, released in 1937?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 🍎
Who created the first compiler (the A-0 system) and helped pioneer COBOL? Also a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and absolute legend.
Grace Hopper 👩💻 (yes, "debugging" really did come from a literal moth)
Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" is famous for its unusual time signature. What is it?
5/4 (hence the very clever name) 🎷
What hypothetical particle, named after an Italian physicist, is its own antiparticle and could explain matter-antimatter asymmetry?
Majorana fermion 🌌 (named after Ettore Majorana, who himself mysteriously disappeared in 1938 — fitting)
What 1648 collection of treaties ended the Thirty Years' War and birthed the modern concept of state sovereignty?
The Peace of Westphalia 📜 (the OG diplomatic group chat)
Andrew Wiles spent years proving this 350-year-old problem stating that aⁿ + bⁿ = cⁿ has no positive integer solutions for n > 2. What's it called?
Fermat's Last Theorem 🤯 (Pierre de Fermat scribbled it in a margin and trolled mathematicians for centuries)
What is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans, lurking nearly 11 km below the surface in the Mariana Trench?
Challenger Deep 🌊 (where sunlight goes to retire)
Which 1922 James Joyce novel takes place on a single day — June 16th, 1904 — in Dublin and is celebrated annually as "Bloomsday"?
Ulysses 📖 (read by many, finished by few)