Science
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Answer: A fruit. Fruits contain seeds and grow from the flowering part of a plant. A vegetable is an edible part of a plant.
What is the smallest country in the world?
The Vatican
What element is associated with the zodiac sign of Scorpio?
Answer: Water
An "umbilicoplasty" is a form of cosmetic surgery intended to modify the appearance of what typically unnoticed body part?
Answer: Belly button
Who was the leader of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II?
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower (USA).
What is the world’s largest tree by volume?
Answer: The Giant Sequoia.
What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Answer: Sputnik 1
What is the element associated with the zodiac sign of Leo?
Answer: Fire
What fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus? It is named after the Greek hero who killed Hector outside of Troy.
Answer: Achilles tendon
Who was the British prime minister during most of World War II?
Answer: Winston Churchill.
If a solution has a pH of 1.68, is it a acidic or alkaline?
Answer: An acid. Solutions with a pH between 0-7 are acids. Solutions with a pH between 7-14 are bases.
What is the Higgs boson particle often called?
Answer: The "God particle"
What is the term used in astrology for when two planets are aligned at the same degree in the zodiac?
Answer: Conjunction
The average adult has about 22 square feet (or about 8 pounds) of which organ?
Answer: Skin
Which battle in World War II is considered the turning point in the Pacific theater, in which the United States destroyed much of Japan's carrier fleet?
Answer: The Battle of Midway.
What is cohesion?
Water’s tendency to stick together.
Which is the only bird known to fly backwards?
Answer: Hummingbird
Which planet’s influence is associated with change and unpredictability in astrology?
Answer: Uranus
Which part of the body is comprised of the carpus and metacarpus?
Answer: Hand
In which battle, fought in 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte defeated, marking the end of his rule as Emperor of France?
Answer: The Battle of Waterloo.
The author of 1984 and Animal Farm, this British writer is known for his critiques of totalitarian regimes.
Answer: Who is George Orwell?
What is the oldest known written language?
Answer: Sumerian
Which zodiac sign is often associated with the traits of adaptability and duality, and is symbolized by two figures or twins?
Answer: Gemini
Derived from the Latin word for “little cavity”, what is the name of the air sacs in the lungs where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide?
Answer: Alveoli
Which treaty officially ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany, contributing to the conditions that led to World War II?
Answer: The Treaty of Versailles.