Science
A molecule with sixty atoms of this element is buckminsterfullerene. Alkynes are characterized by a triple bond between two atoms of this element, which is bonded to nitrogen in a cyanide atom. Graphite and diamonds are allotropes of what element with atomic number 6?
Carbon (accept C)
Pencil and paper ready. This is a 20-second calculation question. Paul rolls a fair six sided die twice and then multiplies the results. What is the probability that Paul’s final product is the number 6?
1/9
This god9s throat turned blue after he drank Halahala poison. Mount Kailash is the residence of this Hindu deity and his wife Parvati. What <destroyer= god makes up the trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu?
Shiva (Sheev, Mahadeva, accept Nataraja before ready)
This city to the northwest of the Betsy Ross Bridge is bordered to the east by Camden. What most populous city in Pennsylvania is home to the Liberty Bell?
Philadelphia
On August 19, it was announced that the James Webb Space Telescope had detected a tiny new moon of this planet between the orbits of Ophelia and Bianca. What planet is known for its pale blue color and sideways tilt?
Uranus
Virginia City, Nevada was developed due to the discovery of this material at the Comstock Lode. A movement popular with debtors supported backing the U.S. dollar with what metal alongside gold?
Silver (accept Ag)
Pencil and paper ready. This is a 20-second calculation question. An unfair coin flips heads 70% of the time. What is the probability of getting one head and one tail in 2 coin flips in any order?
21/50
After spurning this deity, the prince of Thebes, Pentheus, was eaten alive by his followers, who are called Maenads. Semele died after giving birth to what Greek god of wine?
Dionysus
This state’s highest point is Britton Hill, which is the lowest high point of any U.S. state. The Kissimmee River flows into this state’s Lake Okeechobee. The Everglades are located in what southern state?
Florida
In a post, these two people jointly wrote, "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married." Name this tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs and this Grammy-winning singer.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
This structure’s middle lamella is held together by pectin. Beta-lactam drugs degrade a layer of this structure. A Gram stain can determine how much peptidoglycan this structure contains. In plants, cellulose makes up what rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane?
cell wall (prompt on wall)
Pencil and paper ready. This is a 30-second calculation question. 5, 12, 13 is a Pythagorean triple. The length 13 is also in another triple as one of the legs. What is the length of the hypotenuse in that other triple?
(the sides are 13,84, and 85)
85
A legendary emperor from this modern-day country was guided by a three-legged crow. After a deity from this country died giving birth to a fire spirit, her husband journeyed to Yomi. The Kojiki recounts the creation of the islands of what country, the home of Shintoism?
Japan
In this mountain range, the collapse of Mount Mazama around 8,000 years ago led to the formation of Crater Lake. The northern portion of the Pacific Crest Trail is located in what mountain range whose highest peak is Mt.Rainer?
Cascade Range
This city's newspaper said it would stop print publication at the end of the year. Name this city, home to the Journal-Constitution newspaper, which writes news about the largest city in Georgia.
Atlanta
The energy of a wave is directly proportional to the square of this quantity. Two times this quantity is equal to the distance between the peak and a trough. What term refers to the height of a wave?
amplitude
Pencil and paper ready. If Fred reads 5 pages an hour if he is feeling productive and 1 page an hour if he is feeling unproductive and there is a 50% chance he feels productive and 50% chance he feels unproductive. What is the expected number of pages he reads in 6 hours?
18 pages
This figure created the first humans from clay with his brother, who married Pandora. Heracles rescued this figure from being chained to a boulder, where an eagle would eat his liver every day. What Titan stole fire and gave it to humanity?
Prometheus
A region of this body of water that is named for a type of brown seaweed is the Sargasso Sea. This large body of water contains the Benguela and Canary currents. The St. Lawrence and Amazon rivers empty into what second-largest ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
This country reported a Sudan ebolavirus outbreak in early 2025, prompting emergency response coordination across East Africa. A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to which African country?
Uganda
Homologous recombination occurs in the first step of this process. This process produces four genetically diverse haploid cells. Gametes are formed by what process of cell division contrasted with mitosis?
meiosis
Pencil and paper ready. Harvey runs north at a speed of 12 miles per hour and Oswald runs east at a speed of 5 miles per hour. After 10 hours, what is the shortest distance between them?
130 miles
An object of this color titles a 1934 work by James Frazer that is subtitled “A Study in Comparative Religion.” This color also names a mythical South American city. Name this color of a fleece which is pursued by the Argonauts.
gold
Man-made trees are found in this country’s Gardens by the Bay. A small forest is located in the Jewel, which is part of this country’s Changi Airport. Marina Bay Sands is a resort in what island nation south of Malaysia?
Singapore
Potentially overriding Texas v. Johnson, the Trump administration's executive orders in August called for prosecuting this action as a crime. Name this act of violently disposing of a patriotic symbol.