Fortnite
Q: What is the name of the main in-game currency used to buy skins and emotes?
A: V-Bucks
Q: Who is the king of the Greek gods and ruler of Mount Olympus?
A: Zeus
Q: You have 5 apples. You give away 2, then pick up 3 more from the table. How many apples do you have now?
6 (5 − 2 + 3 = 6)
Q: What is “sampling” in music?
A: Using a portion of a previously recorded song in a new song.
Q: What is the process by which species change over time through heritable traits?
A: Evolution
Q: What is the name of the floating battle transport that drops players onto the island?
A: The Battle Bus
Q: What is the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, often symbolized by an owl?
A: Athena
What comes next in the sequence: 3, 6, 12, 24, ___ ?
48 (each term is multiplied by 2)
Q: Which 1970s funk musician’s songs, especially the drum breaks, are some of the most sampled in hip-hop history?
A: James Brown
Q: Who is the scientist most famous for proposing the theory of natural selection?
A: Charles Darwin
Q: Which famous location was destroyed by a meteor in Chapter 1, Season 4?
A: Dusty Depot
Q: What hero is known for his incredible strength and for completing twelve nearly impossible labors?
A: Heracles (or Hercules in Roman mythology)
Q: At 3:15, what is the angle (in degrees) between the hour and minute hands of a clock?
A: 7.5°
Short explanation: Minute hand at 90°. Hour hand at 3 + 15/60 = 3.25 hours → 3.25×30° = 97.5°. Difference = 97.5 − 90 = 7.5°.
Q: Which early hip-hop DJ and producer released the 1982 album The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, pioneering the art of live sampling and turntablism?
A: Grandmaster Flash
Q: What is the term for structures in different species that are similar because of shared ancestry?
A: Homologous structures
Q: What was the first live in-game concert event held in Fortnite, featuring a real-life artist?
A: Marshmello’s concert (2019)
Q: Who flew too close to the sun with wings made of wax and feathers?
A: Icarus
A bat and a ball cost $1.10 total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Quick algebra: Let ball = x. Then bat = x + 1.00 → x + (x + 1.00) = 1.10 → 2x = 0.10 → x = 0.05.
Q: Which 1981 electronic track by Kraftwerk was famously sampled in Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock, influencing the development of electro and hip-hop?
A: Trans-Europe Express
Q: What era is often called the “Age of Reptiles,” during which dinosaurs dominated the Earth?
A: Mesozoic Era
Q: What is the name of the cube that appeared on the island in Chapter 1 and later played a major role in multiple live events?
A: Kevin the Cube
Q: What creature had the body of a lion, the head of a woman, and asked riddles to travelers?
A: The Sphinx
Q: You have two ropes; each burns for exactly 1 hour but not at a steady rate (burn speed varies along length). How can you measure exactly 45 minutes using only these ropes and a lighter?
A: Light rope A at both ends and rope B at one end.
Explanation: Rope A (both ends lit) burns in 30 minutes. The moment A finishes (30 min passed), light the other end of rope B — the remaining length of B will then burn in 15 minutes. 30 + 15 = 45 minutes.
Q: What 1989 court case ruled that unauthorized sampling could be copyright infringement, establishing a major legal precedent in the music industry?
A: Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. (Biz Markie case)
Q: What do scientists call the sudden, widespread extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago?
A: Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event