Pop Culture
Who is known as the “King of Pop”?
Michael Jackson
What are the three layers of the Earth?
Crust, mantle and core.
What is the lowest prime number?
2
How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win with the Chicago Bulls?
6
Which civilization invented the wheel?
The Sumerians
Who holds the record for most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show?
Kendrick Lamar
Zinc is the ___ element of period table.
30th
What is the mathematical term for the top number in a fraction?
Numerator.
What is the highest possible score you can achieve in a perfect game of bowling?
300.
Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Beatles’ first number one hit in the United States?
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
The sum of the interior angles in angle triangle will always equal this number:
180
What is the only country to play in every World Cup?
Brazil
True or false: the world's first writing system was developed in Mesopotamia.
True!
**bonus points (50) each:
what is the name of the writing system?
when was it created?
Which video game was created first? Minecraft, Roblox, or Fortnite?
*bonus points (50) if you can name the year each were released!
Roblox: 2006
Minecraft: 2009
Fortnite: 2017
Who created the periodic table of elements? And when?
Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev, in 1869.
What is the perimeter of a circle called?
Circumference
What was the first NHL team to win back-to-back Stanley Cup titles?
Montreal Canadians
What year was Pluto discovered?
**bonus points if you know the name of the astronomer who discovered it!
1930.
**Clyde William Tombaugh (fun fact, he was born in IL)
What phrase was named the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year, most often used by Gen Z and Gen Alpha?
"Brain rot"
What are the most common elements in the human body?
By mass, about 96% of our bodies are made of four key elements:
1. oxygen (65%)
2. carbon (18.5%)
3. hydrogen (9.5%)
4. nitrogen (3.3%).
Which of these fractions is largest?
1. 7/8
2. 13/16
3. 63/80
4. 31/40
7/8!
How big is an Olympic sized swimming pool in meters?
50 meters long and 25 meters wide
Which two rivers defined the Mesopotamian region?
Tigris and and Euphrates.