POP CULTURE
This Disney princess sings "Let It Go" in the animated movie Frozen.
Who is Elsa?
A group of lions is called this.
What is a pride?
This yellow fruit, high in potassium, is a favorite snack of monkeys.
What is a banana?
In soccer/football, this is the number of players on the field per team.
What is 11?
This city, famous for its Eiffel Tower, is the capital of France.
What is Paris?
This Netflix show, set in the 1980s, features kids battling monsters from the "Upside Down."
What is Stranger Things?
Fun fact: This is the only mammal capable of true flight, and some species use echolocation to navigate in the dark.
What is a bat?
This Italian dish features thinly-sliced raw beef or fish, drizzled with olive oil and lemon.
What is carpaccio?
This swimmer holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals of all time with 23 golds.
Who is Michael Phelps?
Japan is famous for this beautiful pink flower that blooms each spring and is celebrated with festivals called "Hanami."
What is the cherry blossom (Sakura)?
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this fictional metal - the strongest on Earth - is what Captain America's shield is made of.
What is Vibranium?
Fun fact: Octopuses have three hearts, nine brains, and their blood is this color due to a copper-based protein called hemocyanin.
What is blue?
This French cooking technique slowly cooks food in a vacuum-sealed bag submerged in precisely controlled warm water.
What is sous vide?
In tennis, this term describes a score of 40-40, where a player must win two consecutive points to win the game.
What is deuce?
This country has the most natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, and is home to both the Great Wall and the Yangtze River.
What is China?
In the video game "The Legend of Zelda," the main playable hero who battles Ganon is NOT named Zelda - his name is this.
Who is Link?
Fun fact: The mantis shrimp can punch with the force of a bullet and can see this many colors — far more than humans who only see 3.
What is 16 colors?
Honey never spoils — edible honey was found in ancient Egyptian tombs over 3,000 years old. This is because honey's low moisture and this chemical compound makes it inhospitable to bacteria.
What is hydrogen peroxide?
This ancient Greek competition, held every 4 years at Olympia starting in 776 BC, is the direct ancestor of the modern Olympics. Athletes competed in events like this footrace named after the town.
What are the Ancient Olympic Games / the stade race?
This tiny landlocked country completely surrounded by Italy is the world's oldest republic, founded in 301 AD according to tradition.
What is San Marino?
The first music video ever played on MTV when it launched on August 1, 1981, was by this British band - and the song was called "Video Killed the Radio Star."
Who are The Buggles?
The immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) can biologically revert to its juvenile polyp stage through this cellular process, making it theoretically able to live forever.
What is transdifferentiation?
The Maillard Reaction - the chemical browning process that makes seared steaks and bread crusts delicious - begins at approximately this temperature in Celsius.
What is 140-165°C (accept 140-165)?
In professional boxing, this controversial "phantom punch" KO occurred in the 1965 Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston rematch, with Liston falling in the first round from a punch many in the crowd never even saw.
What is the Ali vs. Liston II "Phantom Punch" fight?
This Southeast Asian country is the only one in the world whose flag features a building — specifically a silhouette of the ancient temple complex Angkor Wat.
What is Cambodia?