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What is the past tense of the verb "to eat"?
Ate
What is the mathematical term for the answer you get when you add two numbers together?
The sum
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
What is the name of the main circuit board inside a computer that connects all its parts?
The motherboard
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
What is the superlative form of the adjective "bad"?
The worst
If a circle has a radius of 5 cm, what is its diameter?
10 cm
The Renaissance, a period of great cultural and artistic achievement, began in which modern-day European country?
Italy
What does "RAM" stand for and what is its primary function?
Random Access Memory. It stores data currently being used by the computer for quick access.
What is the name of the smallest ocean in the world?
The Arctic Ocean
What is the opposite of "expand"?
Contract / Shrink
What type of graph uses slices of a circle to show percentages of a whole?
A pie chart
The Hundred Years' War was fought between which two countries?
England and France
In programming, what is a "loop" used for?
To repeat a block of code multiple times / to execute a set of instructions repeatedly
The Ural Mountains are generally considered the natural boundary between which two continents?
Europe and Asia
Which American writer and poet wrote "The Raven"?
Edgar Allan Poe
What is the name of the formula a² + b² = c²?
The Pythagorean theorem
Who was the British Prime Minister during most of World War II?
Winston Churchill
What does the acronym "SQL" stand for in database management?
Structured Query Language
The Gobi Desert, one of the world's great deserts, is located primarily in which two countries?
China and Mongolia
What is the name of the grammatical construction where a verb is followed by a preposition to create a new meaning, such as "give up" or "run into"?
A phrasal verb
What is the mathematical term for a number that cannot be expressed as a simple fraction, such as π or √2?
An irrational number
This was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history.
Operation Overlord
What was the name of the first successful web browser, released in 1993?
Mosaic
Which European country is known as the "Land of a Thousand Lakes"?
Finland