The Pantheon
This Greek god of the sea carries a trident and is known as Neptune to the Romans.
Who is Poseidon?
This 10-letter word describes something that is "brief" or "lasting for a very short time."
What is ephemeral?
This Scottish song, which translates to "Times Gone By," is traditionally sung at midnight.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
This type of rock is formed from the cooling of molten magma or lava.
What is Igneous?
This property states that a + b = b + a.
What is the Commutative Property?
This goddess of wisdom and war was said to have sprung fully grown from the forehead of Zeus.
Who is Athena?
To be "venerable" is to be accorded a great deal of this, especially because of age or wisdom.
What is respect?
This major US city has hosted the famous "Ball Drop" in Times Square almost every year since 1907.
What is New York City?
The "Scale" used to measure the hardness of minerals, where diamond is a 10 and talc is a 1.
What is the Mohs Scale?
This is the mathematical term for a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
What is a Prime Number?
The Roman Pantheon features a 30-foot hole in the center of its dome, known by this Latin word for "eye."
What is the Oculus?
This verb means to "make something bad better" or "improve a situation."
What is ameliorate?
In 1582, this Pope introduced the calendar that moved New Year's Day from March to January 1st.
Who is Pope Gregory XIII?
This geological process involves the sinking of one tectonic plate beneath another into the mantle.
What is subduction?
This acronym helps students remember the order of operations.
What is PEMDAS?
He is the Roman god of beginnings, gates, and transitions, often depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions.
Who is Janus?
Someone who is "loquacious" is characterized by this habit.
What is being talkative?
In Spain, it is tradition to eat 12 of this specific fruit at the stroke of midnight for good luck.
What are grapes?
This is the name for the supercontinent that existed.
What is Pangea?
This is the result of any number (except zero) raised to the power of 0.
What is 1?
In the Greek pantheon, she is the goddess of the hearth and home, often passed over for more "exciting" deities.
Who is Hestia?
This adjective describes something that is "seemingly everywhere at once."
What is ubiquitous?
This island nation in the Pacific is typically the first inhabited place to ring in the New Year.
What is Kiribati?
These "curtains" of rock form when water drips from a cave ceiling, leaving behind calcium carbonate.
What are stalactites?
In the coordinate plane, this is the term for the point (0,0).
What is the Origin?