Actual Science No Funny Stuff
Places Josh don't know nothin bout
When will this Star War end
Quote, but no cigar
2010s Slang
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This scale measures the acidity or basicity of a substance, from 0 to 14.

What is the pH scale?

300

This country is famous for clocks and neutrality, but do not look for its capital in Zurich or Geneva; hard fact: Bern is the federal city, and fun fact: it has four national languages.

What is Switzerland?

300

Before anyone says “It’s a trap,” this Rebel officer in Return of the Jedi is already leading the attack on the second Death Star from a Mon Calamari cruiser.

Who is Admiral Ackbar?

300

He almost said: "Ask not what your country can do for you, because it is hard!"

Who is John F. Kennedy

300

When a party is illuminated or set on fire.

What is Lit?

600

This layer of Earth lies between the crust and the core.

What is the mantle?

600

This country has  has more ancient pyramids than Egypt, and fun fact: many are in the region once known as Nubia.

What is Sudan?

600

Maaaaan this is racist as hell

Who is any alien from Phantom Menace?

600

He might have said: "To be a great champion you must sting like a bee."

Who is Muhammad Ali?

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”


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Blocking sunlight or casting darkness over something, or in this case, throwing it at someone.

What is Shade?

900

This law says that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?

900

This country acts like it straight up wasn't on the bad guy team in the battle of the grandpa's. AKA World War II

What is Italy?

900

In this movie, the Millennium Falcon has found a safe cave inside an asteroid, until teeth, tremors, and one very bad parking spot reveal that the “cave” is actually a giant space worm.

What is The Empire Strikes Back?

900

He straight up didn't say "The only thing we have to fear is the American people"

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?

"I pledge... a new deal for the American people"

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"  

900

Quiet, restrained, subdued, or not very intense, and the bass notes of a piano.

What is low-key?

1200

This boundary around a black hole marks the point beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape.

What is the event horizon?

1200

This past April, this Himalayan nation rang in the year 2083  — and it also flies the world’s only non-rectangular national flag. 

What is Nepal?

1200

This character is the first person seen using the Force

Who is Darth Vader?

1200

He barely said "Now I am become dogma in science."

Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" "There is no place for dogma in science." 

1200

Used in older writings as a label for Indigenous peoples and tribal societies, this word originally suggested something wild, uncivilized, or brutal

What is savage?

1500

This organelle helps produce energy.

What is the mitochondria?

1500

This small European country is landlocked between Switzerland and Austria; it is one of the world’s smallest nations by area.

What is Liechtenstein?

1500

This Return of the Jedi palace resident is the small cackling creature who laughs at Jabba’s jokes until he becomes part of the barge explosion chaos.

Who is Salacious B. Crumb?

1500

He kinda said: "Never regret anything that was an exaggeration.”

Who was Mark Twain? - “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” -"Never regret anything that makes you smile"

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This short term of affection was used heavily in sometimes explained as “before anyone else,” though that meaning is likely a later backronym rather than its true origin.  

What is bae?