Computer
When talking about computer memory, what does the acronym ROM stand for?
Read-only memory
What planet in our solar system has the longest day?
Venus (243 Earth days)
The term “déjà vu” comes from what language?
French
How many pairs of chromosomes are in found in the average human?
Twenty-three
What’s the holiest city in the religion Islam?
Mecca
What do the letters in the acronym CD-ROM stand for?
Compact Disk Read Only Memory
Which planet is furthest from the sun?
Neptune
A misandrist is a person that hates what?
Men
What is known as the “master gland” of the human body?
pituitary gland
which Hindu god was responsible for the creation of the world and all living things?
Brahma
What does the acronym USB stand for when referring to a computer port?
Universal Serial Bus
How many exoplanets have been discovered so far?
5,307
What is the common translation for the popular Latin phrase “carpe diem”?
Seize the day
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by which Scottish scientist?
Sir Alexander Fleming
What is the name of the holy book in Judaism?
Torah
What is the name of the first search engine ever created?
Archie
What is the name of the largest moon in the solar system, which orbits Jupiter?
Ganymede
What is the meaning of the French expression “c’est la vie”?
That’s life
Now extinct, what shark is thought to have been the largest ever on Earth?
Megalodon
What is the name of the holy book in Sikhism?
Guru Granth Sahib
What is the name of the first spreadsheet program?
VisiCalc
What astronomer was the first to observe the planet Uranus and suggest that it was a new planet?
William Herschel
A word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards is called a what?
Palindrome
Which scientist is considered the father of modern genetics?
Gregor Mendel
Located in Cambodia, what is the largest religious monument in the world?
Angkor Wat