Music
Who are the 4 original band members of the Beatles?
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607?
A. Jamestown
B. St. Augustine
C. Plymouth
D. Savannah
A. Jamestown
Imagine a plant that grows beautiful flowers but lives in a glass box where no wind or insects can get inside. What is the most likely reason this plant would struggle to create new seeds?
A. No animals or wind can help with pollination
B. It doesn't have enough room to grow
C. It cannot get enough sunlight through the glass
D. The glass box makes the soil too dry
A. No animals or wind can help with pollination
In 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This act of courage led to a year-long boycott. Who was the young minister chosen to lead the organization that managed the boycott?
A. Barack Obama
B. Frederick Douglas
C. Malcolm X
D. Martin Luther King Jr.
D. Martin Luther King Jr.
At 26 years old, Dr. King was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association, which organized the boycott that eventually ended segregation on city buses
What group/band has won the most Grammy awards?
U2
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. John Adams
C. George Washington
D. Thomas Jefferson
D. Thomas Jefferson
Which artist did not perform at the 2026 Super Bowl?
A. Charlie Puth
B. Ricky Martin
C. Cardi B
D. Green Day
E. Lady Gaga
C. Cardi B
A student looks through a microscope and identifies a cell that has a rigid outer wall, a large central area filled with fluid, and small green oval structures. Which organelle is responsible for the 'small green ovals,' and what is its primary function?
A. Nucleus; controlling the cell's activities and DNA
B. Mitochondria; breaking down sugar to create ATP energy
C. Chloroplasts; converting light energy into chemical energy (glucose)
D. Vacuoles; storing water and waste products
C. Chloroplasts; converting light energy into chemical energy (glucose)
On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in which city to announce that all enslaved people were finally free, officially starting the tradition of Juneteenth?
A. Galveston, Texas
B. New Orleans, Louisiana
C. Atlanta, Georgia
D. Washington, D.C.
A. Galveston, Texas
What artist has won the most Grammy awards?
Beyonce
Which document is often called the 'Supreme Law of the Land' in the United States?
A. The Constitution
B. The Bill Of Rights
C. The declaration of Independence
D. The Articles of Confederation
A. The Constitution
Which show became a massive hit on Netflix in 2024, focusing on a group of kids solving mysteries in a coastal North Carolina town?
A. Stranger Things
B. Outer Banks
C. Riverdale
D. Wednesday
B. Outer Banks
If you take a tightly sealed, half-empty plastic water bottle from a hot car into a very cold freezer, the bottle will appear to 'collapse' or shrink. According to the Kinetic Molecular Theory, why does this happen?
A. The air molecules slowed down, lost kinetic energy and moved closer together
B. The cold air outside the bottle pushed harder on the plastic squeezing the molecules
C. The air molecules inside the bottle escaped through the plastic
D. The molecules turned into a solid which takes up less room
A. The air molecules slowed down, lost kinetic energy and moved closer together
Based on the history of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which of the following best describes the primary ethical violation that occurred after 1947?
A) Researchers intentionally withheld penicillin, a known and effective cure, to continue observing the effects of the disease.
B) The researchers failed to provide a financial stipend to the participants for their time.
C) The participants were forced to leave the state of Alabama against their will.
D) The study used too few participants to provide scientifically accurate data on the progression of syphilis.
A) Researchers intentionally withheld penicillin, a known and effective cure, to continue observing the effects of the disease.
While the lack of informed consent was a violation from the beginning, the most egregious part of the study's later years was the active prevention of the men from receiving a life-saving antibiotic that was readily available and widely used.
Which of these is not a band?
A. Metric
B. Eyes Set to Kill
C. The Black Keys
D. The Metal Rockets
E. Retro Rockets
D. The Metal Rockets
What was the main purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
A. To find gold in California
B. To explore the Louisiana Purchase
C. To fight the War of 1812
D. To sign a peace treaty with England
B. To explore the Louisiana Purchase
Which of these terms is NOT a slang used in 2025?
A. Unc
B. Rizz
C. Chopped
D. Clock it
E. Brew
E. Brew
A 10 kg bowling ball and a 5 kg bowling ball are both dropped from the same height in a vacuum (where there is no air resistance). According to the laws of gravity and motion, which of the following is true?
A. The 5kg ball hits the ground fist because it has less inertia.
B. The 10 kg ball hits the ground first because it has more mass.
C. The 10 kg ball hits faster than the 5kg ball due to acceleration.
D. They hit at the same time.
D. They hit at the same time.
Starting in the 1930s, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) institutionalized a practice known as 'redlining.' What was the primary mechanism of this policy that prevented Black Americans from building intergenerational wealth?
A. Passing laws that made it illegal for Back Americans to own any form of real estate in the United States
B. Forcing black families to sell their homes to the government at below-market prices for 'urban renewal' projects
C. Denying government-backed mortgages in neighborhoods with black residents, labeling them as 'hazardous' for investment on color-coded maps
D. Charging black homeowners significantly higher property taxes than their white neighbors
C. Denying government-backed mortgages in neighborhoods with black residents, labeling them as 'hazardous' for investment on color-coded maps
By marking integrated black neighborhoods as red, the government blocked black families from the low-interest FHA loans that built the white middle class purposely trapping black people in areas with declining property values.
Which one of these is not in the brass family?
A. Trumpet
B. Saxophone
C. French Horn
D. Trombone
E. Tuba
B. Saxophone
Which 1781 battle is considered the final major battle of the American Revolution, leading to the British surrender?
A. The Battle of Gettysburg
B. The Battle of Saratoga
C. The Battle of Bunker Hill
D. The Battle of Yorktown
E. The Battle of Jamestown
D. The Battle of Yorktown
What is the name of the 'Generative AI' technology trend that allows users to create incredibly realistic, high-definition video clips just by typing a text prompt?
Text-to-Video
Which organ in the digestive system is primarily responsible for absorbing the majority of nutrients from food into the bloodstream?
Small Intestines
While Brown v. Board of Education (1954) is famous for ending school segregation, a 1955 follow-up ruling ordered schools to desegregate 'with all deliberate speed.' What was the name of this second ruling that many critics argue allowed Southern states to delay integration for decades?
A. The Southern Manifesto
B. The Civil Rights Act
C. Brown II
D. The Plessy Doctrine
C. Brown II
In Brown II, the Supreme Court failed to set a specific deadline for integration, using the vague phrase' with all deliberate speed,' which emboldened segregationists to stall