dog breeds
What word refers to a dog of mixed or unknown breed?
mutt (accept: mongrel)
In 2002, iRobot introduced the world to what autonomous vacuum cleaner?
Roomba
After finishing third in the seventh series of The X Factor, what band signed with Simon Cowell’s record label and later released their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful”?
One Direction
What genus of dinosaur’s holotype was destroyed during a World War II bombing raid? This genus is named for the theorized sail on its back.
Spinosaurus
Electrons are gained in what kind of half reaction?
reduction (reject: reduction-oxidation)
What dogs were bred to rescue people stranded in the Alps?
St. Bernard dog
Taking its name from a Hamilton song, what is the name of former US National Security Advisor John Bolton’s memoir?
The Room Where It Happened
What song, the lead single from the album Midnight Memories, has been noted for its strong similarities to “Baba O’Riley” by The Who?
“Best Song Ever”
Sue is one of the largest and best-preserved specimens of what species of dinosaur, whose name means “tyrant lizard king”?
Tyrannosaurus rex (accept: T. rex)
Name either of the Italian scientists who give their name to a kind of electrochemical cell that generates a current through spontaneous redox reactions.
Alessandro Volta OR Luigi Galvani
What name is given to a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle?
cockapoo
David travels to Paris and has an affair with the titular Italian bartender in what James Baldwin novel?
Giovanni’s Roo
Their first single after Zayn’s departure, what song begins “I’ve got fire for a heart, I’m not scared of the dark” and states that “with your love, nobody can” perform the title action?
“Drag me Down”
Dinosaurs like herrerasaurus and coelophysis [“SEE-loh-FY-siss”] lived during what period, the first in which dinosaurs existed?
Triassic perio
The electrode potential and absolute temperature is used to calculate the reduction potential of a reaction by what central equation of electrochemistry?
Nernst equation
What is the most common breed used as guide and service dogs?
labrador retrieve
What idiom refers to an uncomfortable yet important topic that people shy away from addressing?
the elephant in the room
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata number 14 in C-sharp minor has what celestial nickname?
Moonlight Sonata
A specimen of what dinosaur was found locked in battle with a protoceratops in the Gobi Desert, and is actually much smaller than it appeared in Jurassic Park?
Velociraptor
What diagram, named for a Belgian chemist, displays the chemical species present in an aqueous solution based on the solution's electric potential and pH?
Pourbaix diagram
The historical rivalry between Russia and Britain over the control of Afghanistan was known by what name?
Part 1: Who developed the “worlds theory”, according to which their independent self is separate from their relationship self, and will be killed by their relationship self if their different worlds come together?
Part 2: Despite not knowing if they had been hired, this person started showing up to a job, took the smaller office, and was given the Pensky file.
Part 3: This person invented an importer-exporter named Art Van de Lay to use as a cover story. This character worked an office job for the Yankees for several years and was engaged to Susan Ross.
Part 4: Played by Jason Alexander, this neurotic, stocky, balding man is Jerry’s longtime best friend on Seinfeld.
The notes B-flat, D, and F-sharp make up what sort of triad?
augmented triad
Though it technically refers just to the bread, what name is used for a traditional Vietnamese sandwich with meat and vegetables on a baguette?
banh mi
What Athenian inventor was exiled for murdering his nephew before constructing the Labyrinth on Crete?
Daedalus