Fantasy
Geology
Medicine Cont.
Memes Cont.
The Hard Questions (All worth 500)
100

Who is most often credited for making the Fantasy genre popular?

J.R.R. Tolkien

100

Sometimes, if you crack open what you thought was just a normal rock, you’ll find it was actually hollow and lined with crystals. What is this sort of crystal formation called?

Geode

100

What battery-powered board game has pieces called “bread basket,” “spare ribs,” “water on the knee,” and “funny bone?”

Operation

100

This name has become commonly used in memes to refer to a stereotypically popular and conventionally attractive man

Chad

100

In 2016, which pop star commanded both First place and Second place on the billboard year-end hot 100 singles chart?

Justin Beiber

200

Which actor voiced Aslan the lion in the 2005 film The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?

Liam Neeson

200

Cement is made of calcium carbonate, also known as this common grey sedimentary rock:

Limestone

200

Which medical term from the Latin terms for “blood” and “break forth” refers to a lot of bleeding, which can be life-threatening?

Hemorrhage

200

One of the earliest internet memes ever documented was a trend of sharing hyperbolic “facts” about this martial artist and actor

Chuck Norris

200

What is the common name of Rhinella marina, the invasive amphibian that has massively disrupted the
Australian ecosystem?

Cane Toad

300

What is the longest-running American live-action fantasy TV series, with its fifteenth season airing in late 2019?

Supernatural

300

This multicolored gemstone is the national gemstone of Australia

Opal

300

There are non-image-forming ganglion cells in the human eye (and other mammals) that are still photosensitive and receive light signals that can help regulate and suppress the production of what "M" hormone that helps regulate the sleep-wake schedule?

Melatonin

300

In the ancient times of the early 2010s, what is the name for the meme featuring a ginger teenager character used to be depicted as the face of misfortune

Bad Luck Brian

300

During the age of exploration, one of the most common causes of death among sailors was Scurvy, a disease which results in the breakdown of collagen in the body leading to all sorts of awful symptoms. However, eventually it was discovered that this disease could be both cured and completely prevented by… what?

Eating vitamin C/citrus/foods high in citric acid

400

In Dungeons and Dragons, when fighting a troll boss monster, what must be done in order to stop it from regenerating its health?

Fire/Acid damage

400

Igneous rocks are rocks which form as a result of volcanic activity. Give an example of an igneous rock

Obsidian, pumice, basalt, andersite, diorite, granite and many more

400

The four major lobes of the human brain are the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe, and what?

Temporal Lobe

400

In the video game Star Fox 64, in order to dodge the lasers that were being fired at your starship, you were instructed to execute what evasive maneuver, which later became a meme on YouTube

Barrel Roll/ “Do a barrel roll!”

400

In the classic online role playing adventure game “Runescape”, which quest must first be completed in order to equip the iconic rune plate body armor?

Dragon Slayer

500

In Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, what is the name of the reforged sword given to Aragorn?

Anduril, the Flame of the West

500

On Mohs Hardness Scale, minerals are scaled from 1 to 10 on how resistant they are to scratching. Talcum is rated as a 1, whereas Diamond is rated as a 10. Which gemstones are rated as a 9 on this scale? There are two, but you only need to name 1.

Ruby and Sapphire

500

The upper ventral, or chest cavity, containing the heart, lungs, esophagus and other body parts, also goes by what “T” name? It comes from the Latin word meaning “breastplate.”

Thoracic Cavity

500

Correctly respond to the following quote: “Hello there!”

General Kenobi!

500

In 1961, a Soviet Russian man named Yuri Gagarin became the first human to… what?

Journey to outer space