History
Which French military leader crowned himself Emperor in 1804?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What is the fastest land animal over short distances?
Cheetah (up to 70 mph)
What is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust?
Oxygen
What is the term for a word that is formed by rearranging the letters of another word?
Anagram
Which ocean is the deepest in the world?
The Pacific Ocean (Mariana Trench)
The Renaissance began in which European country?
Italy
True or false: some birds can sleep while flying.
True! Ex: great frigatebird
What is the hardest naturally occurring mineral?
Diamond
What do we call a word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward?
Palindrome
Which book holds the record for being the most translated in the world?
Bible
Which treaty ended World War I in 1919?
Treaty of Versailles
What is the largest species of penguin?
Emperor penguin
What phenomenon explains why light bends when passing through a prism?
Refraction
What is the term for a word that sounds like what it represents?
Onomatopoeia
Which U.S. president served two non-consecutive terms? (Other than Trump)
Grover Cleveland
What year did the Berlin Wall fall, symbolizing the end of the Cold War?
9 November 1989
Which mammal lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young?
The platypus (and echidna)
Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the shortest wavelength?
Gamma rays
What does the word "pangram" mean?
A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet (e.g., "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.")
Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
What civilization is known for developing the first writing system, cuneiform?
The Sumerians
Which marine animal is known to use tools, such as rocks, to open shells?
Sea otters
What is the pH of pure water?
7 (Neutral)
What do we call a word that has the same spelling but different meanings and pronunciations?
Heteronym (e.g., "tear" as in crying vs. "tear" as in ripping)
Which element is commonly known as "quicksilver"?
Mercury (Hg)
Which Chinese dynasty was known for building much of the Great Wall?
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Which reptile can survive for over a year without food?
Crocodiles
What part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination?
The cerebellum
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
Which planet has a day longer than its year?
Venus
In which year did the Byzantine Empire finally fall to the Ottoman Turks?
1453
What animal holds the record for the longest migration of any mammal?
The gray whale
Which famous equation represents the relationship between mass and energy?
E = mc² (Einstein's mass-energy equivalence)
Which English word has the most definitions?
Set (verb) - 430 senses listed in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary
Which movie won the first-ever Best Picture Oscar in 1929?
Wings
What medieval document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English monarchy?
Magna Carta
Which animal has the largest brain in proportion to its body size?
Ant
What is the heaviest naturally occurring element on Earth?
Uranium
What is the longest one-syllable word in English?
"Strengths"
Which U.S. state has the most national parks?
California (9 national parks)
What was the longest war in recorded history?
The Reconquista (781 years)
How do starfish eat if they have no teeth or mouth in the traditional sense?
They eject their stomachs out of their bodies to digest food externally.
Which planet has the largest volcano in the solar system?
Mars (Olympus Mons) - about 21 kilometers (13 miles) high and 600 kilometers (370 miles) in diameter, roughly the size of the state of Arizona
What is a synonym for the word "loquacious"?
Talkative
What was the first video game ever created?
Tennis for Two (1958)