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General Knowledge
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Science & Nature
100

Perfect square and sum of the first three primes

what is 9
100

Capital of the world's largest country by land area, spanning eleven time zones

Moscow

100

Variable that must stay constant for Boyle's Law to hold.

Temperature

100

Athletics event in which competitors use a flexible pole to clear a crossbar

The pole vault

100

 Planet with an axial tilt of roughly 98 degrees, effectively rotating on its side

Uranus

200

Chess piece that can jump over others on its first move

A Knight

200

Country that has won the most FIFA World Cups.

Brazil

200

Market failure where costs or benefits fall on uninvolved third parties

An externality

200

Points awarded for a penalty goal in rugby union

three

200

Enzyme in saliva and pancreatic juice that breaks starch into maltose

Amylase 

300

Thought experiment about a ship with gradually replaced planks, questioning identity over time

The Ship of Theseus

300

The term for the imaginary line seperating hemispheres 

The equator 

300

Mathematical term for the rate of change of a function at any given point.

A derivative

300

Dismissal in cricket for deliberately using your body to block a fielder from taking a catch

Obstructing the field

300

 Chemistry principle stating atoms seek eight electrons in their outer shell.

The octet rule

400
The number of sides on a dodecagon

12

400

Currency used in Japan

The yen 

400

Process in the mitochondrial matrix that oxidises acetyl-CoA, produces ATP, and releases CO₂

The Krebs cycle

400

Minimum finishing position required to claim the bonus fastest-lap point in Formula 1

Top 10

400

SI unit of pressure equal to one newton per square metre

Pascal

500

Ancient Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great and wrote foundational works on logic, ethics, and natural science

Aristotle

500

The only woman to have won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences

Marie Curie

500

 Theorem stating every degree-n polynomial has exactly n complex roots, counted with multiplicity

The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

500

 Foul called for unsportsmanlike conduct such as taunting or arguing with officials, giving the opposition two free throws and possession

 A technical 

500

1927 principle stating that position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely known simultaneously

 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle