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Which is the world’s smallest fully independent nation?
Vatican City
What is the primary purpose of a kangaroo's tail?
propulsion
Why does some bat guano sparkle?
Because bats eat so many insects, which have exoskeletons made of a shiny material called chitin.
What colour is spider blood?
blue
What country is considered the world’s oldest republic?
San Marino
What is the name of the long, narrow country on South America’s Pacific coast?
Chile
In what country might one hear the song "Waltzing Matilda" frequently played?
Australia
What country is said to be shaped like an elephant’s head?
Thailand
What European country is divided into cantons?
Switzerland
What European country is divided into departments?
France
Which hormone regulates the level of sugar in the blood and is produced in the pancreas?
insulin
Humans have … sets of teeth during their lives.
2
Adult humans have … bones.
206
The humerus is also sometimes called the …?
funny bone
What is the name for fear of open spaces?
agoraphobia
All blue-eyed people have a common …?
ancestor
What is the generic term for inflammation of the mucous tissue of the nose?
rhinitis
If a person has lockjaw, what disease are they suffering from?
tetanus
Where in the body are the adrenal glands located?
above the kidneys
Which is another name for growth hormone?
somatotropin
What is the scientific term for a disease that causes dizziness?
vertigo
Which brain disorder results in a progressive and irreversible decline in memory and various other cognitive functions?
Alzheimer disease
is found in hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein that makes blood …
red
The part of the brain primarily responsible for production of speech is the…
Broca area
Who discovered the major blood groups and developed the ABO system of blood typing, which made blood transfusion a routine medical practice?
Karl Landsteiner
Beriberi, meaning “extreme weakness,” is the name of a disorder caused by a lack of which vitamin?
B1
Which eating disorder is characterized by periods of binging followed by inappropriate attempts to compensate for the binge, including induced vomiting?
bulimia nervosa
What is eczema?
an inflammatory skin condition
What condition is caused by the deposition of salts of uric acid?
gout
Which artist kept extensive notes on art and science using mirrored writing?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which artist sculpted the David?
Michelangelo
Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
‘The Night Watch’ is a painting by …
Rembrandt
A glaze is a kind of …
glass
In medieval architecture, gargoyles help …
drain water from the roof
Commedia dell’arte is a type of …
theatre
The opening in the Pantheon is called …
the eye
The first successful modern photograph was taken in …
the 1820s
Which was the only painting by Vincent van Gogh’s to sell within his lifetime?
The Red Vineyard
A centennial performance by Felix Mendelssohn and Eduard Devrient was a key moment in the revival of which classical musician’s compositions?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which decade could be called a “Melville revival,” when Herman Melville’s work (especially Moby Dick) became extremely popular for the first time since his death?
1920s
When did Maryland achieve statehood?
1788
When did Massachusetts achieve statehood?
1788
When did Connecticut achieve statehood?
1788
When did Georgia achieve statehood?
1788
DNA is organized into long structures called…?
chromosomes
During a tornado, what happens to air pressure?
It drops.
How many biopolymer strands make up DNA?
2
What type of cloud is often described as "cotton-like"?
Cumulus
What was the title of Charles Darwin's book on evolution?
On the Origin of Species
What are sterile female honey bees called?
workers
What was Lucky Luciano’s original first name?
Salvatore
What was Al Capone’s nickname?
Scarface
Who was among the first European navigators to recognize that a “New World” had been discovered in the 15th century?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which U.S. first lady was the first to win elective office in her own right?
Hillary Clinton
Who was the first prime minister of Israel?
David Ben-Gurion
Which religious leader had a life-changing experience after meeting a sick man for the first time?
Buddha
When was the use of decorated Easter eggs first recorded?
13th century
Who was the first American woman executed for espionage?
Ethel Rosenberg
Who was the first popularly elected leader of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
When was December 25 first identified as the date of Christmas?
in the 3rd century
Who was the first pope to enter the Great Synagogue of Rome?
John Paul II
Who was the first president of Turkey?
Kemal Atatürk
Who was the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain?
George I
Which U.S. president was the first to gain office by a direct appeal to the voters?
Andrew Jackson
Which Massachusetts town is famed for witchcraft trials in the late 1600s?
Salem
In which state was Henry Ford’s original motor works located?
Michigan
Which flightless bird once proved a danger to American country singer Johnny Cash?
ostrich
Which bird has been known to kill human beings with slashing blows of its feet, as the innermost of its three toes bears a long daggerlike nail?
cassowary
What did Evangelista Torricelli invent?
The mercury barometer
On which ship did Charles Darwin sail around the world?
Beagle
What is the study of water called?
hydrology
According to Galileo's biographer, what tower did he climb to prove his "Law of Falling Objects" theory?
Leaning Tower of Pisa
What scientist may have been driven mad by exposure to mercury?
Isaac Newton
What scientist's book laid the foundations for classical mechanics?
Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Which theory explains the movement of the Earth's continents?
continental drift
Who is known as the father of European painting?
Giotto
Which art movement flourished in Zurich, Switzerland, during the early 20th century?
Dada
Which American artist was a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism?
Jackson Pollock
What is the longest bone in the human body?
femur
How many chambers does the human heart have?
4
A mushroom is an example of …?
fungus
What do you call an interstellar cloud of dust?
nebula
What is it called when one celestial body obscures another?
eclipse
What year was the fire extinguisher invented?
1723
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
Marie Curie in 1903
Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta?
Max Planck
When was the first fax machine invented?
in the 1840s
Who wrote the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine?
Ada Lovelace
Which planet has the tallest mountain?
Olympus Mons on Mars stands about 2 and a half times as tall as Mount Everest.
What colour is liquid oxygen?
pale blue
What is the largest cell in the human body?
ovum/female egg
What are the lakes of Titan made of?
methane
What is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn't appear on the Periodic Table?
J
What is the brightest planet in Earth's sky?
Venus
What is the hardest substance in the human body?
tooth enamel
How much salt is there in the human body?
250 g
Insect bodies have how many major divisions?
3 - the head, the thorax, and the abdomen
How long is one Pluto year?
248 Earth years
What astronomical model positioned the Sun near the center of the Universe?
Copernican model
On what planet is a year shorter than a day?
Venus
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