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- What is the only letter not appearing on the periodic table?
- The letter J.
- What is the collective noun for a group of flamingos?
- A flamboyance.
- Which planet in our solar system rotates clockwise on its axis?
- Venus (Uranus also has an unusual retrograde roll).
- What is the rarest blood type in the human population?
- AB-negative.
- Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
- Switzerland.
- What is the longest river entirely located within Brazil?
- The São Francisco River.
- Which organ in the human body consumes the most energy?
- The brain, accounting for roughly 20 percent of energy usage.
- What is the term for words that are spelled identically forward and backward?
- Palindromes.
- In physics, what is the fourth state of matter after solid, liquid, and gas?
- Plasma.
- Which ocean trench is the deepest natural point on Earth?
- The Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep).
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- Marie Curie, who won in Physics in 1903.
- What is the chemical name for common table salt?
- Sodium chloride.
- Which European city is famous for having more canals than Venice?
- Amsterdam (or Hamburg, which has more bridges).
- What is the hardest naturally occurring mineral on Earth?
- Diamond.
- Which bird is capable of flying backward?
- The hummingbird.
- In literature, what is the opening line of Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'?
- Call me Ishmael.
- What is the capital city of Australia?
- Canberra.
- Which ancient civilization constructed Machu Picchu?
- The Inca Empire.
- What is the name of the process by which plants release water vapor?
- Transpiration.
- Which bone is the longest and strongest in the human skeleton?
- The femur (thigh bone).
- What year did the Apollo 11 mission land on the Moon?
- 1969.
- What do the letters in the acronym 'LASER' stand for?
- Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
- Which continent contains the largest non-polar desert in the world?
- Africa (the Sahara Desert).
- What is the musical term for gradually speeding up the tempo?
- Accelerando.
- Which playwright wrote 'Waiting for Godot'?
- Samuel Beckett.
- What is the primary gas found in Earth's atmosphere?
- Nitrogen, which makes up about 78 percent.
- What does a philatelist collect as a hobby?
- Postage stamps.
- Which African nation was previously known as Abyssinia?
- Ethiopia.
- What is the speed of light in a vacuum roughly measured at?
- Approximately 300,000 kilometers per second.
- Who developed the theory of general relativity?
- Albert Einstein.
- What is the name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing escapes?
- The event horizon.
- Which language has the most native speakers worldwide?
- Mandarin Chinese.
- In painting, what term describes the subtle blending of colors and tones without harsh outlines?
- Sfumato.
- What is the main functional unit of the human kidney?
- The nephron.
- Which island is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
- Sicily.
- Who wrote the philosophical work 'Being and Time'?
- Martin Heidegger.
- What is the SI unit of electric resistance?
- The ohm.
- Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648?
- The Peace of Westphalia.
- What is the technical term for the fear of heights?
- Acrophobia.
- Which mammal has the thickest fur of any animal?
- The sea otter.
- What is the brightest star visible from Earth, excluding the Sun?
- Sirius (the Dog Star).
- Which English monarch signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
- King John.
- What is the currency of Japan?
- The Japanese yen.
- What term describes animals that are primarily active during twilight hours?
- Crepuscular.
- Which country has the greatest number of natural lakes in the world?
- Canada.
- What is the name of the protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells?
- Hemoglobin.
- In computer science, what does 'HTTP' stand for?
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
- Which ancient wonder of the world was located in Alexandria, Egypt?
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria.
- What geological period succeeded the Jurassic period?
- The Cretaceous period.
- Who composed the opera 'The Magic Flute'?
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- What is the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population?
- Vatican City.
- What is the biological term for organisms that produce their own food?
- Autotrophs.
- Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
- The Ural Mountains.
- What does a numismatist study or collect?
- Coins, tokens, and paper money.