Pub Quiz: World & Discovery

A useful anchor for What is the capital of Ghana?: Accra.

New York City contains five boroughs, including Manhattan, and is linked with the Statue of Liberty and Wall Street.

An Inca citadel high in the Andes

Giza, Egypt

Russia's vast territory gives it land borders with fourteen countries across Europe and Asia.

A useful anchor for What is the capital of United Arab Emirates?: Abu Dhabi.

London has served as a global center of trade and finance for centuries along the River Thames.

A major Maya archaeological site

Babylon, Iraq

China borders fourteen countries, tying Russia for the most land neighbors of any nation.

A useful anchor for What is the capital of Afghanistan?: Kabul.

Paris grew into a global center for art, fashion, and cuisine along the Seine River.

The world's largest religious structure by area

Brazil's size means it borders nearly every other South American nation, with Chile and Ecuador as the exceptions.

A useful anchor for What is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda?: St. John's.

Japan's highest mountain

The border between the United States and Canada is the longest international border in the world.

A useful anchor for What is the capital of New Zealand?: Wellington.

Dubai built an ultramodern skyline and became a major hub for trade and tourism in the Gulf.

Named after Isaac Newton

Water is unusual among common substances for expanding rather than shrinking as it freezes.

A muscular organ with four chambers

The smallest planet and the fastest to orbit the Sun

Apollo 11 landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon while Michael Collins orbited overhead.

Also the unit of work

Oxidation involves a loss of electrons from a substance, the reaction behind rust forming on iron.

It protects the body and regulates temperature

The hottest planet because of its thick greenhouse atmosphere

Voyager 1 has traveled farther than any other human-made object and carries a golden record of life on Earth.

Gravitational energy is one example

Combustion releases heat and light as fuel reacts with oxygen, the process behind a burning candle flame.

Located in the middle ear

The spot is a giant long-lived storm

Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft to visit both Uranus and Neptune, and it launched before Voyager 1.

Described by Newton's first law

Hubble's early flawed mirror was corrected on a 1993 servicing mission, after which it captured stunning deep-space images.

Action and reaction act on different objects

Acids donate hydrogen ions and bases accept them, the reaction behind vinegar fizzing with baking soda.

Won in physics and chemistry

Joan of Arc led French forces as a teenager during the Hundred Years' War and was later canonized a saint.

The Space Race pitted the US against the Soviet Union in spaceflight, culminating in the 1969 Moon landing.

The American Revolution won the thirteen colonies independence from Britain, formalized by the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

Ancient Egyptian civilization grew up along the Nile River, whose predictable floods shaped farming, religion, and the calendar.

Helped several countries gain independence

Harriet Tubman escaped slavery, guided others to freedom, and later served as a Civil War scout and spy.

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 is widely regarded as the closest the Cold War ever came to nuclear conflict.

The French Revolution overthrew the monarchy and reshaped French society before Napoleon's rise to power.

Mesopotamia is often called a cradle of civilization for its early cities, writing, and law codes.

Founded Saint Petersburg

Tu's team investigated sweet wormwood while searching for antimalarial compounds.

NATO formed in 1949 as a Western military alliance built on the principle of collective defense.

The Haitian Revolution ended slavery and French rule, establishing the first republic led by formerly enslaved people.

The Indus Valley Civilisation built grid-planned cities with advanced drainage long before many later urban centers.

Her era is called Elizabethan

The Green Belt Movement connected tree planting with community participation.

The European Union was formally established in 1993, growing out of earlier postwar European trade communities.

The 1917 Russian Revolution ended centuries of tsarist rule and brought Lenin's Bolsheviks to power.

Ancient Greece was a network of independent city-states whose ideas shaped Western philosophy, theater, and politics.

A beaver’s tail works as a rudder, prop, and warning signal.

Central to photosynthesis

The African elephant, the largest land animal, uses its trunk for breathing, drinking, and grasping.

The bald eagle's name comes from an old word for white, not from actual baldness.

The Pacific Ocean, the largest and deepest ocean, covers more area than all of Earth's land combined.

Some termite mounds help manage temperature, moisture, and gases through their structure.

Guard cells open and close them

The blue whale, the largest animal ever known, has a heart that can weigh as much as a small car.

The peregrine falcon can exceed 240 miles per hour in a hunting dive, the fastest animal on Earth.

The Atlantic Ocean, the second-largest, slowly widens each year due to shifting tectonic plates.

Spider silk is a protein fiber with different properties depending on how the spider uses it.

Cacti are familiar examples

The giraffe, the tallest land animal, has just as many neck vertebrae as a human despite its long neck.

The ostrich, the largest living bird, cannot fly but is the fastest running bird on land.

The Indian Ocean, the third-largest and warmest of the major oceans, borders Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Many orchids are epiphytes

Lions live in social prides and are nicknamed the king of the jungle despite mainly inhabiting grasslands.

Emperor penguin males incubate their eggs on their feet through the harsh Antarctic winter.

The Arctic Ocean, the smallest and shallowest ocean, stays largely covered by sea ice much of the year.

The repeating hexagons store honey, pollen, and developing bees while using wax efficiently.

Developed in the 15th century

Isaac Newton's laws of motion and gravitation, alongside his independent development of calculus, reshaped physics.

Sony's 1979 Walkman made portable personal music mainstream through cassette tapes and headphones.

Bridges span physical obstacles and come in many engineering forms, from beam to cable-stayed designs.

Made engines much more efficient

The telephone let voices carry across distance instantly, patented by Bell in 1876 amid a close rival race.

Einstein is famed for relativity, though his Nobel Prize actually recognized his explanation of the photoelectric effect.

The pager let users receive short wireless messages, popular among doctors before cell phones spread widely.

Suspension bridges hang from tower-mounted cables, letting them span far greater distances than most designs.

Completed in the 1940s

Edison's light bulb made electric lighting practical after testing thousands of materials for a durable filament.

The fax machine transmitted documents over phone lines and remained common in offices well into the digital era.

Skyscrapers became possible by combining steel frames with elevators, transforming skylines from the late 1800s.

Launched in 1957

Darwin's voyage aboard HMS Beagle helped shape his theory of evolution by natural selection.

The VCR let households record TV at home, sparking early legal battles over recording rights.

Plumbing supplies water and removes waste through piping, its name tracing to the Latin word for lead.

Administered in 1885