Carnitrobongen12’s Trivia Answers
Geography: What is the largest island off of the
Pacific coast of North America? Vancouver
Island
What is the fourth largest U.S. state in area? Montana
Which California city without a Spanish name has the
most people? Long Beach
Chemistry: What element used to be called
natrium? Sodium (symbol Na)
What is the mass of 1 mole of hydrogen gas? 2 grams
14C decays
into 14N through beta decay.
Philosophy: Who wrote the Phaedo, Meno, Crito, and Republic? Plato
What was used to kill Socrates? Hemlock
Who believed that the “forms” were the most
fundamental things? Plato
Biology: Ichthyology is the study of fish.
The deficiency of the hormone insulin is
a common cause of diabetes.
What are the three main taxonomic domains? Eubacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
Physics: The equations that govern all of
electricity and magnetism are known as Maxwell’s Equations.
The equation F = ma is the mathematical
form of Newton’s 2nd Law.
Being unable to know both the position and momentum of
an electron at a given instant in time is known as the Heisenberg Uncertainty
Principle.
Math: A function that can be written as
a series of sines and cosines has a Fourier series expansion.
What is the value of
[cos(2.6π)]2 + 4[sin(1.3π)cos(1.3π)]2 ? 1
What is the largest decimal number that can be
represented by a 6 digit binary number?
63
English: Consider the following sentence: I
gave four quarters to a boy. What is the article of the indirect object? a
What is the direct object of the sentence? Quarters
What is the infinitive form of the verb used in the
sentence? to give
History: In what year did the War of 1812
end? 1814 (Treaty of Ghent) 1815
(fighting stops)
The United Nations replaced the League
of Nations after World War II.
What infamous World War II event took place on
December 7, 1941? The surprise
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Government: Which amendment prohibits “cruel and
unusual” punishment? 8th Amendment
What is the minimum number of electoral votes that a
state can have? 3
How many electoral votes is Washington D.C. entitled
to? 3
Economics: What kind of market does Russia have? market
How many companies comprise the Dow Jones index? 30
Alan Greenspan is the current Chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board.
Geology: Gneiss is what kind of rock? metamorphic
Volcanoes frequently occur near subduction
zones, areas where a tectonic plate is sinking below another.
What is the most abundant element in the earth’s
crust? Oxygen
Astronomy: What color are the hottest stars? Blue/blue-white
The Galilean moons are Io, Europa,
Ganymede, and Callisto. Ganymede is
the largest.
Which planet in our solar system is most close in mass
to the earth? Venus
University: In what year was the University of
California founded? 1868
The oldest standing building on the Berkeley Campus is
South Hall.
Interests: Herpetology is the study of reptiles
and amphibians.
Chlorine radicals destroy the ozone
layer through a radical chain reaction.
Hobbies: Rainbow trout are native to California.
What are the units of fishing line test strength? lbs
TV: What starship class is a) Voyager b) Defiant and c)
Enterprise-D? a) Intrepid b)
Defiant and c) Galaxy
The Founders, Vorta and Jem’ Hadar are the three main
species of what galactic power? The
Dominion
Movies: Forrest Gump’s home state is Alabama.
Zephram Cochran invented warp drive,
the main power source of Star Trek ships.
Actor: Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for
the movie Philadelphia.
Actresses: Seven of Nine’s human name is Annika
Hansen.
Food: Translated literally, yakitori
means “burnt bird.”
Wasabi,
made from horseradish, is a spicy condiment for sushi.
Sports: A standard basketball court is 27
feet wide by 94 feet long.
The free throw line is 15 feet from the
basket.
NBA Team: How many championships have the Lakers
franchise won? 14
How many of them were won while the franchise was in
Minneapolis? 5
NBA Players: Vince Carter was drafted out of what
university? University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
The city of Toronto is located in what
Canadian province? Ontario
Colors: For what reason is blue a color of
the University of California? Many
of the University’s early administrators were from Yale; they chose gold and
Yale blue as the school colors.
The gold nugget found at Sutter’s Mill
started California’s Gold Rush.
Annoyances: The California State Assembly in Sacramento
has how many assemblymembers? 80
How many senators are there in the California State
Senate? 40
U.S. States: The Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle,
hails from which state? South
Dakota
The Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, is from
which state? Illinois
National Parks: At 282 feet
below sea level, Badwater, located in Death Valley
National Park, is the lowest point in North America.
What Native American tribe built the cliff dwellings
found in Mesa Verde National Park? The Anasazi
National Monuments: The Devils
Postpile is made primarily of basalt, a volcanic rock.
True/False: Death Valley was a National Monument
before a National Park. True
Japan: The four main islands of Japan
are: Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, and Hokkaido.
What is Japan’s
second largest city? Yokohama