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Question 1: Where is the world's largest active volcano located?
Question 2: What musical features the song "Defying Gravity"?
"Defying Gravity" is a popular song from the musical Wicked, which tells the story of the Witches of Oz before the events in The Wizard of Oz. The song is performed by the characters Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) at the end of Act I.
Question 3: Where were the first modern Olympic Games held?
The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The event featured 14 nations, and more than 240 athletes participated in 43 events across nine sports.
Question 4: Why is the Beatles album "Abbey Road" historically significant?
While the Beatles made one more album after "Abbey Road," (Let It Be) the sessions for "Abbey Road" were the last where all four members of the band worked together recording their songs.
Question 5: Where was the world's first stock exchange established?
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company, is considered the oldest stock exchange in the world. It was the first to formally trade in securities.
Question 6: How many stomachs does a cow have?
Cows have a unique digestive system with four stomach compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum, and the abomasum. This complex system allows them to efficiently break down and absorb nutrients from fibrous plant material, like grass, through a process called rumination.
Question 7: Where did composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart originate from?
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood and composed more than 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music.
Question 8: In Norse mythology, who is the father of Thor?
In Norse mythology, Thor, the god of thunder, is the son of Odin, the chief of the gods, and Jord, the earth goddess. Thor is one of the most powerful gods, known for wielding his mighty hammer Mjolnir.
Question 9: What is the source of Green Lantern's power?
The source of Green Lantern's power is a power ring that grants the user great control over the physical world as long as the wielder has sufficient willpower and strength to wield it. The rings are powered by a central power battery on the planet Oa, which in turn is powered by the collective willpower of all sentient beings.
Question 10: What was the original name of the search engine Google?
Google was originally called BackRub when it was a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University in 1996. The name referred to the search engine's unique ability to analyze the "back links" pointing to a given website.
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Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the world's largest active volcano, rising around 56,000 feet from the bottom of the sea. It has an area of over 2,000 square miles, making it the world's most massive mountain. Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984.