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Office Life & Brands

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01Which company is famous for making Post-it Notes?😌 easy
Answer3M
02In the US version of The Office, what is the name of the paper company?😌 easy
AnswerDunder Mifflin (also accepted: Dunder Mifflin Paper Company)
03Which coffee chain was founded in Seattle in 1971?😌 easy
AnswerStarbucks
04Which Swedish retailer is famous for flat-pack furniture?😌 easy
AnswerIKEA
05Which sportswear company uses the slogan 'Just Do It'?😌 easy
AnswerNike
06What does CEO stand for?😌 easy
AnswerChief Executive Officer
07Which software giant was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen?😌 easy
AnswerMicrosoft
08In the US version of The Office, what is the name of Steve Carell's regional manager character?😌 easy
AnswerMichael Scott
09Who founded Amazon?😌 easy
AnswerJeff Bezos (also accepted: Bezos)
10What does the 'www' at the start of a web address stand for?😌 easy
AnswerWorld Wide Web
11Which delivery company's logo famously hides an arrow between its last two letters?🤔 medium
AnswerFedEx
12In 2015, Google reorganized under a new parent company with what name?🤔 medium
AnswerAlphabet
13In the TV series Severance, employees have their memories surgically split at which corporation?🤔 medium
AnswerLumon (also accepted: Lumon Industries)
14The QWERTY keyboard layout takes its name from what?🤔 medium
AnswerThe first six letters (also accepted: first six keys, the first six letters of the top row, QWERTY letters on the top row)
15Which legendary investor is nicknamed the 'Oracle of Omaha'?🤔 medium
AnswerWarren Buffett (also accepted: Buffett)
16What spinning desktop card file for business contacts became a byword for someone's professional network?🤔 medium
AnswerRolodex
17Which Japanese company introduced the Walkman portable cassette player in 1979?🤔 medium
AnswerSony
18Who plays paper-company boss David Brent in the original UK version of The Office?🤔 medium
AnswerRicky Gervais (also accepted: Gervais)
19In the US version of The Office, what crop does Dwight Schrute grow on his farm?🤔 medium
AnswerBeets (also accepted: beet, beetroot)
20Which software company makes Photoshop and Acrobat?🤔 medium
AnswerAdobe
21What was Google originally called when it launched as a Stanford research project?💀 hard
AnswerBackRub
22What Japanese business term meaning 'continuous improvement' was made famous by Toyota?💀 hard
AnswerKaizen
23What surname of a Hungarian inventor became a common British word for a ballpoint pen?💀 hard
AnswerBiro (also accepted: Bíró)
24Under what name was Amazon originally incorporated in 1994?💀 hard
AnswerCadabra (also accepted: Cadabra Inc)
25Who wrote the bestselling business book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?💀 hard
AnswerStephen Covey (also accepted: Covey, Stephen R. Covey)
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Movies & TV

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01'May the Force be with you' comes from which film franchise?😌 easy
AnswerStar Wars
02Which boy wizard attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?😌 easy
AnswerHarry Potter
03Which 1997 film features Jack and Rose aboard a doomed ocean liner?😌 easy
AnswerTitanic
04In which town do The Simpsons live?😌 easy
AnswerSpringfield
05What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends?😌 easy
AnswerCentral Perk
06What species of fish is Nemo in Finding Nemo?😌 easy
AnswerClownfish (also accepted: clown fish)
07Which actor plays Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, in the Marvel movies?😌 easy
AnswerRobert Downey Jr. (also accepted: Robert Downey Junior, Downey)
08What is the name of Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz?😌 easy
AnswerToto
09'I'll be back' is the famous line from which 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger film?😌 easy
AnswerThe Terminator (also accepted: Terminator)
10What is the name of the cowboy doll in Toy Story?😌 easy
AnswerWoody
11Who directed Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park?🤔 medium
AnswerSteven Spielberg (also accepted: Spielberg)
12In Breaking Bad, what alias does Walter White adopt in the drug trade?🤔 medium
AnswerHeisenberg
13What was Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature film, released in 1937?🤔 medium
AnswerSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (also accepted: Snow White)
14In which film does Tom Hanks befriend a volleyball named Wilson?🤔 medium
AnswerCast Away (also accepted: Castaway)
15In Game of Thrones, what is the ancestral castle of House Stark?🤔 medium
AnswerWinterfell
16Who directed The Godfather?🤔 medium
AnswerFrancis Ford Coppola (also accepted: Coppola)
17In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, what do the Knights Who Say 'Ni' demand?🤔 medium
AnswerA shrubbery (also accepted: shrubbery)
18In The Matrix, what color is the pill Neo chooses to take?🤔 medium
AnswerRed (also accepted: the red pill, red pill)
19Jack Nicholson improvised the line 'Here's Johnny!' in which 1980 horror film?🤔 medium
AnswerThe Shining
20Which 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film features the infamous shower scene?🤔 medium
AnswerPsycho
21What is the only X-rated film ever to win the Best Picture Oscar?💀 hard
AnswerMidnight Cowboy
22Which 1927 silent film won the top prize at the very first Academy Awards?💀 hard
AnswerWings
23Which 1927 Al Jolson film is celebrated as the first feature-length 'talkie'?💀 hard
AnswerThe Jazz Singer (also accepted: Jazz Singer)
24Ben-Hur and Titanic each won 11 Oscars. Which 2003 film matched that record?💀 hard
AnswerThe Return of the King (also accepted: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lord of the Rings, Return of the King)
25In Casablanca, what is the full name of Rick's nightclub?💀 hard
AnswerRick's Café Américain (also accepted: Rick's Cafe Americain, Rick's Cafe, Ricks Cafe Americain)
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Music

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01The Beatles came from which English city?😌 easy
AnswerLiverpool
02Which artist is known as the 'King of Pop'?😌 easy
AnswerMichael Jackson
03Which British singer released the hits 'Rolling in the Deep' and 'Hello'?😌 easy
AnswerAdele
04Which instrument has 88 keys?😌 easy
AnswerPiano
05Who was the lead singer of Queen?😌 easy
AnswerFreddie Mercury (also accepted: Mercury)
06Which singer is known simply as 'The King' of rock and roll?😌 easy
AnswerElvis Presley (also accepted: Elvis)
07How many strings does a standard guitar have?😌 easy
AnswerSix (also accepted: 6)
08Mick Jagger is the frontman of which band?😌 easy
AnswerThe Rolling Stones (also accepted: Rolling Stones)
09Which pop superstar's fans call themselves 'Swifties'?😌 easy
AnswerTaylor Swift
10Which pop icon is nicknamed the 'Material Girl'?😌 easy
AnswerMadonna
11Which composer continued writing symphonies even after losing his hearing?🤔 medium
AnswerBeethoven (also accepted: Ludwig van Beethoven)
12Which artist recorded the 1984 album Purple Rain?🤔 medium
AnswerPrince
13In which year did the Woodstock music festival take place?🤔 medium
Answer1969
14Who was the lead singer of Nirvana?🤔 medium
AnswerKurt Cobain (also accepted: Cobain)
15What was the name of Bob Marley's backing band?🤔 medium
AnswerThe Wailers (also accepted: Wailers)
16What does it mean to perform 'a cappella'?🤔 medium
AnswerWithout instruments (also accepted: unaccompanied, voices only, singing without instruments, no instruments)
17Which Beatles album cover shows the band walking across a zebra crossing?🤔 medium
AnswerAbbey Road
18Which Italian composer wrote The Four Seasons?🤔 medium
AnswerVivaldi (also accepted: Antonio Vivaldi)
19Which British artist recorded 'Rocket Man' and 'Tiny Dancer'?🤔 medium
AnswerElton John
20Beyoncé first rose to fame as a member of which group?🤔 medium
AnswerDestiny's Child (also accepted: Destinys Child)
21What is Elton John's birth name?💀 hard
AnswerReginald Dwight (also accepted: Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Reg Dwight)
22Which jazz trumpeter recorded the landmark 1959 album Kind of Blue?💀 hard
AnswerMiles Davis
23Which 'March King' composed The Stars and Stripes Forever?💀 hard
AnswerJohn Philip Sousa (also accepted: Sousa)
24What was the name of David Bowie's flame-haired alter ego, backed by the Spiders from Mars?💀 hard
AnswerZiggy Stardust
25Which band's 1977 album Rumours won the Grammy for Album of the Year?💀 hard
AnswerFleetwood Mac
Pack · 25 Qs

Food & Drink

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01What is the main ingredient in guacamole?😌 easy
AnswerAvocado (also accepted: avocados)
02Sushi originated in which country?😌 easy
AnswerJapan
03The tomato, mozzarella, and basil on a margherita pizza represent the flag of which country?😌 easy
AnswerItaly
04Which baked Italian dish layers flat pasta sheets with sauce and cheese?😌 easy
AnswerLasagna (also accepted: lasagne)
05True champagne can only come from a region of which country?😌 easy
AnswerFrance
06What spirit forms the base of a margarita?😌 easy
AnswerTequila
07Which fast-food chain is home of the Big Mac?😌 easy
AnswerMcDonald's (also accepted: McDonalds)
08Sauerkraut is made by fermenting which vegetable?😌 easy
AnswerCabbage
09Raisins are the dried form of which fruit?😌 easy
AnswerGrapes (also accepted: grape)
10What is the traditional Japanese alcoholic drink brewed from rice called?😌 easy
AnswerSake (also accepted: saké, rice wine)
11Marzipan is made primarily from sugar and which nut?🤔 medium
AnswerAlmonds (also accepted: almond)
12Which country is the world's largest producer of coffee?🤔 medium
AnswerBrazil
13Japanese miso paste is made by fermenting which beans?🤔 medium
AnswerSoybeans (also accepted: soy beans, soya beans, soybean)
14The Scoville scale measures the heat of what?🤔 medium
AnswerChili peppers (also accepted: peppers, chilies, chillies, hot peppers, chili)
15Which crumbly white cheese is essential to a traditional Greek salad?🤔 medium
AnswerFeta (also accepted: feta cheese)
16Prosciutto is an Italian cured meat made from which animal?🤔 medium
AnswerPig (also accepted: pork, ham)
17Which brunch cocktail combines vodka with tomato juice?🤔 medium
AnswerBloody Mary
18Traditional Genovese pesto gets its green color from which herb?🤔 medium
AnswerBasil
19Worcestershire sauce was first bottled in which country?🤔 medium
AnswerEngland (also accepted: United Kingdom, UK, Britain, Great Britain)
20What is the Spanish tradition of serving small savory plates called?🤔 medium
AnswerTapas
21What is the world's most expensive spice by weight?💀 hard
AnswerSaffron
22What French kitchen term means having every ingredient prepped and 'everything in its place'?💀 hard
AnswerMise en place
23The Granny Smith apple was first cultivated in which country?💀 hard
AnswerAustralia
24Which fortified wine takes its name from the city of Jerez in Spain?💀 hard
AnswerSherry
25A White Russian is made with vodka, cream, and what kind of liqueur?💀 hard
AnswerCoffee liqueur (also accepted: Kahlúa, Kahlua, coffee)
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Sports & Games

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01Which sport is played at Wimbledon?😌 easy
AnswerTennis
02How many players does a soccer team have on the field?😌 easy
Answer11 (also accepted: eleven)
03In chess, which piece moves only diagonally?😌 easy
AnswerBishop (also accepted: the bishop)
04How many rings are on the Olympic flag?😌 easy
AnswerFive (also accepted: 5)
05Babe Ruth was a legend of which sport?😌 easy
AnswerBaseball
06In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?😌 easy
AnswerBasketball
07How many points is a touchdown worth in American football, before any extra point?😌 easy
AnswerSix (also accepted: 6)
08What color is the 8-ball in pool?😌 easy
AnswerBlack
09In Monopoly, how much money do you collect for passing Go?😌 easy
Answer$200 (also accepted: 200, two hundred dollars, 200 dollars)
10How often are the Summer Olympic Games normally held?😌 easy
AnswerEvery four years (also accepted: four years, every 4 years, 4 years)
11In golf, what is a score of one stroke under par on a hole called?🤔 medium
AnswerBirdie (also accepted: a birdie)
12In darts, how many points is the inner bullseye worth?🤔 medium
Answer50 (also accepted: fifty)
13In bowling, what are three strikes in a row called?🤔 medium
AnswerTurkey (also accepted: a turkey)
14What jersey number did Michael Jordan wear for most of his Chicago Bulls career?🤔 medium
Answer23 (also accepted: twenty-three, number 23)
15The martial art judo was developed in which country?🤔 medium
AnswerJapan
16How many miles long is a marathon?🤔 medium
Answer26.2 (also accepted: 26.2 miles, 26 miles 385 yards, about 26)
17In Scrabble, how many points is the letter Z worth?🤔 medium
Answer10 (also accepted: ten)
18Which boxer proclaimed himself 'The Greatest'?🤔 medium
AnswerMuhammad Ali (also accepted: Ali, Cassius Clay)
19The America's Cup is a famous trophy in which sport?🤔 medium
AnswerSailing (also accepted: yachting, yacht racing)
20Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum are suspects in which classic board game?🤔 medium
AnswerClue (also accepted: Cluedo)
21Which country hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?💀 hard
AnswerUruguay
22What is the score for a perfect game in ten-pin bowling?💀 hard
Answer300 (also accepted: three hundred)
23Name the three weapons used in Olympic fencing.💀 hard
AnswerFoil, épée, and sabre (also accepted: foil epee sabre, foil, epee, saber, epee, foil, sabre)
24By what name was Mario known in the original Donkey Kong arcade game?💀 hard
AnswerJumpman
25What is the maximum break in snooker?💀 hard
Answer147 (also accepted: one hundred forty-seven)
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Science & Tech

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01What common substance has the chemical formula H2O?😌 easy
AnswerWater
02Which planet is known as the Red Planet?😌 easy
AnswerMars
03What is the largest planet in our solar system?😌 easy
AnswerJupiter
04Which gas do plants absorb from the air for photosynthesis?😌 easy
AnswerCarbon dioxide (also accepted: CO2)
05What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?😌 easy
AnswerGravity
06Which physicist developed the theory of general relativity?😌 easy
AnswerAlbert Einstein (also accepted: Einstein)
07How many planets are in our solar system?😌 easy
AnswerEight (also accepted: 8)
08Which company created the iPhone?😌 easy
AnswerApple
09What is the closest star to Earth?😌 easy
AnswerThe Sun (also accepted: Sun)
10Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?😌 easy
AnswerNeil Armstrong (also accepted: Armstrong)
11Which element has the chemical symbol Au?🤔 medium
AnswerGold
12What does DNA stand for?🤔 medium
AnswerDeoxyribonucleic acid
13Roughly how fast does light travel, in kilometers per second?🤔 medium
Answer300,000 (also accepted: 300000, three hundred thousand, 300,000 km/s)
14What is the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth?🤔 medium
AnswerDiamond
15Who is credited with inventing the telephone?🤔 medium
AnswerAlexander Graham Bell (also accepted: Bell)
16Which part of the cell is nicknamed its 'powerhouse'?🤔 medium
AnswerMitochondria (also accepted: mitochondrion, the mitochondria)
17What does USB stand for?🤔 medium
AnswerUniversal Serial Bus
18Which element is number one on the periodic table?🤔 medium
AnswerHydrogen
19What is the scientific study of earthquakes called?🤔 medium
AnswerSeismology
20Which blood type is known as the universal donor?🤔 medium
AnswerO negative (also accepted: O-, type O negative)
21After nitrogen, what is the second most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?💀 hard
AnswerOxygen
22Which 19th-century mathematician is often called the world's first computer programmer?💀 hard
AnswerAda Lovelace (also accepted: Lovelace)
23The word 'laser' is an acronym. What does the 'L' stand for?💀 hard
AnswerLight
24Who is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences?💀 hard
AnswerMarie Curie (also accepted: Curie)
25What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?💀 hard
AnswerAluminum (also accepted: aluminium)
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Geography & Travel

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01What is the capital of France?😌 easy
AnswerParis
02What is the largest ocean on Earth by area?😌 easy
AnswerPacific (also accepted: Pacific Ocean, the Pacific)
03Which European country is shaped like a boot?😌 easy
AnswerItaly
04The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of which country?😌 easy
AnswerAustralia
05The Statue of Liberty stands in the harbor of which US city?😌 easy
AnswerNew York (also accepted: New York City, NYC)
06What is the capital of Japan?😌 easy
AnswerTokyo
07The Sahara Desert is on which continent?😌 easy
AnswerAfrica
08Which country's flag features a red maple leaf?😌 easy
AnswerCanada
09Mount Everest is part of which mountain range?😌 easy
AnswerHimalayas (also accepted: the Himalayas, Himalaya)
10How many continents are there?😌 easy
AnswerSeven (also accepted: 7)
11What is the capital of Australia?🤔 medium
AnswerCanberra
12The Grand Canyon is located in which US state?🤔 medium
AnswerArizona
13Which river flows through central London?🤔 medium
AnswerThe Thames (also accepted: Thames, River Thames)
14What is the smallest country in the world by area?🤔 medium
AnswerVatican City (also accepted: the Vatican, Vatican)
15Which two countries share the world's longest international border?🤔 medium
AnswerUnited States and Canada (also accepted: US and Canada, USA and Canada, Canada and the US, Canada and the United States)
16The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is in which country?🤔 medium
AnswerPeru
17What is the currency of Japan?🤔 medium
AnswerYen (also accepted: Japanese yen)
18The Great Pyramids of Giza are in which country?🤔 medium
AnswerEgypt
19Which US city is nicknamed the 'Windy City'?🤔 medium
AnswerChicago
20Amsterdam is the capital of which country?🤔 medium
AnswerThe Netherlands (also accepted: Netherlands, Holland)
21Counting its overseas territories, which country spans the most time zones?💀 hard
AnswerFrance
22Which Atlantic sea is the only sea in the world with no coastline?💀 hard
AnswerSargasso Sea (also accepted: Sargasso, the Sargasso Sea)
23What strait separates the European and Asian sides of Istanbul?💀 hard
AnswerBosphorus (also accepted: Bosporus, the Bosphorus, Bosphorus Strait)
24Which African country was historically known as Abyssinia?💀 hard
AnswerEthiopia
25What is the capital of New Zealand?💀 hard
AnswerWellington
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History & Pop Culture

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01Who was the first President of the United States?😌 easy
AnswerGeorge Washington (also accepted: Washington)
02In which year did the Titanic sink?😌 easy
Answer1912
03Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?😌 easy
AnswerWilliam Shakespeare (also accepted: Shakespeare)
04The Great Wall was built to protect which country?😌 easy
AnswerChina
05Which wall dividing a European city fell in 1989?😌 easy
AnswerThe Berlin Wall (also accepted: Berlin Wall)
06Which British queen reigned for 70 years until 2022?😌 easy
AnswerElizabeth II (also accepted: Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth)
07Who painted the Mona Lisa?😌 easy
AnswerLeonardo da Vinci (also accepted: da Vinci, Leonardo)
08Which social network did Mark Zuckerberg launch from his Harvard dorm in 2004?😌 easy
AnswerFacebook
09Who delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?😌 easy
AnswerMartin Luther King Jr. (also accepted: Martin Luther King, MLK, Dr. King)
10The Fourth of July celebrates the 1776 adoption of which document?😌 easy
AnswerThe Declaration of Independence (also accepted: Declaration of Independence)
11In which year did World War II end?🤔 medium
Answer1945
12Who was Britain's prime minister for most of World War II?🤔 medium
AnswerWinston Churchill (also accepted: Churchill)
13Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?🤔 medium
AnswerAmelia Earhart (also accepted: Earhart)
14Julius Caesar was assassinated on a date known by what famous name?🤔 medium
AnswerThe Ides of March (also accepted: Ides of March, March 15)
15Which Egyptian queen was romantically linked to both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?🤔 medium
AnswerCleopatra
16What was the codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944?🤔 medium
AnswerOperation Overlord (also accepted: Overlord, D-Day)
17Mickey Mouse made his 1928 debut in which animated short?🤔 medium
AnswerSteamboat Willie
18Which island in New York Harbor served as America's busiest immigration station from 1892?🤔 medium
AnswerEllis Island
19The Cold War pitted the United States against which country?🤔 medium
AnswerThe Soviet Union (also accepted: Soviet Union, USSR, Russia)
20In Greek mythology, who is the king of the gods?🤔 medium
AnswerZeus
21Which archaeologist discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922?💀 hard
AnswerHoward Carter (also accepted: Carter)
22Who was the first emperor of Rome?💀 hard
AnswerAugustus (also accepted: Caesar Augustus, Octavian)
23The Hundred Years' War was fought between which two countries?💀 hard
AnswerEngland and France (also accepted: France and England, Britain and France, France and Britain)
24In which year did the French Revolution begin with the storming of the Bastille?💀 hard
Answer1789
25Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood at Alexandria?💀 hard
AnswerThe Lighthouse (also accepted: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Pharos, Pharos of Alexandria, the Lighthouse of Alexandria)

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