Q 01/05

In January 2010, which movie surpassed Titanic to become the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide?

A) Avatar

B) The Dark Knight

C) Toy Story 3

D) The Avengers

Answer · why

A) Avatar

Avatar passed Titanic's worldwide gross on January 25, 2010; since 2019 it has traded the record back and forth with Avengers: Endgame, each film recl...

Q 02/05

Stranger Things is set in which fictional Indiana town?

A) Hawkins

B) Roane

C) Lenora Hills

D) Ridgemont

Answer · why

A) Hawkins

Hawkins replaced the Duffer Brothers' first choice, the real Montauk, New York; an invented town let them do things, such as putting it under quaranti...

Q 03/05

Taylor Swift's album '1989' is named after what?

A) Her favorite year in music

B) The year she was born

C) A highway number

D) Her first concert year

Answer · why

B) The year she was born

The year she was born: Swift chose 1989 as the title to mark a rebirth as she left country for pop, on an album that borrows its sound from the synth-...

Q 04/05

Which social media platform introduced the 'Stories' feature first?

A) Snapchat

B) Instagram

C) Facebook

D) TikTok

Answer · why

A) Snapchat

Snapchat's 'My Story' arrived in October 2013, stitching snaps into a 24-hour reel; Instagram cloned the format in 2016.

Q 05/05

In the MCU, what is the name of Thor's hammer?

A) Stormbreaker

B) Gungnir

C) Hofund

D) Mjolnir

Answer · why

D) Mjolnir

Mjolnir is Thor's hammer in both Norse mythology and the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Hela shatters it in Thor: Ragnarok, forcing him to take up Stormbr...

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