Q 01/05

Which toy built around a ball bearing became a 2017 craze that schools banned as a distraction?

A) Hoverboard

B) Fidget spinner

C) Fidget cube

D) Rainbow Loom band

Answer · why

B) Fidget spinner

The fidget spinner was wrongly credited by newspapers to Catherine Hettinger, whose 1993 patent application for a spinning toy had no central bearing ...

Q 02/05

Which film was wrongly announced as Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars before Moonlight took the award?

A) Hidden Figures

B) Arrival

C) Hacksaw Ridge

D) La La Land

Answer · why

D) La La Land

La La Land's producers were mid-speech when the mistake emerged: presenter Warren Beatty had been handed the envelope for Best Actress, won by the fil...

Q 03/05

Which Spanish-language hit by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee spent 16 weeks atop the Hot 100 in 2017?

A) Despacito

B) Mi Gente

C) Súbeme la Radio

D) Chantaje

Answer · why

A) Despacito

Despacito tied the Hot 100 record of the time after Justin Bieber heard it in a Colombian nightclub and asked to record a remix.

Q 04/05

Which mythical creature named a color-changing Starbucks Frappuccino sold for five days in 2017?

A) Phoenix

B) Pegasus

C) Unicorn

D) Griffin

Answer · why

C) Unicorn

The Unicorn Frappuccino started out purple and sweet, then turned pink and tart once drinkers stirred in its sour blue drizzle.

Q 05/05

Which soda brand pulled a 2017 ad in which Kendall Jenner hands a can to a police officer?

A) Coca-Cola

B) Pepsi

C) Sprite

D) Fanta

Answer · why

B) Pepsi

Pepsi withdrew the ad after an online backlash accused the company and its star of trivializing Black Lives Matter and police brutality.