1,000 trivia questions and answers: pop culture & games
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Pop culture & games trivia questions 901–950
Q 901Which Overwatch founder was put in charge of Blackwatch?
- AReinhardt Wilhelm
- BJack Morrison
- CTorbjörn Lindholm
- DGabriel Reyes
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Gabriel Reyes
Gabriel Reyes, who later joined Talon and, after experiments by Moira, became the skull-masked terrorist Reaper.
Q 902Google's 2004 IPO sought exactly $2,718,281,828, a billion times which number?
- AApéry's constant
- BEuler's constant e
- CThe square root of 7
- DThe golden ratio
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Euler's constant e
The base of natural logarithms rounded to the nearest dollar was an in-joke for the engineers, and the company later followed up with a recruiting billboard built around its digits.
Q 903Traditionally, Mardi Gras beads were made in the Czech Republic and which other country?
- AIndia
- BBrazil
- CJapan
- DMexico
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Japan
Now most of the plastic necklaces are imported from mainland China.
Q 904What was Daggerfall's original working title?
- AMournhold
- BWayrest
- CSentinel
- DOrsinium
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Mournhold
The game was first set in Morrowind before moving northwest; that discarded city finally appeared as the setting of the Tribunal expansion.
Q 905Which two stone-setting techniques using many tiny stones are Zuni specialties?
- ARepoussé and chasing
- BCloisonné and champlevé
- CGranulation and filigree
- DNeedlepoint and petit point
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Needlepoint and petit point
Zuni are also known for mosaic and channel inlay work, mostly in turquoise, sometimes coral.
Q 906The Elf on the Shelf book was self-published in 2005 by Carol Aebersold and whom?
- AHer husband Bob Aebersold
- BHer twin sister Christa
- CHer daughter Chanda Bell
- DHer teenage grandson
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Her daughter Chanda Bell
Carol Aebersold wrote the book with her daughter Chanda Bell and self-published it in 2005; Chanda's twin Christa Pitts handled marketing, and the cardinal rule is never to touch the elf.
Q 907Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) hides a second half of the game in what form?
- AAn upside-down castle
- BA dream world
- CA flooded catacomb
- DA ruined castle from the past
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An upside-down castle
The upside-down castle appears only if you free Richter from Shaft's spell instead of killing him, and it doubles the map.
Q 908What is mudik, the great Indonesian tradition in the days before Eid?
- AA night of fireworks
- BA charity food drive
- CA homecoming exodus to family towns
- DA cleaning of family graves
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A homecoming exodus to family towns
Millions leave Greater Jakarta, jamming the Trans-Java toll road and overwhelming stations and airports.
Q 909The Załuski Library, opened to the public in 1747, was established in which city?
- APrague
- BVienna
- CCopenhagen
- DWarsaw
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Warsaw
The Załuski brothers opened their library in Warsaw in 1747, one of Europe's largest of its day; Russian troops carried it off to St Petersburg in 1795, and the National Library of Poland later inherited its role.
Q 910On which fictional continent are the Elder Scrolls games set?
- AAkavir
- BYokuda
- CAtmora
- DTamriel
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Tamriel
The other three are real continents in the lore, but Tamriel's people know so little about them that they barely appear in the games.
Q 911What date is Halloween celebrated each year?
- AOctober 28
- BOctober 31
- CNovember 1
- DOctober 13
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October 31
Halloween is celebrated on October 31st every year, the eve of All Saints' Day (November 1).
Q 912What is the bamboo-and-thatch bonfire lit at dawn after Magh Bihu's Uruka night called?
- AXorai
- BGosa
- CMeji
- DSaki
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Meji
The meji is lit as a prayer to the god of fire to close Bhogali Bihu's night-long feast; alongside it young men raise a bhelaghar hut, eat the feast inside and burn that too the next morning.
Q 913Under which alias does Haru Okumura roam her father's Palace with Morgana before joining the Phantom Thieves?
- ARose Bandit
- BLady Phantom
- CMasked Heiress
- DBeauty Thief
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Beauty Thief
Beauty Thief is the name she uses while Morgana sulks away from the team; her real codename becomes Noir, and she fights with axes and grenade launchers.
Q 914In Majora's Mask, what does Link use to track Clock Town residents' daily schedules?
- ASheikah Slate
- BBombers' Notebook
- CTingle's Chart
- DAnju's Guest Register
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Bombers' Notebook
The Bombers' Notebook, given by the Bombers gang in Clock Town, logs 20 characters' needs across the three-day cycle, from an invisible soldier needing medicine to a separated engaged couple.
Q 915At about what age is a Zuni boy initiated into one of the six religious societies?
- AEight or nine
- BTwelve or thirteen
- CFive or six
- DSixteen or so
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Five or six
A ceremonial father sponsors him. Each society is tied to one of the pueblo's six kivas, while a priest called the Pekwin sets the religious calendar.
Q 916The traditional weaving of the toquilla straw hat was added to which UNESCO list in December 2012?
- AWorld Heritage Sites
- BCreative Cities Network
- CIntangible Cultural Heritage
- DMemory of the World Register
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Intangible Cultural Heritage
The finest 'Montecristi superfino' hats are said to hold water and pass through a wedding ring when rolled.
Q 917Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock to explain which Christian doctrine?
- AThe Eucharist
- BOriginal sin
- CThe Holy Trinity
- DThe Resurrection
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The Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity: Patrick is said to have used the shamrock's three leaves on one stem to illustrate Father, Son and Holy Spirit; the story first appears in writing in 1726, though shamrocks were worn by the 1680s.
Q 918In the orchard-visiting form of wassailing, why do people sing to the trees?
- ATo ward off wolves from the farm
- BTo honour a saint of orchards
- CTo thank the landowner for the year's cider
- DTo promote a good harvest for the coming year
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To promote a good harvest for the coming year
Orchard wassailers sing, bang pots and pour cider on the roots to promote a good harvest for the coming year; the custom is strongest in the cider counties of Somerset, Devon and Herefordshire.
Q 919Which Chinese dissident artist staged @Large on Alcatraz in 2014, including Lego portraits of political prisoners?
- AZhang Huan
- BCai Guo-Qiang
- CXu Bing
- DAi Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei's @Large explored human rights and freedom of expression on a former prison island; its creation was documented in the 2019 film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly.
Q 920Which concertina-like instrument, brought to Argentina by emigrants around 1870, anchors tango ensembles?
- ACuatro
- BBandoneon
- CBombo legüero
- DCharango
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Bandoneon
The bandoneon, a German relative of the concertina from the 1840s, became tango's defining voice; by 1930 German factories were shipping some 25,000 a year to Argentina.
Q 921Which necklace of black beads on a thread treated with turmeric does the groom tie on the bride at a Hindu wedding?
- ARani haar
- BMangalsutra
- CMaang tikka
- DKamarband
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Mangalsutra
The mangalsutra rite, Mangalya Dharanam, means 'wearing the auspicious', and the necklace is not universal: several Hindu communities never historically used it, while some non-Hindus do.
Q 922Which studio developed the PC version released in May 2024?
- ANixxes
- BQLOC
- CVirtuos
- DIron Galaxy
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Nixxes
The Steam listing was delisted from 177 territories over PlayStation Network availability.
Q 923Which columnist founded the It Gets Better Project in September 2010?
- AAndrew Sullivan
- BAnderson Cooper
- CDan Savage
- DPerez Hilton
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Dan Savage
Dan Savage and his husband Terry Miller posted the first It Gets Better video in September 2010 after a string of suicides by bullied teenagers; an essay collection they edited followed in 2011.
Q 924Roughly how many Pet Rocks sold during the 1975 craze?
- A150,000
- B400,000
- C1.5 million
- D900,000
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1.5 million
Gary Dahl priced them at just under $4 and cleared 95 cents on each one, which made him a millionaire in about six months.
Q 925In which South American country was educator Jaime Escalante born in 1930?
- ABolivia
- BPeru
- CColombia
- DEcuador
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Bolivia
Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia, and taught there before emigrating to the United States.
Q 926The Kuwait Investment Authority holds what distinction among sovereign wealth funds?
- AThe only one owned by a parliament
- BThe world's largest
- CThe world's oldest
- DThe first to buy a football club
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The world's oldest
It is also the third-largest in the world and made Kuwait the Middle East pioneer in diversifying away from oil.
Q 927What did the Keller Machine, patented by a Catholic priest in 1957, automate?
- AWrapping chocolate coins
- BStamping gingerbread men
- CPrinting Christmas cards
- DTwisting and cutting candy canes
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Twisting and cutting candy canes
Father Gregory Keller's machine automated twisting and cutting candy canes for Bobs Candies in Albany, Georgia, run by his brother-in-law Bob McCormack, cutting breakage and making mass production possible.
Q 928Which is the most popular restaurant day of the year in the United States?
- ANew Year's Eve
- BFather's Day
- CMother's Day
- DValentine's Day
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Mother's Day
It also produces a large slice of the American jewellery trade's yearly revenue, much of it in mother's rings.
Q 929Who first used the terms 'Major Arcana' and 'Minor Arcana'?
- AÉliphas Lévi
- BJean-Baptiste Pitois
- CA. E. Waite
- DOswald Wirth
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Jean-Baptiste Pitois
Better known as Paul Christian, he published his Histoire de la magie in 1870.
Q 930Which 2004 Usher single featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris spent twelve weeks at number one?
- AMy Boo
- BYeah!
- CBurn
- DConfessions Part II
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Yeah!
'Yeah!', produced by Lil Jon with a Ludacris verse, spent twelve weeks atop the Hot 100 in 2004 and was replaced at number one by Usher's own 'Burn'.
Q 931Stretch Armstrong is a latex figure filled with a gel similar to which kitchen ingredient?
- ACorn syrup
- BHoney
- CGlycerine
- DGelatin
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Corn syrup
The 1976 figure stretches from about 15 inches to four or five feet, and the instructions said tears could be patched with an adhesive bandage.
Q 932The Major Oak, folklore's shelter for Robin Hood and his Merry Men, stands in which English woodland?
- AEpping Forest
- BSherwood Forest
- CForest of Dean
- DNew Forest
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Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest's Major Oak, near Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire, is an English oak estimated at 800 to 1,000 years old with a trunk girth of about 10 metres; its heavy limbs have been propped with supports since 1908.
Q 933Miley Cyrus was born in November 1992 in which Tennessee town?
- ANashville
- BMemphis
- CFranklin
- DKnoxville
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Franklin
Her father Billy Ray was riding high on 'Achy Breaky Heart' that year; she is the middle of five children if you count her mother's two from an earlier relationship.
Q 934Phoenix Wright crossed over with which puzzle series on the 3DS?
- AProfessor Layton
- BNi no Kuni
- CInazuma Eleven
- DYo-kai Watch
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Professor Layton
Level-5 boss Akihiro Hino pitched the idea; Capcom's Keiji Inafune was "80 per cent certain" Takumi would refuse.
Q 935What does "Mardi Gras" literally translate to in English?
- AHappy Carnival
- BParty Day
- CFat Tuesday
- DGreat Feast
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Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," referring to the practice of eating rich, fatty foods before the fasting season begins on Ash Wednesday.
Q 936According to tradition, what does a child who has been naughty all year find in their Christmas stocking?
- AA rotten apple
- BAn empty sock
- CA lump of coal
- DA wooden spoon
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A lump of coal
The stocking custom itself comes from a legend about Saint Nicholas dropping gold into stockings hung by the fire to dry.
Q 937Kandi Burruss of Atlanta first found fame in the 1990s as a member of which R&B group?
- AXscape
- BEn Vogue
- CTotal
- DSWV
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Xscape
Kandi Burruss sang in Xscape, the Atlanta R&B quartet behind 'Just Kickin' It' (1993) and 'Understanding'; she reunited the group for Bravo's 2017 series Xscape: Still Kickin' It.
Q 938Prince Harry married Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018 at which venue?
- ASt George's Chapel, Windsor
- BCanterbury Cathedral
- CWestminster Abbey
- DSt Paul's Cathedral
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St George's Chapel, Windsor
St George's Chapel, Windsor, inside Windsor Castle, hosted the service; Bishop Michael Curry's 14-minute sermon and the Kingdom Choir's 'Stand by Me' were the talking points, and 29 million Americans watched.
Q 939The 4-H building's most popular contest involves dressing up which animals?
- APigs and calves
- BLlamas and alpacas
- CGoats and sheep
- DRabbits and chickens
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Llamas and alpacas
Llamas and alpacas are dressed up by their 4-H exhibitors for the fair's llama costume contest, a crowd-pleaser in which handlers often wear matching outfits.
Q 940What was the name of Beyoncé's 2024 album that blended country and pop music?
- ALemonade
- BRenaissance
- CHomecoming
- DCowboy Carter
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Cowboy Carter
Cowboy Carter, released March 29, 2024, is framed as a country radio broadcast, with Dolly Parton, Linda Martell and Willie Nelson appearing as its DJs.
Q 941Dirty Dancing is set in the summer of 1963 at a resort in which region?
- AThe Hamptons
- BThe Poconos
- CThe Catskills
- DThe Berkshires
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The Catskills
Kellerman's resort sits in the Catskills, the Borscht Belt of upstate New York; '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Q 942Which two-word greeting, first recorded in a 1534 letter, did Dickens's A Christmas Carol popularise among Victorians?
- AHappy Christmas
- BJoyous Christmas
- CBlessed Christmas
- DMerry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas: the greeting appears in a 1534 letter from Bishop John Fisher, and the Carol's huge popularity fixed it as the standard Victorian Christmas wish.
Q 943Which series won Outstanding Comedy Series at the 2022 Emmys for the second year running?
- AOnly Murders in the Building
- BAbbott Elementary
- CTed Lasso
- DHacks
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Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso repeated as Outstanding Comedy Series, with Jason Sudeikis and Brett Goldstein also winning again; HBO led all networks with 38 Emmys overall.
Q 944Japan's Coming of Age Day is held on which day each year?
- AThe first day of spring
- BThe second Monday of January
- CThe first of April
- DThe fifteenth of January
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The second Monday of January
Seijin no Hi falls on the second Monday of January, moved there from a fixed 15 January under the Happy Monday System in 2000; new adults attend city-hall ceremonies, many women in furisode kimono.
Q 945What is the TV series about the ninja team that started in 2023 called?
- ANinjago: The Next Chapter
- BNinjago: Legacy of the Green Ninja
- CNinjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- DNinjago: Dragons Rising
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Ninjago: Dragons Rising
Ninjago: Dragons Rising, launched in 2023, follows a new generation of ninja after the Merge; it succeeded the original Ninjago series that began in 2011.
Q 946In Mario Kart DS Download Play, guests without a cartridge race as which character?
- AShy Guy
- BParatroopa
- CMonty Mole
- DHammer Bro
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Shy Guy
Guests joining Mario Kart DS through Download Play without their own cartridge always race as Shy Guy; up to eight DS systems could play locally that way with a limited course list.
Q 947What was special about the Tomorrowland train that runs on a single rail when it opened in 1959?
- AFastest passenger train anywhere in the world
- BFirst daily-running monorail in the Western Hemisphere
- CFirst train ever to travel underwater
- DLongest train ever built in America
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First daily-running monorail in the Western Hemisphere
It runs 2.5 miles between Tomorrowland and Downtown Disney.
Q 948Which reply, named after an 18th-century French master, begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6?
- AGreco Defence
- BPetrov's Defence
- CPhilidor Defence
- DDamiano Defence
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Philidor Defence
Philidor's original idea was to challenge the centre with the pawn thrust ...f7-f5; today it is seen as solid but passive.
Q 949The name Slovakia (Slovensko) means what?
- ALand of the free
- BLand of the Slavs
- CLand of the mountains
- DLand beyond the Danube
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Land of the Slavs
It is a cognate of Slovenia and Slavonia; the form Slovensko is first attested in 1675.
Q 950Sophie the Giraffe, the famous rubber teether for babies, has been sold since which year?
- A1975
- B1948
- C1961
- D1989
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1961
Sophie the Giraffe went on sale on 25 May 1961, molded from natural rubber with a squeaker inside, and became a best-selling teether worldwide.
Pop culture & games trivia questions 951–1000
Q 951At which company did John Doerr learn OKRs under Andy Grove in the 1970s?
- AIBM
- BIntel
- CHewlett-Packard
- DXerox
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Intel
Grove called them 'iMBOs', Intel Management by Objectives, and wrote them up in his 1983 book High Output Management.
Q 952Which company runs League of Legends and its World Championship?
- AEpic Games
- BBlizzard Entertainment
- CRiot Games
- DValve
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Riot Games
Riot also runs the Valorant Champions Tour; Valve runs Dota 2's International, Blizzard ran the Overwatch League and Epic staged the Fortnite World Cup.
Q 953In the Super Mario speedrunning community, what does "BLJ" stand for?
- ABlock Launch Jump
- BBoost Ledge Jump
- CBowser Level Jump
- DBackwards Long Jump
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Backwards Long Jump
BLJ stands for Backwards Long Jump, a famous speedrunning exploit in Super Mario 64. By repeatedly long-jumping backwards into certain slopes or stairs, Mario can build up infinite speed and clip through doors and walls.
Q 954Who was hired in November 2013 as artistic director of Louis Vuitton's women's collections?
- ANicolas Ghesquiere
- BHedi Slimane
- CRiccardo Tisci
- DPhoebe Philo
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Nicolas Ghesquiere
He staged a socially distanced virtual runway at La Samaritaine in 2020.
Q 955How many players did Fortnite Battle Royale reach by June 2018, less than a year after launch?
- A125 million
- B250 million
- C45 million
- D80 million
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125 million
Epic announced in June 2018 that Fortnite had passed 125 million players, under a year after Battle Royale launched, having spread across PC, consoles and mobile.
Q 956Which double-fianchetto chess set-up with pawns on d6 and e6 was named after Spassky used it against Petrosian in 1966?
- ARat Defence
- BHedgehog System
- CSnake Benoni
- DHippopotamus Defence
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Hippopotamus Defence
Slovak IM Maximilian Ujtelky was the first master to experiment with the structure, and Spassky had faced it against him in 1964.
Q 957Which California city stages the Tournament of Roses Parade along Colorado Boulevard each January?
- ASan Diego
- BPasadena
- CSacramento
- DLos Angeles
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Pasadena
Pasadena's Rose Parade is followed by the Rose Bowl football game, and if January 1 falls on a Sunday the whole thing shifts to Monday.
Q 958What is the longest river lying entirely within Turkey?
- ASakarya
- BTigris
- CEuphrates
- DKızılırmak
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Kızılırmak
The Kızılırmak, 'Red River', the ancient Halys, runs about 1,355 km in a great arc through Anatolia to the Black Sea; the Euphrates and Tigris are longer but flow on into Syria and Iraq.
Q 959Which Costa Rican province is known for its rich Afro-Caribbean culture and banana plantations?
- ALimón
- BGuanacaste
- CSan José
- DAlajuela
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Limón
Limón's Afro-Costa Rican community descends largely from West Indian workers brought in the 1870s to build the railway to Puerto Limón; Minor Keith planted the first bananas along the line to feed the crews.
Q 960Which country permanently banned yo-yo water balls because the cord can strangle a child?
- AAustralia
- BSouth Korea
- CUnited States
- DJapan
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Australia
The US safety commission judged the strangulation risk low and never banned them, so a 2004 bill was introduced in Congress to force its hand; France, the UK, Brazil and Luxembourg acted on their own.
Q 961Which organisation has run the Sudoku global championship since 2006?
- AWorld Puzzle Federation
- BNikoli
- CInternational Mind Sports Association
- DMensa International
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World Puzzle Federation
The first event was held in Lucca, Italy; it skipped 2020 and 2021 for the pandemic.
Q 962The first widely publicized chupacabra sightings emerged in 1995 on which island?
- AHispaniola
- BPuerto Rico
- CTrinidad
- DJamaica
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's 1995 sightings started it; later 'chupacabra' carcasses in Mexico and Texas turned out to be coyotes and dogs with severe mange.
Q 963The unmistakable jazz score of A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) was written by which pianist?
- AVince Guaraldi
- BBill Evans
- CDave Brubeck
- DRamsey Lewis
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Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi wrote the score, including 'Linus and Lucy' and 'Christmas Time Is Here'. CBS executives disliked the jazz and the real children's voices, yet the special won the 1966 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program.
Q 964'Nice one, Cyril' began as a 1972 television advert congratulating a baker, for which bread brand?
- AHovis
- BMother's Pride
- CWonderloaf
- DSunblest
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Wonderloaf
Wonderloaf's slogan, written by Peter Mayle, was adopted by Tottenham Hotspur fans to praise left back Cyril Knowles, and has since been reworked for Son Heung-min as 'Nice one, Sonny'.
Q 965In a 2004 song, Cookie Monster revealed that before he ate his first cookie his name was what?
- ASid
- BHerbert
- CMorris
- DChip
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Sid
In the 2004 song 'The First Time Me Eat Cookie', Cookie Monster sings that his name was Sid before he ate his first cookie; the Muppet has been on Sesame Street since its 1969 debut.
Q 966Poet and independence advocate Julia de Burgos was born near which town in Puerto Rico?
- ACarolina
- BPonce
- CArecibo
- DMayagüez
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Carolina
Julia de Burgos was born in 1914 in the Santa Cruz barrio of Carolina, east of San Juan, to a farming family; she later lived in New York, where she died in 1953.
Q 967Which animal did Britney Spears dance with at the 2001 VMAs?
- AA white tiger
- BA python-sized boa
- CA capuchin monkey
- DAn albino snake
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An albino snake
The performance of "I'm a Slave 4 U" also involved a caged tiger.
Q 968Which writer made Pamplona's Festival of San Fermín and its running of the bulls world-famous?
- AErnest Hemingway
- BGeorge Orwell
- CGraham Greene
- DF. Scott Fitzgerald
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Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises sent generations of visitors to watch six bulls and six steers stampede roughly half a mile through the old town to the bullring.
Q 969How many pay periods does a semi-monthly payroll produce in a year?
- A48
- B52
- C26
- D24
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24
Two pay dates per month. Biweekly produces 26, which is why some months have three paydays.
Q 970In Greek mythology, which couple's love story has one partner descend to the underworld to retrieve the other?
- APerseus & Andromeda
- BEros & Psyche
- CZeus & Hera
- DOrpheus & Eurydice
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Orpheus & Eurydice
Orpheus journeyed to the underworld to bring back his dead wife Eurydice. Hades agreed to release her on the condition Orpheus not look back while leading her out. Tragically, he looked back just before reaching the surface and lost her forever.
Q 971Which British composer wrote the game's score?
- AGareth Coker
- BIlan Eshkeri
- CAustin Wintory
- DHarry Gregson-Williams
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Ilan Eshkeri
Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi wrote five suites of exploration music.
Q 972Kwanzaa's communal feast, the Karamu Ya Imani, is typically held on which date?
- AJanuary 1
- BDecember 28
- CDecember 26
- DDecember 31
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December 31
The Karamu Ya Imani, the feast of faith, is held on December 31, the sixth of Kwanzaa's seven days, which honors Kuumba (creativity).
Q 973The Fox sitcom Martin was set in which American city?
- AAtlanta
- BCleveland
- CDetroit
- DBaltimore
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Detroit
Martin Payne started the series as a radio DJ before moving into local television.
Q 974How long was Adolf Wölfli's illustrated epic, written inside a Bern asylum?
- A25,000 pages
- B900 pages
- C12,000 pages
- D3,000 pages
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25,000 pages
He wrote, drew and composed music across 45 volumes, and would trade small drawings with visitors for the pencils he needed to keep going.
Q 975Which creator of Dragon Ball died on March 1, 2024, aged 68?
- ANaoko Takeuchi
- BAkira Toriyama
- CMasashi Kishimoto
- DEiichiro Oda
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Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama, who launched Dragon Ball in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1984, died of an acute subdural hematoma; he also designed the characters for the Dragon Quest games and Chrono Trigger.
Q 976The painted wooden Dala horse is a national symbol of which country?
- ANorway
- BDenmark
- CSweden
- DFinland
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Sweden
Sweden's Dala horse began as a carving livelihood in Dalarna; the classic version is reddish orange with a painted harness.
Q 977Out of high school in 2003, LeBron James signed a roughly $90 million shoe deal with which company?
- AUnder Armour
- BReebok
- CAdidas
- DNike
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Nike
Nike won a three-way bidding war with Reebok and Adidas, signing LeBron James to a seven-year deal worth about $90 million in May 2003.
Q 978The Dragon Variation reportedly got its name from Black's pawns resembling which constellation?
- ADraco
- BSerpens
- CCetus
- DHydra
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Draco
Louis Paulsen originated the modern form of the line around 1880, and it won general acceptance around 1900 through Harry Nelson Pillsbury.
Q 979Which "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" died in Switzerland on May 24, 2023, aged 83?
- APatti LaBelle
- BDionne Warwick
- CTina Turner
- DAretha Franklin
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner died at her home in Küsnacht, near Zurich, on May 24, 2023, aged 83; in 1967 she had been the first woman and first Black artist on a Rolling Stone cover.
Q 980Iceland's 'Viking Thunder Clap' at Euro 2016 originally came from which club's supporters?
- AMotherwell
- BRosenborg
- CAjax Amsterdam
- DCeltic in Glasgow
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Motherwell
Motherwell supporters' clap was picked up by fans of Stjarnan after a 2014 Europa League qualifier against the Scottish club, and Iceland's fans made it famous at Euro 2016.
Q 981In which year was the sign's letter H destroyed, blamed on wind or vandals?
- A1962
- B1944
- C1949
- D1933
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1944
By 1949 residents were calling the sign an eyesore and the Chamber of Commerce stepped in to repair it.
Q 982What is the title of the 2024 Bandai Namco fighting game based on the series?
- AJujutsu Kaisen: Domain Battle
- BJujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash
- CJujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade
- DJujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Storm
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Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash
Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash, a 2v2 arena fighter developed by Byking, was published by Bandai Namco in February 2024 on PC and consoles.
Q 983Which relic does Bowser steal in Paper Mario to make himself invincible and flatten Mario early on?
- AGrand Star
- BStar Rod
- CPower Star
- DMagic Paintbrush
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Star Rod
The Star Rod grants wishes, and Bowser also imprisons the seven Star Spirits who could cancel it, then lifts Peach's whole castle into the sky.
Q 984Whose April 2020 'Astronomical' Fortnite concert drew 12.3 million players to its first show?
- AAriana Grande
- BMarshmello
- CJ Balvin
- DTravis Scott
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Travis Scott
Travis Scott's show reached 27.7 million unique viewers across all showings and premiered 'The Scotts' with Kid Cudi.
Q 985The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is staged each August on what?
- ACalton Hill
- BMurrayfield's pitch
- CArthur's Seat
- DThe Castle Esplanade
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The Castle Esplanade
The Tattoo is staged on the Castle Esplanade, where massed pipe bands and military bands from around the world perform; it began in 1950 and has been televised worldwide.
Q 986In Japanese business etiquette, the casual eshaku bow inclines the torso by roughly how many degrees?
- A90
- B30
- C45
- D15
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15
The eshaku is a light 15-degree bow for casual greetings; keirei, at about 30 degrees, is for business, and saikeirei, at 45 degrees or more, is the most formal.
Q 987Which Parade columnist, once Guinness's highest-IQ holder, drew some 10,000 letters with her 1990 Monty Hall answer?
- AMarilyn vos Savant
- BDr. Joyce Brothers
- CAbigail Van Buren
- DAnn Landers
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Marilyn vos Savant
Marilyn vos Savant told readers to switch, and around 10,000 wrote in to say she was wrong; she was right, and about half of the published letter-writers later admitted they had changed their minds.
Q 988Which blocky sandbox building game had its full release in November 2011?
- AFortnite
- BRoblox
- CMinecraft
- DTerraria
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Minecraft
Minecraft, Mojang's block-based sandbox, was first shared publicly in May 2009 and had its full release on 18 November 2011; Microsoft bought Mojang for $2.5 billion in 2014.
Q 989Which token in a Newfoundland Shrove Tuesday pancake foretells that its finder will become, or marry, a carpenter?
- AA coin
- BA nail
- CA button
- DA ring
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A nail
A nail means a carpenter, while a coin promises wealth: Newfoundland and Cape Breton families cook little tokens into the pancakes so children can read their futures.
Q 990Whose 1955 Uhlenhaut Coupé fetched a record €135 million in 2022?
- AAston Martin
- BFerrari
- CBugatti
- DMercedes-Benz
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Mercedes-Benz
The company had never sold either coupé in nearly seventy years; RM Sotheby's ran the invitation-only sale inside the factory museum in Stuttgart.
Q 991What pilgrimage route across northern Spain ends at the shrine of the apostle James in Galicia?
- AEl Cid Trail
- BVia Francigena
- CRuta del Quijote
- DCamino de Santiago
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Camino de Santiago
The Camino de Santiago (Way of St James) is the network of pilgrim routes converging on Santiago de Compostela cathedral in Galicia, where the apostle's relics are said to rest; the Camino Francés crosses northern Spain from the Pyrenees.
Q 992The Ignalina nuclear plant's closure, a condition of EU entry, turned Lithuania into what?
- AA coal exporter
- BAn electricity importer
- CA nuclear fuel supplier
- DA wind-power leader
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An electricity importer
Closing Ignalina's two RBMK reactors (Unit 1 in 2004, Unit 2 at the end of 2009) turned Lithuania from an electricity exporter into an electricity importer; a 2012 referendum saw about 63% reject a new plant at Visaginas.
Q 993Where was the first Counter-Strike 2 Major held in March 2024?
- ACologne
- BStockholm
- CKatowice
- DCopenhagen
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Copenhagen
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, played at the Royal Arena in March 2024, was the first Counter-Strike 2 Major; the second went to Shanghai that December.
Q 994The spiny, bull-horned hodag was 'discovered' in 1893 near which Wisconsin town?
- AWausau
- BEau Claire
- CLa Crosse
- DRhinelander
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Rhinelander
Eugene Shepard staged the hodag's 'discovery' outside Rhinelander in 1893, claiming dynamite was needed to kill it; the town adopted the beast as its mascot.
Q 995Playing cards were most likely invented in which country, during the Tang dynasty of the 9th century?
- AChina
- BEgypt
- CIndia
- DPersia
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China
The invention followed the spread of woodblock printing; a princess is recorded playing the 'leaf game' in 868.
Q 996The name of Maui's Haleakalā National Park is Hawaiian for what?
- AHouse of the sun
- BHome of the gods
- CMountain of fire
- DSleeping giant
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House of the sun
Haleakalā means 'house of the sun'; legend says the demigod Maui snared the sun there to lengthen the day, and the park was split from Hawaii National Park in 1961.
Q 997In Mexico, whoever finds the figurine in the Rosca de Reyes must host a party on which feast day?
- AAll Saints' Day, 1 November
- BCandlemas, 2 February
- CAll Souls' Day, 2 November
- DAssumption, 15 August
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Candlemas, 2 February
Finding the figurine obliges you to host the tamales party on Candlemas, 2 February (Día de la Candelaria); the hidden figure represents the Christ Child concealed from Herod during the flight into Egypt.
Q 998Which town 'between dimensions' is the hub of Super Paper Mario, with a mirrored twin unlocked later?
- AFlopside
- BFlipside
- CLineland
- DToad Town
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Flipside
Flipside's dimensional doors lead to every world, and its mirror image Flopside only opens in the second half of the adventure.
Q 999Which airline sponsored the Enchanted Tiki Room for its first 12 years?
- ATrans World Airlines
- BContinental Airlines
- CUnited Airlines
- DPan American
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United Airlines
United Airlines sponsored the show from 1964 to 1976, when Dole Pineapple took over and put its juice bar, later home of the Dole Whip, at the entrance.
Q 1000What was the Arbiter originally going to be called, before concerns about a US-versus-Islam reading?
- ACrusader
- BTemplar
- CZealot
- DDervish
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Dervish
Keith David voices him in Halo 2, 3 and 5; a different Arbiter appears in Halo Wars.
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