Brand Recognition
Maculas & Molars
Globe Trotters
World "Cup"
Zillenial Zeitgeist
Kayla’s Memory Lane
100
What is Puma?
100
Developed in 1862 by a Dutch ophthalmologist, the traditional version of this diagnostic tool features exactly 11 lines of block letters, starting with a giant "E".
What is the Snellen chart?
100
Known as the "Beehive State," this western U.S. state is home to the Sundance Film Festival, Zion National Park, and a leading light in the world of ophthalmology.
What is Utah?
100
Unlike most modern sports trophies, a new one of these massive silver chalices isn't made every year; instead, the winning NHL team gets to add their players' names to its metallic bands.
What is the Stanley Cup?
100
Before TikTok, this short-lived, 6-second video app—which operated from 2013 to 2017—birthed a legacy of endlessly quotable loops like "Look at all those chickens" and "Road work ahead? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does."
What is Vine?
100
Identifiable by its iconic Twin Spires, this legendary Louisville racetrack hosts the "Run for the Roses" every year on the first Saturday in May.
What is Churchill Downs?
200
What is MasterCard?
200
Per the classic ISNT rule, this quadrant should be the thickest part of the normal neuroretinal rim.
What is the inferior quadrant / inferior rim?
200
Because roughly one-fifth of global petroleum pass through it, threats to close this Iran-adjacent chokepoint can quickly rattle oil markets.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
200
This Pasadena stadium hosted both its famous New Year’s Day college football game and the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final, where Brazil beat Italy on penalties.
What is the Rose Bowl?
200
This critically acclaimed HBO drama followed siblings Kendall, Roman, and Shiv as they backstabbed each other for control of Waystar Royco, a media empire owned by their terrifying father, Logan.
What is Succession?
200
While its famous neighbor Napa often grabs the global spotlight, this adjacent Northern California county actually produces more wine.
What is Sonoma County?
300
If you look closely at the snowy Matterhorn mountain in the logo for this iconic Swiss brand, you can spot the hidden silhouette of a bear.
What is Toblerone?
300
This eponymous curve of occlusion runs anteroposteriorly from the mandibular canine along the buccal cusps of the posterior teeth toward the terminal molar.
What is the Curve of Spee?
300
This is the only U.S. state that shares a land border with exactly one other U.S. state.
What is Maine?
300
In Arthurian legend, knights including Galahad and Percival search for this sacred cup associated with the Last Supper.
What is the Holy Grail?
300
Taylor Swift won 2024 Album of the Year for this album, making her the first artist to win that Grammy category four times.
What is Midnights?
300
This State boasts the highest population density of any U.S. state, a fact that might seem completely at odds with its lush, agricultural nickname.
What is New Jersey? (The Garden State)
400
The lowercase "b" inside the red circle of this company’s logo is designed to look like a side-profile of a person wearing this product
What is Beats by Dre?
400
Dr. Charles Kelman introduced phacoemulsification in 1967 after seeing the instrument used by a doctor in this field.
What is dentistry? (He was inspired by his dentist's ultrasonic teeth-cleaning tool)
400
Trailing only Mount Kilimanjaro in height among mountains in Africa, an extinct stratovolcano provides the eponymous name for this nation.
What is Kenya?
400
Wrapped in iconic orange packaging, this specific candy "cup" was created in 1928 by a former dairy farmer who previously worked for Milton Hershey.
What is a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?
400
In the iconic opening title sequence of Breaking Bad, the first letters of the show's two-word title are highlighted in green squares to represent these two specific elements of the periodic table, atomic numbers 35 and 56.
What are Bromine and Barium? (Br and Ba)
400
In 1985, this Swiss city hosted a legendary summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, helping thaw Cold War tensions despite producing no formal arms-control deal.
What is Geneva?
500
The mascot in this French brand's logo is a schoolboy hiding a product behind his back. His featureless, spherical head actually represents a tiny tungsten carbide ball - a key component of their ubiquitous instruments.
What is BIC?
500
Mutations in CYP4V2 cause this inherited retinal dystrophy, marked by yellow-white crystalline deposits and choroidal vessel sclerosis.
What is Bietti crystalline dystrophy?
500
Before it was replaced by USMCA in 2020, this 1994 trade agreement linked the economies of the three countries now jointly hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
What is NAFTA?
500
This “cup” is actually the oldest active trophy in international sports, first awarded in 1851.
What is the America’s Cup?
500
In one of the most chaotic live television errors in history, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty mistakenly announced this musical as the Best Picture winner at the 2017 Academy Awards, before the mistake was corrected on stage for Moonlight.
What is La La Land?
500
Trailing only the NFL in broadcasting revenue per game, this massively lucrative two-month tournament features teams like the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.
What is the Indian Premier League?