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100
What is the name of the fictional paper company in The Office?
Dunder Mifflin
100
What fermented, salty yogurt drink is considered Turkey's national non-alcoholic beverage and is routinely served with grilled meats?
Ayran
100
Estonia is famous for its massive Song Festival held every 5 years at the Song Festival Grounds (Lauluväljak). What is the Estonian word for this song festival?
Laulupidu
100
According to Guinness World Records, what's the best-selling book of all time?
Answer: The Bible
200
Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1997, tying the record for the most Oscar wins (11) at the time?
Titanic
200
What is the national dish of Belarus—a crispy, pan-fried potato pancake often served with sour cream or mushroom sauce?
Draniki
200
In 2001, Estonia won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first and only time in its history. What was the upbeat song title?
"Everybody". Performed by Tanel Padar and Dave Benton (along with the group 2XL)
200
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of what?
Love
300
What movie is this from?
Fight club
300
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what food sticking to the roof of your mouth?
Peanut butter
300
What is the name of the annual winter natural phenomenon in Soomaa National Park when massive snowmelt causes widespread flooding, allowing locals to canoe through forests and backyards?
The "Fifth Season" (Viies aastaaeg)
300
Mayan Calendar suggested the earth was ending on this year
2012
400
Which Disney film features the song ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’?
Pinocchio
400
What popular French cooking technique involves cooking meat slowly in its own rendered fat at a low temperature, originally used as a preservation method?
Confit (e.g., Duck Confit)
400
What famous bronze fountain sculpture sits right in front of the Town Hall in Tartu, Estonia's university capital?
The Kissing Students (Suudlevad üliõpilased)
400
What is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight (not just gliding)?
The Bat
500
What movie is this from?
the Matrix
500
What makes White Chocolate technically distinct from Milk and Dark chocolate?
It contains no cocoa solids/liquor—only cocoa butter, sugar, and milk solids
500
Who is Estonia's most famous living classical composer, world-renowned for inventing the minimalist "bell-like" composition style known as tintinnabuli
Arvo Pärt
500
In Sandro Botticelli’s famous masterpiece The Birth of Venus, what natural object does the goddess Venus stand upon as she washes ashore
A giant scallop shell
600
What is Chandler Bing’s embarrassing middle name in Friends?
Muriel
600
What popular hot beverage is made from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis?
Tea (black, green, white, and oolong all come from this same plant)
600
What unique geological site on the island of Saaremaa consists of nine meteor craters, the largest of which is a 110-meter-wide circular lake that was created by a massive meteorite impact roughly 3,000 to 4,000 years ago and holds deep significance in Estonian mythology?
Kaali Crater
600
In which country was Padel invented back in 1969 by businessman Enrique Corcuera?
Mexico