Food & Beverage
Which European country produces Beck's beer?
a.) Belgium
b.) Germany
c.) England
d.) The Netherlands
e.) Czech Republic
b.) Germany
Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with which specific organ in the human body?
a.) Pancreas
b.) Stomach
c.) Large Intestine
d.) Brain
e.) Liver
a.) Pancreas
In the 2000 United States presidential election (George W. Bush vs Al Gore), in which state were votes recounted?
a.) Ohio
b.) Florida
c.) Pennsylvania
d.) Texas
e.) Georgia
b.) Florida
What controversial music icon made headlines in 2002 when he dangled his nine-month-old son over the balcony of a German hotel to greet a crowd of onlookers?
a.) Prince
b.) Jay Z
c.) Michael Jackson
d.) Will.I.Am
e.) Usher
c.) Michael Jackson
In which US city was a state of emergency declared on 14 December 14 2015 after cost-cutting measures led to dangerous levels of lead in the city's drinking water?
a.) Oakland, California
b.) Baltimore, Maryland
c.) Flint, Michigan
d.) Aurora, Colorado
e.) Montgomery, Alabama
c.) Flint, Michigan
What was the highest-selling brand of potato chips in the USA in 2022?
a.) Lay's
b.) Pringles
c.) Ruffles
d.) Doritos
e.) Kettle
a.) Lay's
According to the World Air Quality Index, which city had the worst air quality in 2022?
a.) Lahore, Pakistan
b.) Jakarta, Indonesia
c.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
d.) Dhaka, Bangladesh
e.) New Delhi, India
c.) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Which investment bank's declaration of bankruptcy and collapse is considered to be the start of the global economic collapse of 2008?
a.) Merrill Lynch
b.) Lehman Brothers
c.) Goldman Sachs
d.) JP Morgan Chase
e.) Enron
b.) Lehman Brothers
Which 1995 low-budget crime thriller about a complicated set-up, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Kevin Spacey and Benicio del Toro, became one of the biggest surprise box-office hits that year?
a.) Se7en
b.) Just Cause
c.) L.A. Confidential
d.) The Usual Suspects
e.) Carlito's Way
d.) The Usual Suspects
Which NFL team scored the most points ever in a single Super Bowl?
a.) Miami Dolphins
b.) Pittsburgh Steelers
c.) Dallas Cowboys
d.) Green Bay Packers
e.) San Francisco 49ers
e.) San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers scored 55 points in the 1990 Superbowl against the Denver Broncos.
Which Canadian province accounts for 70% of the world's production of maple syrup?
a.) British Columbia
b.) Alberta
c.) Manitoba
d.) Quebec
e.) Ontario
d.) Quebec
Which flying bird has the longest wingspan in the world?
a.) Vulture
b.) Condor
c.) Great White Pelican
d.) Albatross
e.) Stork
d.) Albatross
The Wandering Albatross has a total wingspan of 3.7 meters (12 feet).
In which country did the protest movement known as the "Arab Spring" break out in 2010 when a street seller named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to denounce corruption and police mistreatment?
a.) Egypt
b.) Syria
c.) Tunisia
d.) Iraq
e.) Sudan
c.) Tunisia
Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
a.) Tina Turner
b.) Janis Joplin
c.) Donna Summer
d.) Stevie Nicks
e.) Aretha Franklin
e.) Aretha Franklin
Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
In the summer of 2011, teens across the globe took pictures of themselves laying horizontally in precarious positions as part of a trend known as...?
a.) Selfie-Jacking
b.) T-Bowing
c.) 5-Pointing
d.) Levitating
e.) Planking
e.) Planking
Which of these soft drinks was originally invented as a mixer for whiskey?
a.) 7 Up
b.) Sprite
c.) Mountain Dew
d.) Dr. Pepper
e.) Sunkist
c.) Mountain Dew
Tennessee bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew as a whiskey mixer in the 1940s. Soft drinks were sold regionally in the 1930s, and the Hartmans had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, so they developed their own.
Originally, "mountain dew" was a 19th-century slang term for whiskey, especially Highland Scotch whisky. The name was trademarked for the soft drink in 1948.
For which disease was the first vaccine developed?
a.) Rabies
b.) Smallpox
c.) Typhoid
d.) Diphtheria
e.) Yellow Fever
b.) Smallpox
In 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner of Great Britain successfully inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
In which Caribbean island nation was President Jovenel Moïse assassinated by a group of 28 foreign mercenaries on 7 July 2021, plunging the country in a state of political chaos that still persists today?
a.) The Bahamas
b.) Jamaica
c.) Haiti
d.) Dominican Republic
e.) Barbados
c.) Haiti
Which 1997 movie directed by James Mangold stars Sylvester Stallone as the sheriff of a small New Jersey town who comes into conflict with corrupt New York City police officers played by Harvey Keitel and Ray Liota? Robert De Niro co-stars as an internal affairs investigator.
a.) Nighthawks
b.) The Specialist
c.) Get Carter
d.) Judge Dredd
e.) Cop Land
e.) Cop Land
Which car company admitted in 2015 to cheating on emissions tests for diesel engines using software, leading to a massive scandal?
a.) Volkswagen
b.) Mercedes
c.) Toyota
d.) General Motors
e.) Ford
a.) Volkswagen
Which fast-food franchise is generally credited with creating the very first, modern drive-thru window?
a.) McDonald's
b.) Burger King
c.) In-N-Out Burger
d.) Jack in the Box
e.) Wendy's
c.) In-N-Out Burger
In-N-Out Burger's first location was opened in the Los Angeles suburb of Baldwin Park, California, in 1948 at the southwest corner of what is now the intersection of I-10 and Francisquito Avenue. The restaurant was the first drive-thru hamburger stand in California, allowing drivers to place orders via a two-way speaker system.
Which metal is the best conductor of electricity?
a.) Zinc
b.) Aluminum
c.) Gold
d.) Silver
e.) Copper
d.) Silver
Silver only has one valence electron - an electron on the atom's outer shell that is free to move around and can help form chemical bonds.
In general, metals with high conductivity also have high thermal conductivity (heat conducting).
When did the Euro become the official currency of the European Union?
a.) 2000
b.) 2002
c.) 2004
d.) 2006
e.) 2008
b.) 2002
In 2000, which American rock band sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing website Napster after it discovered a demo of its song "I Disappear" was available on the website, while the song was supposed to be released in combination with the Mission: Impossible II soundtrack?
a.) Metallica
b.) Foo Fighters
c.) Red Hot Chili Peppers
d.) Guns N' Roses
e.) Korn
a.) Metallica
In the year 2000, the city of Kentwood, Louisiana opened a museum dedicated to which 18-year-old female pop icon who called the town home?
a.) Christina Aguilera
b.) Britney Spears
c.) Pink
d.) Lady Gaga
e.) Gwen Stefani
b.) Britney Spears