Pop Culture
Which artist released the album “Brat” in 2024?
A) Charli XCX
B) Dua Lipa
C) Sabrina Carpenter
A) Charli XCX
How frequently does the Super Bowl (American football) happen?
A) Once per year
B) Once every 2 years
C) Once every four years
A) Once per year
Who is TikTok’s parent company?
A) Tencent
B) Alibaba
C) ByteDance
C) ByteDance
What country has the most time zones, including overseas territories?
A) Russia
B) United States
C) France
C) France
In which country did your professors both study for university?
1. USA
2. China
3. Canada
3.
What sport does Mondo Duplantis dominate?
A) Pole vault
B) Long jump
C) Decathlon
A) Pole vault
“pair” and “pear” are examples of what?
A) Homonyms
B) Homophones
C) Homographs
B) Homophones
Which of these companies is NOT primarily known for developing AI models?
A) Perplexity
B) Anthropic
C) Nvidia
C) Nvidia
Which country has the most natural lakes in the world?
A) Russia
B) Canada
C) USA
B) Canada
What do your professors share in common?
1. they speak the same languages
2. they’re the same age
3. they moved to France the same year
1.
Which Netflix series holds the record for most-watched in its first 28 days?
A) Stranger Things
B) Squid Game
C) Wednesday
B) Squid Game
What does “NPC” stand for in internet slang?
A) New Public Character
B) Non-Playable Character
C) No Posting Content
B) Non-Playable Character
In aerospace, what does “Mach” measure?
A) a defense company
B) capacity of air to move
C) speed relative to sound
C) speed relative to sound
Which is the largest landlocked country in the world by area?
A) Mongolia
B) Kazakhstan
C) Chad
B) Kazakhstan
Which hobby do your professors both enjoy?
1. cooking
2. music
3. running
2.
Who is the current creative director at Louis Vuitton?
A) Pharrell Williams
B) Virgil Abloh
C) Jonathan Anderson
A) Pharrell Williams
Which African country has the most English speakers?
A) Nigeria
B) Kenya
C) South Africa
A) Nigeria
What does “API” stand for?
A) Advanced Programming Interface
B) Application Programming Interface
C) Automated Processing Input
B) Application Programming Interface
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
A) Indonesia
B) Norway
C) Canada
C) Canada
Which statement is NOT true about your professors?
1. they both have dual citizenship
2. their mothers come from the same country
3. they both grew up in bilingual households
1.
Which film is currently the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide?
A) Avengers: Endgame
B) Avatar (2009)
C) Titanic
B) Avatar (2009)
How many people in the world speak English as their FIRST / native language?
A) ~1 billion
B) ~700 million
C) ~400 million
C) ~400 million
Which planet has the strongest magnetic field in our solar system?
A) Earth
B) Jupiter
C) Saturn
B) Jupiter
Which country has the most official languages in the world?
A) South Africa
B) Bolivia
C) India
B) Bolivia
Match two facts to each professor.
A. has lived in more than 3 countries
B. can play a musical instrument
C. prefers snowboarding to skiing
D. prefers cold weather to hot weather
Nadia: A, D
Dominique: B, C