MELA
Liu Cixin is a Chinese computer engineer and science fiction writer who has won many awards for his fictional work. This book was adapted into a show by the creators of Game of Thrones. What recent and trending show are we talking about?
3 body problem
This player who played for Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants holds the MLB record for the most home runs
Barry Bonds
This German dog breed was originally bred to be water retrievers and they have also been used as truffle hunters due to their keen noses. The breed name comes from a German word which means "splash in water"
Poodle
James Congdell Fargo went on a business trip to Europe. He could carry currency, gold or letters of credit, all acceptable only at the banks they named. Fed up with this problem, he asked the European bank manager of his company, Marcus Berry, to come up with a solution to this problem. What solution are we talking about and name the company
Travellers Cheque
American Express
X, Y
National Museum of China, Beijing
Vatican Museum, Vatican City
Met, NYC
British Museum, London
Tate Modern, London
National Gallery, London
Natural History Museum, London
American Museum of Natural History, NYC
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
ID X, Y and what is the funda?
In 2024 March Madness, these two colleges sent both their men's and women's team to the Final Four
UConn and NC State
This is a term to describe a collective of people who are for development as long as it not in their vicinity.
NIMBY
In 2006, Drew Houston planned to use the 3 hour bus ride between New York and Boston to get work done, but forgot his pen drive at home. On that bus ride, he started something and 14 years later, it became a public company worth 8 billion USD. Which company are we talking about?
Dropbox
He told it was inspired by a dream he had where he could walk underwater and was surrounded by creatures swimming around him, but a common misconception was that this was created during a psychedelic trip. What musical "colorful" creation are we talking about?
Purple Haze
Novak Djokovic broke this player's record for the most week at #1 ranking in tennis in April 2024. Which player held this record until recently?
Steffi Graf
85C Bakery Cafe has 1000 retail shops worldwide. Wu Cheng-hsueh incorporated the company in 2003 and opened the first shop in Taipei County in July 2004.
What does the name of the company refer to, that is one of Wu's beliefs?
85C is the optimal temperature to serve coffee
"At 60 miles an hour, the loudest noise in this new ___ ____ comes from the electric clock."
Published in 1958, this is considered to be one of the greatest brand tag lines ever. ID the brand.
Rolls Royce
In 1954, after 21 rejections, X published his first and most acclaimed novel, Y. The novel told a story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck where they turn against one another in the face of an imagined enemy and beyond the constructs of society.
X: William Golding
Y: Lord of the Flies
The same player is referenced to in all these quotes.
Why would we want X? We've got Time Sherwood (by Blackburn owner)
Give me X and 10 pieces of wood and I'll win you the Champions League (by Sir Alex Ferguson)
Zinedine Zidane
n the world of lizard mating:
Orange-throated lizards out-compete the less aggressive blue-throated males; protective blue-throated lizards win against sneaky yellow-throated males; the yellow-throated lizards are successful against roving orange-throated males
What concept are we talking about?
Rock Paper Scissors
Invented by Karl Drais in 1817, the dandy horse (also called velocipede, hobby horse) is which (relatively) modern device's forerunner?
Bicycle