Pop Culture
Who is the lead singer in Maroon 5?
Bonus: When was the group founded?
- Adam Levine
- 1994
What is a Denial of service attack?
Bonus: How does it work?
- A cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users
-Flooding the targeted machine or resource with superfluous requests in an attempt to overload systems
Who was Joan of Arc?
Bonus: How did she die?
- Heroine of France who led the French during the 100 years war.
- She was burned at the stake
What is the nearest planet to the Sun?
Bonus: What is the planet named after?
- Mercury
- Roman god of commerce, communication and travel
In which state do Mark Twain’s characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live?
Bonus: What is the name of the river where the story takes place?
- Missouri
- Mississippi River
What piece of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life?
A hat
What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
What was the name of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius
Optics is the study of what?
Light
Who is Harry Potter’s best female friend?
Hermione
How many times did Ross Geller get divorced on Friends?
Three times (Carol, Emily, Rachel)
What does 'CD-ROM' stands for?
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
What battle turned the tide of WW2 in the Pacific?
The battle of Midway
What are the human blood types?
(Bonus: What is the rarest?)
- A, B, AB and O
- AB negative
In A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts visit Scrooge?
Four
What is Order 66 in Star Wars and who ordered it?
All galactic Clone Troopers to turn against their Jedi Commanders, murdering them. The Order was executed by Sheev Palpatine after a series of events led to the discovery that he was, in fact, Sith Lord Darth Sidious.
Which part of the computer fetches, decodes, and executes the programming instructions?
CPU
Who did Bangledesh declare independence from?
Pakistan
What two substances are the main components of bronze?
Copper and Tin
What is the name of the theater where many of Shakespeare’s plays were produced?
The Globe
What is Rihanna‘s real name?
Robyn Fenty
What does IBM stand for?
International Business Machines Corporation
Who crossed the Rubicon and what does it mean?
- Julius Caeser
- Point of no return
Does sound travel faster in water or air?
Water
In what fictional town is Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird set?
Maycomb, Alabama