General Knowledge 1
Created in 1952, what is the name of the Frosted Flakes mascot who enthusiastically says, "They're Gr-r-reat!"?
Tony the Tiger
“May the Fourth be with you” is the official tagline of the galaxy-wide holiday celebrated the first week of May in honor of what sci-fi franchise?
Star Wars
We used to think we were the center of the universe until Nicolaus Copernicus helped establish heliocentrism, the idea that the Earth orbits what space thing?
The Sun
What American swimmer set a gold medal record at the 2008 Summer Olympics? This person won eight gold medals at a single Olympics.
Michael Phelps
From which animated TV show are characters with the following first names: Norville, Daphne, Velma, and Fred?
Scooby-Doo
By letter count, “May” is the shortest month of the year. Coming in at a record nine letters, what’s the longest month of the year?
September
Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?
Pac-man
You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
Oprah Winfrey
Bart runs half-heartedly for class president, and Homer runs more seriously for Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, in various episodes of what long-running animated sitcom?
The Simpsons
Known for his habit of whacking his right hind foot against the ground, Thumper is the BFF of what “B”-loved Disney deer?
Bambi
First coined by Julia Burchill in a 1992 article in the London-based magazine Modern Review, what member of the British royal family was often nicknamed “The People’s Princess”?
Princess Diana
After winning the women's all-around gymnastics gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sunisa Lee went on to foxtrot and tango on Season 30 of what ABC show?
Dancing With the Stars
On "The Bachelor," the Bachelor gives what flower to contestants whom he wants to stick around for the next episode?
Rose
In 1999 Shigetaka Kurita invented what keyboard additions for cell phones that would eventually replace emoticons and even get their own movie?
Emojis
If 80 critics review a movie and at least 75% of those reviews are positive, then a movie is deemed "Certified Fresh" according to what website?
Rotten Tomatoes
What search engine makes changes to its logo, known as "doodles," to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and famous people, such as a pointillist version in honor of artist Georges Seurat?
The winner of 15 major pro golf championships, Eldrick Tont Woods is better known by what fierce nickname that honors his father's friend, South Vietnamese Colonel Vuong Dang Phong?
Tiger
Cumulus and stratus are two of the main types of what object that is seen by most people on most days in some form?
Clouds
What six-letter hairstyle is popularly associated with the semi-ironic phrase "business in front, party in the back"?
Mullet
Home of Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays, the Rogers Centre opened in 1989 as the SkyDome – the world’s first sports arena to feature a fully retractable what?
Roof
In baseball shorthand, it's a strikeout. On the periodic table, it's potassium. In a text, it can be a quick response to, like, whatever. What's that letter?
K
Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world were built as ceremonial burial vaults for Egyptian pharaohs?
Great Pyramid of Giza
At the 2010 Academy Awards, the winning film for Best Animated Feature was a Disney-Pixar film featuring Kevin, Charles Muntz, Carl, Russell, and a dog named Dug. What is this helium-inflated film?
Up
The official song of the 2010 World Cup, vuvuzelas and all, was titled “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” and was sung by what Colombian recording artist also known for her pelvis not bearing false witness?
Shakira
Founded in 1922 by a retired, uh, agricultural professional, what insurance company didn't adopt their "Like a Good Neighbor" slogan until 1971?
State Farm