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100

This country has the most official languages in the world with 11.

Answer: South Africa

100

This singer holds the record for the most Grammy wins ever.

Beyonce

100

The term for working from both home and office on alternating days.

Answer: Hybrid work

100

Contrary to popular belief, this color, not red, actually attracts bulls.

Answer: Movement (they're colorblind)

100

This fast food chain famously ran out of this menu item across all UK locations in 2018.

Answer: KFC ran out of chicken

200

The only country in the world that is also a continent

Australia

200

The highest-grossing film franchise of all time

Marvel Cinematic Universe

200

This productivity method uses 25-minute focused work blocks separated by short breaks.

Answer: The Pomodoro Technique

200

A group of flamingos is officially called this.

Answer: A flamboyance

200

NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter in 1999 because one team used this measurement system while another used metric.

Answer: Imperial (inches/feet)

300

This European city sits across two continents.

Istanbul

300

his streaming show broke Netflix records as its most-watched series ever.

Answer: Squid Game

300

The country that legally mandates the most paid vacation days in the world.

Answer: France (30 days)

300

This country invented the high five — and it only happened in 1977.

Answer: USA (Dusty Baker & Glenn Burke, LA Dodgers)

300

This company turned down the chance to buy Google in 1999 for $1 million.

Answer: Excite

400

The world's smallest country by area, located inside Rome

Vatican City

400

The only musician to have a number one album in six consecutive decades.

Answer: Paul McCartney

400

This is the term for the phenomenon where employees do the bare minimum required at work.

Answer: Quiet quitting

400

Cleopatra lived closer in time to this invention than to the building of the Great Pyramid.

Answer: The iPhone (or the Moon landing)

400

Blockbuster had the chance to buy this streaming company for $50 million in 2000 and passed.

Answer: Netflix

500

This country has the longest coastline in the world

Canada

500

This video game franchise has sold more copies than any other in history.

Answer: Minecraft

500

First country in the world to trial a four-day work week nationally and make it permanent.

Answer: Iceland

500

This is the dot above a lowercase "i" and "j" called.

Answer: A tittle

500

This luxury fashion house once released a $700 sweater that looked like a person in blackface, forcing a global apology and product recall.

Answer: Prada

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