SCIENCE & TECH
This messaging app, founded in 2009, was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion and is known for its end-to-end encryption.
This 2010 Christopher Nolan film ends with a spinning top that may or may not topple — deliberately leaving audiences to debate whether the protagonist is still dreaming.
Inception
Worcestershire sauce was invented by accident in this English city in the 1830s, by two chemists named Lea and Perrins.
Worcester
This Barbadian artist won her first Grammy in 2008 for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella," featuring JAY-Z.
Rihanna
True or False: Sharks are older than trees. And if true — by roughly how many million years?
True
In 1935, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen proposed a mathematical shortcut between two distant points in spacetime. What is this theoretical structure commonly called?
Wormhole
Which Breaking Bad character was so popular they got their own spin-off prequel series, which aired from 2015 to 2022?
Saul Goodman
This Italian cooking technique — literally meaning "to the tooth" — describes pasta or rice cooked so it still has a slight firmness when bitten.
al dente
Travis Scott's 2018 album "Astroworld" was named after a real Six Flags theme park in his hometown that closed in 2005. What city was it in?
Houston
This country is home to more pyramids than Egypt
Sudan
The human body has 46 of these in most cells — they carry our genetic information and come in 23 pairs. What are they?
Chromosomes
Bong Joon-ho thanked this filmmaker in his Best Director acceptance speech for "Parasite," calling him one of his inspirations — the director of Goodfellas and The Irishman.
Martin Scorcese
This Korean staple, made from fermented vegetables — most commonly cabbage — is considered one of the world's oldest fermented foods and has its own dedicated refrigerators in Korean homes.
Kimchi
Which arabic word is featured in Queen's song "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
Bismillah
This Jamaican sprinter still holds the world record in the 100m, set at the 2009 Berlin World Championships. What is the exact time? (+- 0.3s)
9.58s
Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 for this eye-watering sum — at the time considered a massive overpay by many analysts.
$1 billion
In Stranger Things, Eleven's number "011" was given to her because she was Dr. Brenner's eleventh test subject. What was the real-life classified government program — exposed in the 1970s — that her mother Terry had been experimented on as part of?
MK Ultra
This Japanese cooking technique — where ingredients are lightly battered and deep fried — was actually introduced to Japan by Portuguese missionaries and traders in the 16th century. What is it called?
Tempura
Beyoncé holds the all-time Grammy record with how many wins as of 2025? (+-3)
35
This tiny city-state, completely surrounded by Italy, is the world's smallest country by both area and population — and claims to be the world's oldest republic.
San Marino
In computing, what does "Wi-Fi" actually stand for?
Wireless Fidelity
Fox River inmate Charles Westmoreland is revealed to be the real identity of which famous unsolved real-life criminal — a man who hijacked a plane in 1971, collected a ransom, and parachuted to freedom, never to be found?
D.B. Cooper
Ceviche — raw fish cured in citrus juice — is the national dish of which South American country, though versions of it exist across the continent?
Peru
Name 3 couples from the music industry (they both have to be in the music industry)?
Beyoncé & Jay-Z
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez
Rihanna & Chris Brow
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the "...." (A very famous global event (led by U.S.) - 1969) than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza (~2560 BC)
Moon Landing