The 2024 Summer Olympics were held in which city?
What is Paris?
This animated movie features a young lion who can’t wait to be king.
What is The Lion King?
This type of pasta’s name means “little worms” in Italian
What is Vermicelli?
This layer of Earth lies directly beneath the crust and is composed of semi-solid rock
What is the Mantle?
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are famous for inventing this
What is an airplane?
In 2023, this nation won the FIFA Women’s World Cup
What is Spain?
Tom Hanks voices this beloved cowboy doll in Toy Story.
Who is Woody?
This type of alcohol is distilled from sugarcane juice or molasses and is popular in the Caribbean
What is Rum?
This mission first landed humans on the Moon in 1969
What is Apollo 11?
Scottish inventor is known for creating the first practical steam engine
Who is James Watt?
In 2021, this Formula 1 driver won his first world championship in a highly controversial finish at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Who is Max Verstappen?
In Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio plays this penniless artist who falls for Rose
Who is Jack Dawson?
This French dish of thinly sliced raw meat or fish is usually served with lemon juice or vinegar
What is Carpaccio?
Earth's core is made mostly of these two metals
What are Iron and Nickel?
This American industrialist helped popularize the assembly line for cars
Who is Henry Ford?
In 2021, this team ended a 50-year NBA championship drought by defeating the Phoenix Suns
Who are the Milwaukee Bucks?
This 1994 prison drama starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins is based on a Stephen King novella.
What is The Shawshank Redemption?
This Mexican sauce is made from chili peppers, chocolate, and spices
What is Mole?
This layer of the Sun is responsible for solar flares
What is the Corona?
He invented dynamite in 1867 and later established a famous foundation in his name
Who is Alfred Nobel?
During the 2022 World Cup final, this forward became only the second player ever to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final
Who is Kylian Mbappe?
In Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character specializes in this type of crime involving dreams.
What is dream theft (or extraction)?
This red wine grape variety is the most widely planted in Bordeaux, France
What is Cabernet Sauvignon?
This theory explains the movement of continents over time
What are Plate Tectonics?
This inventor is known for creating the first practical electric motor
Who is Micheal Faraday?
In 2022, this associate nation made history by defeating West Indies in the T20 World Cup — their first-ever win over a full ICC member in the tournament
Who is Scotland?
This South Korean film made history by winning Best Picture at the 2020 Academy Awards.
What is Parasite?
This cocktail mixes vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream, often served over ice
What is a White Russian?
Layer of Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation
What is the Ozone Layer?
Inventor is credited with the development of alternating current (AC) electricity systems
Who is Nikola Tesla?
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, the men’s curling gold medal was won by this country
What is Sweden?
The 2014 film Birdman is notable for appearing to be shot entirely in this cinematic style.
What is a single continuous take (or one-shot style)?
This type of edible fungus grows underground near oak trees and is sold at extremely high prices
What is Truffle?
Term for the hypothetical “missing” matter in the universe that does not emit light but exerts gravitational effects
What is 'Dark Matter'?
Invented the first computer algorithm and is considered the first computer programmer
Who is Ada Lovelace?
In Olympic fencing, competitors can score points with the edge of their blade only in this discipline
What is Sabre?
This 1999 horror film popularized the “found footage” genre and had audiences believing it was real
What is The Blair Witch Project?
West African hot sauce is made from Scotch Bonnet or habanero peppers, tomatoes, onions, and palm oil
What is Piri Piri
Deepest part of the ocean, located in the western Pacific Ocean, is called this
What is the Mariana Trench?
This inventor created the first practical electric telegraph in the 1830s
Who is Samuel Morse?
During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, this nation set a new women’s 4x100m Olympic record
What is Jamaica?
The 1922 silent film Nosferatu was an unauthorized adaptation of this classic Gothic novel.
What is Dracula?
Spice is derived from the dried bark of the Cinnamomum tree
What is Indian bay leaf (tej patta)?
This is the observed phenomenon that distant galaxies are moving away from us at increasing speeds
What is cosmic expansion (Hubble’s Law)?
This French surgeon pioneered antiseptic surgical methods using carbolic acid
Who is Joseph Lister?
An NFL kicker kicks a field goal when the ball is snapped from the 35 yard line (in the opponents half). This is the field goal distance.
What is 52 yards (35 + 7 [snap] + 10 [end zone])?
Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai inspired this 1960 Hollywood remake set in the Wild West.
What is The Magnificent Seven?
This wine often aged in oak for 2–3 years, comes from the Sangiovese grape
What is Chianti?
This supercontinent existed about 335–175 million years ago before breaking apart into today’s continents
What is Pangea?
This scientist discovered the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in 1882
Who is Robert Koch?