Bold Strokes
Pods
Surge
Tars
"AB" Testing
100

In golf, a player might use a not-so-bold stroke on the green to guide the ball toward this small target.

What is the hole?

100

These green vegetable pods contain small round seeds that are often served as a side dish or used in soups and stews.

What are peas?

100

When too much electricity suddenly flows through a circuit, it’s known as a power surge — a risk that can be mitigated by using this common protective device.

What is a surge protector?

100

The “Tar Heel State” gets its nickname from the days when this Southern colony produced pine tar for shipbuilding.

What is North Carolina?

100

This creamy spread is a popular alternative to peanut butter.

What is almond butter?

200

A stroke occurs when blood flow to this vital organ is interrupted, leading to loss of function on one side of the body.

What is the brain?

200

This popular line of Apple devices lets users listen to music wirelessly

What are AirPods?

200

This dangerous rise in sea level is caused by strong winds from hurricanes.

What is a storm surge?

200

Found in Los Angeles, these famous natural asphalt deposits have preserved the fossils of countless animals, including mammoths and saber-toothed cats, over tens of thousands of years.

What are the La Brea Tar Pits?

200

This American actor rose to fame for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the 2022 biopic Elvis.

Who is Austin Butler?

300

Painters often use bold, expressive strokes when working in this artistic style associated with van Gogh and Monet.

What is Impressionism?

300

Marine biologists use the term “pod” to describe a close social group of these highly intelligent marine mammals.

What are dolphins?

300

This surge of hormones like adrenaline triggers the body’s “fight or flight” response in moments of stress or fear.

What is an adrenaline rush?

300

Smoking this plant-based product used to be a major source of tar exposure in humans.

What is tobacco?

300

This 2009 mobile game franchise features winged projectiles taking aim at green pigs’ fortresses.

What is Angry Birds?

400

In this water sport, each athlete’s stroke must be perfectly synchronized to maximize speed and efficiency.

What is crew?

400

In cloud computing, a pod is the smallest deployable unit in this open-source container orchestration system.

What is Kubernetes?

400

In economics, a surge in demand that outpaces supply often leads to this market condition where prices rapidly increase.

What is inflation?

400

This road surface material is a mixture of bitumen and crushed stone, and is often mistaken for tar.

What is asphalt?

400

This 1999 film starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening explores suburban disillusionment and features a memorable scene with a floating plastic bag.

What is American Beauty?

500

In typography, a bold stroke in a letterform contributes to this visual property that determines how thick or thin a typeface appears.

What is weight?

500

When the Apollo missions returned from the Moon, astronauts splashed down inside this detachable section of the spacecraft, often referred to as a command pod.  

What is a capsule?  

500

The surge in computing power needed to train modern AI models has driven companies to invest heavily in this type of specialized processor.

What is a GPU?

500

For her role as the fictional, power-abusing conductor Lydia Tár in the 2022 film Tár, this actress won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Who is Cate Blanchett
500

This A.B. starred as an overconfident TV executive on a show about a sketch comedy network — fittingly, both he and his character worked for NBC.  

Who is Alec Baldwin?

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