Birds
What fancy bird represents chauvinism?
Peacock
What phrase means you're totally out of touch with current events?
"Living under a rock"
What Will Wright created video game series released in 2000 (with sequels in 2004, 2009, and 2014) saw players watching and directing characters to mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses?
The Sims
What season are citrus fruits at their peak?
Winter
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?
Cleopatra
What is the smallest bird in the world?
Hummingbird
What is the real name of the former pro wrestler turned Hollywood actor who goes by the name "The Rock"?
Dwayne Johnson
What is the name of the Microsoft music player released in 2006 that was meant to compete with Apple's iPod (and that never took off)?
The Zune
Half of citrus production in the world is dedicated to a single type of citrus which is....?
Oranges
What is the name of modern-day city where Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was?
Istanbul
What is the name of the large, flightless bird from Australia that is the 2nd largest bird species in the world?
Emu
What style / category of music emerged from the 1950s?
Rock and Roll
Who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 just over a year after his death, becoming just the second person to win a posthumous acting Oscar?
Heath Ledger
What is the Japanese citrus fruit, smaller than a mandarin, that has a fragrant, tart flavor?
Yuzu
Around 3000 BC was the first known use of what paper-like material by the Egyptians?
Papyrus
Blue, Pinyon, and Steller's are species of what bird?
Jay
What is the name of the educational kids programming that came out in the 70s?
School House Rock
What does the "K" in Y2K stand for?
Kilo, meaning thousand
Citrus as we know it today originated from which continent?
Asia
What ancient Chinese dynasty was the Terracotta Army built to guard the tomb of the first emperor of?
Qin dynasty
What bird has become the poster child of extinction caused by human activity?
Dodo
What mineral is also referred to as "Fool's gold"?
Pyrite
What state did the 2000 presidential election come down to that contested a recount?
Florida
What citrus fruit is a cross between a pomelo and an orange?
Grapefruit
This is the Kingdom that - according to recorded history - had the most female rulers in the ancient world.
Kingdom of Kush (in Nubia, just south of ancient Egypt)