Lifestyle
While others were available—including Scribble, Mother Nature, Hoverbot, and Rocky—the default and most common Office Assistant introduced in Microsoft Office 97 was an anthropomorphic character with what name?
CLIPPY (CLIPPIT) [87.2]
Otto I was the first, in 962, and Francis II was the last, in 1806, to hold what title (which could be argued actually began with Charlemagne in 800)?
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR [69.3]
"Three-Country Cairn" (Treriksrøysa/Treriksröset/Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki) is the name of a monument that marks an international border shared by what three nations?
NORWAY, SWEDEN, FINLAND [69.7]
While he serves as the country's president, Xi Jinping is considered the de facto paramount leader of China because he leads two key entities: the CCP and the CMC. What is the full English name of either of these?
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION [91%, CURRENT EVENTS]
In English, the training uniform used in various Japanese martial arts (e.g., aikido, karate, jujutsu, etc.) is most-often referred to by what two-letter word?
English businessman and politician (and Rhodes Scholarship progenitor) Cecil Rhodes first demarcated the territory in southern Africa that would become his namesake, and ultimately become what independent African nation?
ZIMBABWE [63.7]
On a list of the largest countries in Africa by area, ranked from biggest to smallest, Algeria moved from second to first in July, 2011. What historical event caused this promotion?
INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH SUDAN [69.6]
According to the lyrics of a song that currently shares the record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "There's a party downtown near 5th Street, everybody at the bar" doing what?
GETTIN’ TIPSY [57%, POP MUSIC]
Guisewite is the last name of an award-winning cartoonist whose most famous comic strip's run ended in October 2010, after 34 years. What is this cartoonist's first name, which is also the name of the strip and the strip's main character?
CATHY [58.5]
Per the Instrument of Government, the republican constitution adopted in England in December of 1653, executive power was granted to a new head of state that held what title? The first such titleholder during the Commonwealth was Oliver Cromwell, installed the day after the constitution's adoption.
LORD PROTECTOR [56.6]
A boundary dispute between the US and British governments over their respective possessions on the Pacific Coast of North America was settled by the 1846 Oregon Treaty, which drew a line at the 49th parallel but dipped south into the Strait of Juan de Fuca to maintain Britain's claim to what island?
VANCOUVER ISLAND [65.8]
What is the English title of the 1931 painting often accurately described as "the one with the melting clocks"?
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY [52%, ART]
What is the term for a vivid pinkish-purplish-red color that shares its name with a flowering plant of that color, which in turn takes its name from a German botanist and physician of the sixteenth century?
FUCHSIA [53.9]
From 1947 to 1971, the cities of Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Gazipur, and Mymensingh were all within what country?
PAKISTAN [47.0]
What is the name, in English, of the structure, which was initially completed in the year 691 and sits adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque within the Haram al-Sharif ("Noble Sanctuary"), that serves as the holiest Muslim shrine in the city of Jerusalem?
DOME OF THE ROCK [53.5]
What mathematical term, which may have an astrological homophone depending on one's accent, refers to a surface formed by revolving a circle around an axis in its plane?
TORUS [46%, MATH]
What magazine, once the most widely read in the U.S. by some measures, was a nationwide Sunday newspaper supplement known for features like James Brady's celebrity interviews, Marilyn vos Savant's "Ask Marilyn" column, and its annual "High School All-American" teams? It published its final print edition in November 2022.
PARADE [46%]
What name was shared by the Grand Prince of Moscow—who, after renouncing allegiance to the Tatars in 1480, was the first Russian monarch to call himself "tsar"—and his grandson, who became the first "tsar of all Russia" in 1547?
IVAN [44.9]
Dar as-Salam, an Arabic phrase which translates as "abode of peace", is the name of the most populous city and former capital of Tanzania (as Dar es Salaam) and is also included (as Darussalam) in the official name of what small nation in Southeast Asia?
BRUNEI [40.5]
November 2021 saw the grand opening of a store in the Metro Manila city of Pasay that encompasses 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), making it the company's largest. It surpassed a 55,000-square-meter facility that first opened in 1965 in a shopping area called Kungens Kurva, which translates to "The King's Bend" in English. What is the company?
IKEA [44%, BUSINESS/ECONOMY]