Technology
In 2016 ByteDance launched the social media app Douyin in China and which similar app worldwide the following year?
TikTok
When Dorothy Gale arrives in this strange land, she knows she isn’t in Kansas anymore. What fictional location is this?
Oz
Which Olympian has won 28 medals, more than any other person in the Games history as of 2024?
Michael Phelps
Who introduced Christianity to Ireland?
Saint Patrick
Which country has the largest population?
India
How many signs are there in the Zodiac?
12
In a website browser address bar, what does "www" stand for?
World Wide Web
What was Sherlock Holmes' address?
221B Baker Street
Which country has hosted a record four Summer Olympics as of 2024, with a fifth scheduled in 2028?
the United States
Which was the first nation to send an astronaut to space?
The Soviet Union
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
What is the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible
Who and in which year invented the first engine-powered aeroplane?
The Wright brothers, in 1902
The novel The Hunger Games takes place in a dystopian country sometime in the future. What fictional location is this?
Panem
Which tennis player celebrated a victory in 20 Grand Slam tournaments first?
Roger Federer
Which country fought (and lost) a war against emus (a large, flightless bird)
Australia
What is the proper geographical term for a cluster or chain of islands?
Archipelago
What's the hardest rock?
A diamond
What does the acronym USB stand for when referring to a computer port?
Universal Serial Bus
In Gulliver's Travels, where does Gulliver meet the little people?
Lilliput
What is the only sport to have been played on the moon?
Golf
What is the name of the period of starvation lasting from 1845 to 1852 in an European country?
The Irish Potato Famine
Which desert holds the record for highest air temperature ever measured?
Death Valley, in California (56.7°C)
Worcestershire sauce is commonly used in which cocktail?
Bloody Mary
Who is the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences?
Marie Curie
What is the name of the coffee shop on the show "Friends"?
Central Perk
Forrest Gump excelled at what sport?
Ping pong
Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
New Zealand, on September 19, 1893
Which is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
Which bone are babies born without?
Knee cap
What does a Geiger Counter Measure?
Radiation
Which fictional world is supported by four enormous elephants atop a 10,000 mile-long piloting turtle?
Discworld
What horseback sport uses the terms "flying change” and "travers"?
Dressage
Which ancient Mesopotamian ruler is credited with creating one of the world’s earliest and most complete written legal codes?
Hammurabi
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What is the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace called?
an aglet