General Knowledge
This U.S. state is nicknamed “The Sunshine State.
What is Florida?
This team won Super Bowl LIX in February 2025, defeating the San Francisco 49ers, with Patrick Mahomes earning his third Super Bowl MVP award.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
A bulldozer broke through the wall in this room during the most recent renovation.
What is Mary Muschinski's office?
This Netflix series about a 1980s chess prodigy, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, became a global hit in 2020.
What is The Queen’s Gambit?
This fast food chain was started in 1940 as a hot dog stand in San Bernardino, California.
What is McDonald’s?
This large mammal is the only one native to North America that can grow a beard.
What is the bison?
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, this U.S. gymnast became the most decorated gymnast in history with 37 combined World and Olympic medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
In this year, EC/4K moved to HV as their permanent home.
What is 2012?
This 2025 indie film won both the Palme d’Or and the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Anora?
This fast food chain teamed up with Lady Gaga in 2022 to release a limited-edition menu featuring the “Chromatica Fries.”
What is Burger King?
This African river, the world’s longest, flows north into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile?
This player won the 2025 Wimbledon Men’s Singles title, ending Novak Djokovic’s bid for his 25th Grand Slam.
Who is Carlos Alcaraz?
This is the year Highland View opened.
What is 1959?
In 2021, this sea shanty, first sung on TikTok by Nathan Evans, went viral and sparked a global folk music revival.
What is “The Wellerman”?
In 2023, this chain created the world’s largest pizza, measuring over 131 feet in diameter.
What is Papa John’s?
In Greek mythology, she was turned into a spider after challenging Athena to a weaving contest.
Who is Arachne?
In June 2025, this guard was named NBA Finals MVP after leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to their first championship since relocating from Seattle.
Who is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA)?
This occupied the land prior to Highland View.
What is a pig farm?
In 2025, this viral snack, featuring a lavish spread of butter paired with artisanal breads, became a sensation on TikTok, leading to widespread popularity in the U.S.
What is a butter board?
Life-cycle analysis shows producing Impossible Foods’ burger generates this much fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional beef.
(Answers accepted within 3%.)
What is 96% less? (92%-99% accepted.)
This Asian capital city was formerly known as Edo until 1868.
What is Tokyo?
This club defeated Paris Saint-Germain to win the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, their second title in the competition’s history.
What is Chelsea?
What is "By June 2026, 80% of students will achieve proficiency (a score of 75% or higher) on given Bridges unit assessments, or each grade level will demonstrate a 10% increase in the number of students reaching proficiency."?
As part of his 2024 “50 States in 50 Days” YouTube series, Ryan Trahan kept four daily traditions. Name three of the four.
What are:
-stay in a unique Airbnb in each state
-run in each state
-buy a Joy Ride in each state
-ride a Lectric bike in each state
-raise $$$ for St. Jude
In 2024, Americans consumed this many estimated billion hamburgers, maintaining their status as a staple of the national diet. (Answers accepted within 2 billion.)
What is 50 billion hamburgers? (48-52 billion accepted.)