Google
X is Google's semi-secret R&D division - name one of their projects
Waymo
Loon
Wing
Malta
Dandelion
Leonardo DiCaprio won his first, and only Oscar for this movie in 2015
The Revanant
This former president was immortalized on Mount Rushmore; he also had a side-career as an explorer
Teddy Roosevelt
This author was famous for writing kid books under a pseudonym - some of his lesser known books are: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins and The Butter Battle Book
Dr. Seuss
A type of bird is in this phrase for an exaggerated selfie pose
Duck-face
This number represents how many zero's are in the number Googol
100
In the MCU, Tony Stark nicknames Hawkeye after this Lord of the Rings character
Legolas
This is the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms - he lost the election in between despite winning the popular vote.
Grover Cleveland
This herb / spice is closely associated with a character from the Arabian Nights, and is often invoked when hoping to open something
Sesame
From the name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, this word also means a longstanding enemy
Nemesis
This executive was employee #16 at Google and has been called "the most powerful woman on the internet".
Susan Wojicki
This director has transitioned from comedy skits to horror movies over the last 5 years
Jordan Peele (Get Out, US)
This state has the longest 1 word name
Massachusetts
This country has won more Nobel prizes in literature than any other country
France
Already gone
It's not right
Left
Bain's Cloud POV lists Amazon, Microsoft, and Google as the top 3 players in public cloud by market share - this company is number 4.
Alibaba Cloud
What movie did each person bring to movie night?
Ozair, Taryn, Jack, Josh, Annika, Emily:
BONUS: If you can name an actor/actress from each movie, you get an extra 500 points
Inglorious Basterds, A Knight's Tale, Children of Men, Avengers Endgame, Les Mis, Ferris Bueler's Day Off
In 1953, the CIA sanctioned a program of experiments called MK Ultra - what were they testing?
Mind control, hypnosis, interrogation techniques leveraging psychoactive drugs, sensory deprivation, and torture
This comic book duo was named after two philosophers - one who believed in predestination, and another who believed humanity was inherently uncivilized.
Hint: one of the characters is an anthropomorphic animal
Calvin and Hobbes
Word meaning "immeasurably small" - it's first 8 letters are a word meaning "immeasurably large"
Infinitesimal
In 2020, Thomas Kurian announced a plan to focus on 5 verticals for Google Cloud - name 4 of them.
Retail, healthcare, financial services, media and entertainment and manufacturing
This live action / computer-animated comedy film is the current box office leader in 2021
Tom and Jerry
This Connecticut native was a general in both the American and the British armies during the Revolutionary War.
Benedict Arnold
This book begins: "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies."
Another quote: "“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
The Prince, Machiavelli
This rapidly growing content medium is actually a portmanteau of two other words:
a) a popular consumer technology product
b) another word for distribution of content
Podcast