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100

The order in which our founders left their previous jobs at Facebook to start Akia. 

Who is Evan, Yinshi, Ryan? 

100

The three tallest buildings in San Francisco in descending order.

What are Salesforce Tower, Transamerica Building, and Coit Tower?

100

This personality disorder was named after a Greek mythology of a man falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.

What is narcissism?

100

The number of songs in Taylor Swift's new album The Tortured Poets Department.

The Tortured Poets Department contains 16 songs. The surprise-release double album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology contains 31 songs.

100

This berry contains high levels of naturally occurring monosodium glutamate.

What are tomatoes?

200

Located on Powell Street in San Francisco, this is the oldest, currently paying Akia customer.

What is the Herbert Hotel?

200

Patriots quarterback G.O.A.T. Tom Brady was born in this Bay Area city on August 3, 1977. 

What is San Mateo, California?

200

A bull's eye rash, stiff neck, headache, and fever are all early symptoms of this bacterial infection transmitted by ticks.

What is Lyme Disease?

200

The first place winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby, who beat 18:1 odds and finished the 1 1/4 mile race in 2:03.34. 

Who is Mystik Dan?

200

Named after a French chemist, this reaction occurs between amino acids and sugars to give browned foods their distinctive flavor.

What is the Maillard reaction?

300
This was Akia's original name.

What is Amenable?

300

San Francisco filed a lawsuit against Oakland in an effort to prevent them from renaming their airport to _______________________________________. 

What is the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport?

300

The full name of the "cruciform" ligament in the knee that connects the lower femur with the upper tibia.

What is anterior cruciate ligament?

300

In recently released diss track "Like That" Kendrick Lamar compared Drake to this pop star.

Who is Michael Jackson?

300

Despite being called a fruit, this is technically a syconium—a tiny group of inverted flowers growing inside a pod. 

What is a fig?

400

This is the name of the Boba shop where Akia was created.

Teaspoon

400
Consisting of cable cars, buses, light rail, street cars, the full name of San Francisco's public transit system is called: ____________________ (full name).

What is San Francisco Municipal Railway?

400

On March 6, 2024, independent lab Valisure published a study claiming to detect benzene in products containing this acne-fighting ingredient: __________________.


What is benzoyl peroxide?

400

This was the first Kpop idol to attend the Met Gala.

Who is Psy?

400

The five tastes. 

What are Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami? 

500
Items that made it to 44 2nd Street from Akia's original office in Spaces Menlo Park.

What is the orange sofa in the Mother's Cabin, clock in the upstairs kitchen, and Keurig machine on the ground floor?

500

She is the only female chef in the United States to attain the prestigious three Michelin stars.

Who is Dominique Crenn?

500

The fear of speed is called ______________.

Tachophobia.

500

The three original types of Barbie dolls released were: Barbie, Ken, and _____. 

What is Allan? Played by Michael Cera.

500

This culinary technique involves removing the skin, pith, and membranes from a piece of citrus fruit. 

What is Supreming?

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