June 28, 2023 - HHH - Trivia

Water

300

What % of Earth's freshwater lies on the surface? (closest decimal point)

0.3%

400

# of people in the world who experience water scarcity today?

3+ billion people live in areas where water is scarce. By 2030, demand is set to outstrip supply by 40% & about 1/2 of the global population will live in water-scare areas 

500

# of gallons of water needed to produce 1 lb. (454 grams) of cheese?

700

A typical interaction with ChatGPT uses this much water 

~500 mls or 16 oz. --> data center cooling.

~2 week training for the GPT-3 in Microsoft's U.S. data centers consumed about 700,000 liters (185,000 gallons) of freshwater - enough to manufacture 370 BMW sedans or 320 Tesla Model 3s. 

1000

# of gallons consumed by a typical data center (per day or annually)

Anywhere between 1 million to 5 million gallons of water a day — as much as a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people.

Google consumed 4.6 billion gallons of water in 2021 mostly to cool data centers.

Global Cities

300

Name 2 of the top 10 most livable cities in the world (Economist, 2023)

Vienna, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Auckland, Osaka, Toronto, Calgary, Geneva, Zurich, Vancouver, Sydney

400

Climate change has caused this capital city to be relocated (will accept country)

Jakarta --> 10 million people (1/3rd submerged by 2050) (Indonesia)

500

World's most northerly capital? Will accept country.

Reykjavik, Iceland at 64°08 north

700

World's most southerly capital? Will accept country

Wellington, New Zealand (With a latitude of 41°17 south)

1000

80% of this middle eastern city's residents are foreign born. Will accept Country. 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Global Food

300

SPAM is the combination of what two words?

Spiced Ham

400

French delicacy: Involves drowning the [animal] in Armagnac to be consumed whole in a single bite (now banned)

Ortolan (Songbird)

500

This food is from.... {will accept country}

Portugal - Pastis de nata, or Portuguese custard tarts, have crisp, puff pastry crusts that are filled with a luscious baked custard 

700

The most expensive spice (by weight) in the world?

Saffron

1000

Southeast Asian food banned across many public places in numerous countries (will accept food name or name of country banning it)

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, & Hong Kong

Unbelievable but True

300

This country chose Unicorn as its national animal

Scotland - The unicorn is a symbol of purity, innocence and power in Celtic mythology. Legend also tells that their horns have a healing power that can purify poisoned water.

400

This African animal's skin coloring is the subject of intense debate amongst scientists with no evolutionarily conclusive evidence?

Zebras -- How and why zebras evolved to sport black and white stripes are questions that have tested scientists for over a century with 18 prominent theories including protection from biting flies, thermoregulation & protection from predators.

500

Name 3 of the 7 companies that single-handedly (seven-handedly?) caused the S&P500 to drive a 7% rate of return vs. negative ~1%

These magnificent 7 = 53% return YTD:

• Meta Platforms
• Amazon
• Alphabet 
• Apple
• Nvidia
• Microsoft 
• Tesla

As for the rest of the 493 components of the S&P 500 index, they are flat on the year.

700

CEO of this Wall Street bank also moonlights as a DJ

Goldman Sachs' David Solomon - DJ D-SOL - also has a music label called "Payback Records"

1000

% of Fortune 100 company CEOs that are Ivy League educated

Of the 2023 Fortune 100 CEOs, only 11.8% attended an Ivy as undergrads, and only 9.8% hold an Ivy League MBA.

Current Affairs

300

Names of two publicly-traded company CEOs who are challenging to physically fight each other 

After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.”

400

This company recently sold part of its Australian business for $1 as a result of a very public scandal

PwC Australia says it will sell its government business for A$1 after a scandal over the misuse of confidential government tax plans.

The move will cut PwC Australia off from the "vast majority" of public sector consulting work, although some external audit work for government clients may stay.

500

U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a health advisory for this disease - which was locally acquired in the US for the first time in the last 2 decades 

In the last 2 months, at least 5 people, 4 in Florida and 1 in Texas, have been infected with malaria in the U.S. These are the first known cases of locally acquired malaria in the country since 2003.

700

This country's Sovereign Wealth Fund shocked the sports world by announcing a surprise merger between two competing sporting enterprises 

LIV Golf, backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, an entity controlled by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman & embroiled in antitrust lawsuits with the PGA Tour in the last year announced a surprise merger with the PGA Tour.