What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
What is Vatican City
What instrument does Yo-Yo Ma play?
What is the Cello
The 1999 novel "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier was inspired by a painting with the same title by what Dutch artist?
Who is Johannes Vermeer
If you had tickets to Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 11, 1997, you would witness Michael Jordan's iconic "flu game" in what city?
What is Salt Lake City
In May 2003, the fastest known speeding ticket in US history was handed out, with a Swedish sports car allegedly going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone. Fittingly, in what state did this occur? I suppose everything's bigger, and everything's faster there.
What is Texas
What is the most spoken language in the world?
What is Mandarin Chinese
What year was the first Woodstock music festival held?
What is 1969
What man committed suicide at the age of 31 and posthumously won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction after his mother doggedly convinced a publisher to print his novel "A Confederacy of Dunces"?
Who is John Kennedy Toole
Along with Spanish, Guaraní is the official language of which landlocked South American country?
What is Paraguay
"I Like Ike" was a popular campaign slogan in 1952 for what ultimately successful candidate for the U.S. Presidency?
Who is Eisenhower
What day was Shruthika supposed to be born?
What is CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
Name all the members of One Direction
Who are Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne
Featuring Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning rendition of "Wind Beneath My Wings," the 1988 tear-jerking film "Beaches" is based on what author’s namesake novel released in 1985?
Who is Iris Rainer Dart
No, not Berlin: in 2021, Costa Rica hosted the sixth ministerial meeting of a socioeconomic summit named for what B-word city that served as the capital of West Germany?
What is Bonn
In presidential elections, Washington DC receives three electoral votes due to what numbered constitutional amendment, ratified in 1961?
What is the 23rd
What is the capital of Bhutan?
What is Thimphu
What is Beyoncé's fanbase called?
Bonus: What is Taylor Swift’s fanbase called?
Bey hive
Swifties
What famed Boston author of "Little Women" was previously taught by Henry David Thoreau and even penned him a poem titled "Thoreau's Flute?"?
Who is Louisa May Alcott
In terms of elevation, which country in South Africa has the highest lowest point of any country in the world (4,593 ft)?
What is Lesotho
The Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston was one of the turning points of the American Revolutionary War. Today, you can visit the monument as well as climb the 221-foot granite obelisk which honors the fallen soldiers. Within 20 steps, how many steps does it take to climb to the top?
What is 294 steps (274-314 accepted)
What style of art is Salvador Dalí known for?
What is Surrealism
Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows?
Who is Little Richard
What 1995 coming-of-age comedy set in California is loosely based on Jane Austin's 1815 novel Emma?
What is Clueless
Which lake in Africa is the world’s second largest freshwater lake by volume, the world’s second deepest freshwater lake and the world’s longest freshwater lake?
What is Lake Tanganyika
What man was a critical figure in Northwest Coast style art (specifically that of the Kwakwaka'wakw Aboriginal people) while also a prominent singer and songwriter? First hired by the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, he later created his most famous work -- a massive totem pole standing 160 feet tall that was raised in 1956 and stood until 2000.
Who is Mungo Martin