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100

This famous piece of tech, launched with huge fanfare, sank because of its high price and low durability, breaking at the slightest bend.

What is the Apple iPhone 6 (Bendgate)?

100

This language is known as the oldest continuously spoken language in Europe.

What is Basque?

100

This legendary music festival, held in 1969, is often credited with shaping the counterculture movement of the 1960s.

What is Woodstock?

100

In Docusign, this unique identifier that links a document to a specific envelope.

What is the envelope ID?

100

To protect the White House lawn from grazing, which U.S. President kept a herd of sheep during WWI?

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

This record for the largest pizza was broken in 2023 by a chain famous for its “$5 Hot-N-Ready” deal.

What is Little Caesars?

200

This ancient language is the root of over half of English vocabulary and heavily influences the sciences and law.

What is Latin?

200

This 1985 fantasy movie features a boy reading a magical book that draws him into a world with characters like Atreyu and Falkor.

What is The NeverEnding Story?

200

Docusign's API uses this type of RESTful authentication mechanism, which involves exchanging a code for access.

What is OAuth 2.0?

200

This legendary conqueror, who never lost a battle, named a city after his horse, Bucephalus.

Who is Alexander the Great?

300

What peculiar record was set by "Whiskers the Cat" in 1967, held for longest time in this most challenging physical position?

What is balancing on a surfboard?

300

The phrase “déjà vu” comes from which language?

What is French?

300

In the video game “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,” the primary villain who tries to capture Princess Zelda is known as who?

Who is Ganondorf?

300

To ensure compliance with security protocols, DocuSign enables audit trails for each envelope. This DocuSign feature allows users to access a detailed history of the document’s signing process, including timestamps and IP addresses.

What is the Certificate of Completion?

300

Due to an unfortunate translation error, the U.S. accidentally sent a recipe for cookies instead of peace terms to this country in 1959.

What is Russia (then the Soviet Union)?

400

This musician broke a record in 2022 by reaching 100 million monthly Spotify listeners, the first to do so.

Who is Bad Bunny?

400

This ancient Mesopotamian language, one of the earliest written languages, used cuneiform script.

What is Sumerian?

400

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, T’Challa’s home country of Wakanda is known for being the sole source of this rare metal.

What is Vibranium?

400

In the Docusign API, what feature allows text or keywords within the document to allow positioning of signature fields.

What are anchor tags?

400

To make himself unforgettable, this French Emperor once gifted a king with an unusual present: a mummified Egyptian cat.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

500

This unusual world record was set by a “Hot Wheels” fan who achieved the longest loop-the-loop in a toy car. How long was the loop?

What is 15.6 meters?

500

The word “checkmate” in chess originates from a Persian phrase meaning what?

What is “the king is helpless”?

500

In The Matrix, the protagonist learns that the world he knows is a simulated reality created by sentient machines. What is his real name?

What is Thomas Anderson?

500

This legislation sets standards for electronic signatures across Europe, which Docusign complies with.

What is the eIDAS Regulation?

500

Known for the phrase “Let them eat cake,” this queen’s apocryphal saying didn’t quite help her case before her execution.

Who is Marie Antoinette?

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