Video Games
In Mario Kart, the power-up that seeks out the player in first position and explodes on impact is a shell that is what color?
Blue
Since he pitched 749 games in his 22-year career (including a perfect game in 1904), which MLB player has an award for great pitchers named after him?
Cy Young
What did Aladdin steal from the marketplace?
A loaf of bread
What is the colloquial term for a rotating tray often often placed on a table to aid in distributing food?
Lazy Susan
What famous cereal mascot’s first and middle names are “Horatio Magellan,” helms a ship called The Guppy, and sports a Napoleon-style hat?
Cap'N Crunch
Dressed in purple and black with an upside-down "L" on his cap, what skinny and mustachioed character made his debut in the 2000 Nintendo 64 game, "Mario Tennis?"
Waluigi
What New York City baseball team did Jackie Robinson play for when he broke the MLB color barrier in 1947?
Brooklyn Dodgers
What is Scar doing when he first appears in The Lion King?
Playing with a mouse he is going to eat.
Is watermelon a berry, a vegetable, or a fruit?
A berry. It's a specific category of berries — one with a tough rind, multiple flat seeds and pulpy flesh.
In the insurance business, what is the name for a person whose job it is to analyze statistics to calculate risks and price premiums accordingly?
Actuary
In what franchise-launching 1985 educational video game was a user required to have a warrant for each arrest while "traveling" to locales as widespread as Oslo, Kathmandu, Cairo, and Lima?
Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego?
In 1960, which president wrote an article for “Sports Illustrated” (entitled “The Soft American”) and created fitness councils to come up with physical education curriculums for schools?
John F. Kennedy
What is the name of Wendy's dog in Peter Pan?
Nana
What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade?
Mocha
The primary securities exchange of the Nordic countries is the Nasdaq branch in what guessable capital city?
Stockholm
What 1985 video game begins with a planned departure from Independence, Missouri?
The Oregon Trail
Which NYC borough is the only one that does not have a professional sports team?
Staten Island
In Beauty and the Beast, which animals does Belle show her book to in the town square?
Sheep
What is the eight-letter, hyphenated term that refers to the usage of a drug for indications other than the indications that the FDA has explicitly approved?
Off-label
In economics, what 9-letter word means simultaneously buying an asset in one market and selling the asset in another to take advantage of price differences between markets?
Arbitrage
The very first game in the Madden NFL video game franchise was named John Madden Football and was released June 1st in what year?
1988
What professional sports league did Nike begin to provide the uniforms for in 2015, taking over from Adidas?
NBA
What year did Disneyland open?
1955
What is the FDA designation that expedites the development and review of drugs that treat serious or life-threatening conditions?
Breakthrough therapy
Who created the character Sherlock Holmes?
Arthur Conan Doyle