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100
What do you call the first three community cards that are dealt face-up on the board simultaneously?
The Flop
100
What is the deepest known point in the Earth's oceans, located in the western Pacific Ocean?
The Mariana Trench (specifically Challenger Deep).
100
Approximately how many minutes does it take for light emitted from the Sun to reach the surface of the Earth?
A: 6 minutes
B: 8 minutes
C: 13 minutes
B: 8 minutes (approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds).
100
What fast-paced racquet sport, dominatingly popular across Asia, uses a feathered projectile called a shuttlecock?
Badminton
100
Which is heavier on average: a professional male bowling ball or a standard human newborn baby?
A professional bowling ball (a regulation ball can weigh up to 7.2 kg, while the average newborn weighs around 3.5 kg).
200
In Texas Hold'em, what is the nickname for a starting hand consisting of two Aces?
Pocket Rockets (or American Airlines).
200
What is the official currency of Switzerland?
The Swiss Franc.
200
What is the term for the invisible boundary surrounding a black hole from which nothing, not even light, can escape?
Great movie in 1997 starring
- Laurence Fishburne
- Sam Neill
- Kathleen Quinlan
The Event Horizon
200
South Korea is globally famous for inventing and dominating which martial art, characterized by its emphasis on fast, high, and spinning kicks, which became an official Olympic sport in 2000?
Taekwondo
200
Which has a larger surface area: the country of Canada or the entire surface of the Moon?
The Moon (the Moon's surface area is about 38 million square kilometers, while Canada is about 10 million square kilometers).
300
Which major poker variant gives each player four hole cards instead of two, requiring them to use exactly two from their hand and three from the board?
Omaha Hold'em
300
What is the largest country in the world by land area that does not border any ocean?
"It's wery niiice!" -Borat
Kazakhstan
300
Because of its unique, extreme 98-degree tilt on its axis, this planet experiences seasons that last 21 Earth years. Which planet is it?
Uranus
300
Which Japanese city made history by hosting the first-ever Winter Olympic Games in Asia in 1972?
- Great beer!
Sapporo
300
Which is heavier: a modern adult Blue Whale or a fully grown Tyrannosaurus Rex?
A Blue Whale (an adult Blue Whale can weigh up to 150,000 kg, while a T-Rex weighed around 8,000 kg).
400
What specific name is given to a starting hand of Ace-King, famously named after a sleek tennis star or a powerful rifle?
Big Slick
400
What is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, plunging 979 meters in Venezuela?
Angel Falls
400
What cosmic phenomenon occurs when a massive star reaches the end of its life cycle and explodes in a brilliant flash of light?
A Supernova
400
What traditional combat sport is recognized as the national sport of Thailand and is famously known as the "Art of Eight Limbs"?
Muay Thai (Thai Boxing).
400
Which is heavier: a standard 2-liter bottle of water or a standard brick used in home construction?
They are remarkably close, but a standard construction brick is heavier (a standard brick weighs about 2.3 kg, while 2 liters of water weighs exactly 2 kg).
500
What famous poker hand consists of two pairs—Aces and Eights—historically named after the hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot?
The Dead Man's Hand
500
Which country’s unique national flag is the only one in the world that is not a four-sided rectangle?
Nepal
500
Every four years we add a leap day on February 29th. Approximately how many extra minutes do we add every leap year to keep our calendar aligned?
A: 1,440 minutes (24 hours).
500
Which dynamic Asian city-state features a famous street circuit that hosted Formula 1's very first night race in 2008?
Singapore
500
Which is taller: the Empire State Building in New York City or the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt?
The Empire State Building (381 meters to the roof, while the Great Pyramid stands at about 138 meters).