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Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?

Pac-Man

200
  • What was the name of the virtual pet simulation game that came in a tiny, egg-shaped electronic system and enabled users to eat, play with, and clean up after their pet? 

Tamagotchi

200

In 2005, which online video streaming platform was launched?

YouTube

200

What are the odds of getting a hole in one during a round of golf?

12,500:1

200

In the game of Bingo! which number is represented by the phrase "two little ducks"?

22

400

What 1982 Toto song, whose title is a continent, experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 when Weezer covered the song?

Africa

400
  • Who is the “Sesame Street” star who was tickled with laughter and became the Christmas 1996 must-have toy?

Elmo

400

Which movie, which was almost entirely created through CGI, had the highest box office collections in the 2000s?  

Avatar

400

What type of Swan can King Charles III lay claim to?

all unmarked mute swans

400

According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on earth?

Pandora

600

In a famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan strongly encouraged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down what structure that symbolized the division of Germany?

Berlin Wall

600
  • Who played Kevin McCallister in the blockbuster film, “Home Alone?”

Macaulay Culkin

600

Which social media giant came into existence in the year 2004?

Facebook

600

Which animal when their gut produces methane is absorbed their bloodstream stream making their farts odourless?

Sloth

600

Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?

Ethiopia

800

What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T?

Knight Rider

800
  • What year did Princess Diana perish in a Paris traffic crash?

1997

800

The popular term "podcast" first came into existence in which year?

2004

800

Which Parisian well known landmark gets taller in the Summer?

Eiffel tower - thermal expansion from the sun heats the metal

800

The only known monotremes in the animal kingdom are the echidna and which other creature?

The Platypus

1000

What Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who served in that role for all of the 1980s, was played by Meryl Streep in the film "Iron Lady" and Gillian Anderson on Netflix's "The Crown?"

Margaret Thatcher

1000
  • What was the name of the sheep that was effectively cloned for the first time in 1996?

Dolly

1000

In which year was 'Google Street View' launched?

2007

1000

How many muscles are there in a cat's ear?

32

1000

What was the first toy to be advertised on television?

Mr Potato Head

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