Tech
Who made the first computer?
The US army
This ancient Sumerian king, featured in one of the earliest known works of literature, embarked on a quest for immortality
Gilgamesh
The most successful comedian of all time?
Jerry Seinfeld, $1 billion only from comedy
The most valuable publicly traded company of all time?
Dutch East India Company ($8 Trillion)
What did the 1950s AI play?
Checkers
What is the MASSIVE 15th-century invention by Johannes Gutenberg?
Printing Press
Longest running sitcom of all time? (not cartoon)
Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Largest scam ever: What type was it and who committed it?
Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme
Who invented the "cloud"? (company)
Amazon - (AWS)
This military conflict, 1853 -1856, was notable for being one of the first to use modern technologies such as railways and telegraphs and saw the rise of modern nursing thanks to Florence Nightingale
The Crimean War
Dark British humor, the creator of a major sitcom
Ricky Gervais
Who is the Father of modern Economics?
(Wrote "The Wealth of Nations")
Adam Smith
What is the maximum supply of Bitcoin that can ever exist?
21 million
Who was the "Sun King"?
Louis XIV
Highest-rated comedy episode (IMDB) of all time?
Community S1.E23: Modern Warfare
What company is the largest bankruptcy filing in US history that triggered a global financial crisis?
Lehman Brothers Bank
This file transfer protocol, designed for transferring large amounts of data, breaks files into smaller pieces and allows users to download from multiple sources simultaneously to improve download speed and efficiency
BitTorrent
What is the treaty, signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two empires along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands
Treaty of Tordesillas
This 1950s sitcom was the first to use a live studio audience and filmed episodes in front of them, which helped create the laugh track phenomenon in TV history
I love Lucy
This major financial agreement in 1985 between five leading industrial nations aimed to depreciate the U.S. dollar to stabilize global economies after its sharp rise earlier in the decade.
The Plaza Accord