A.I.
Chicago
Thankful Trivia
Boston
The Year in Tier One
100

Far out, man--this is the term for when an AI generates incorrect or fabricated information.

What is a hallucination?

100

This 1986 movie features Matthew Broderick calling in sick to high school, “borrowing” a Ferrari, and embarking on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago.

What is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?

100

This famous figure always ends the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

Who is Santa Claus?

100

This Massachusetts family's compound in Hyannis Port  has served as campaign headquarters for multiple political elections.

Who are the Kennedys

100

This pop star currently engaged to Callum Turner recently performed in Boston at a concert attended by our very own Kathy Wilson!

Who is Dua Lipa?

200

AI can be used to both create and detect these realistic video and audio threats, which often credibly impersonate important figures.

What are deepfakes?

200

This local brand invented the caramel-and-cheese popcorn mix known as the “Chicago Mix”

What is Garrett Popcorn?

200

This is the term for the Saturday after Black Friday, which encourages shopping at local stores.

What is Small Business Saturday?

200

This band’s song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” has become a staple of Boston sports games, events, and tours.

Who are the Dropkick Murphys?

200

Cecily's teenage daughter performs all over Chicago with School of Rock's Show Team on these two parts.

What are guitar and vocals?

300

This type of AI, expected to dominate 2026, will autonomously perform complex, multi-step tasks.

What are AI Agents, or agentic AI

300

In 2027, Chicago will celebrate its semi-quintennial, marking how many years since its founding?


What is 250 years?

300

These 2 NFL teams always play on Thanksgiving Day, but never against each other. 


Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?

300

There are dents on Harvard's sidewalks that are believed to be from what thing, thrown from dorm rooms during the Revolutionary War?

What are cannonballs?

300

These two team members trained for and finished a triathlon or half marathon in 2025. 

Who are Anna and Lissette?
400

This 2014 movie stars Scarlett Johansson as an AI operating system named Samantha.

What is "Her"?

400

This man just became the first American-born head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City-- and was born in Chicago!

Who is Pope Leo XIV (né Robert Prevost)

400

These 2 "Friends" characters famously get turkeys stuck on their heads in the Thanksgiving episode.

Who are Monica and Joey?

400

This 2005 rom-com starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon is about a die-hard Red Sox fan realizing that a woman may mean more to him than the team.

What is "Fever Pitch?"

400

The namesake of this 2025 client of Tier One is known as the Father of Material Requirements Planning (or MRP, to those in the know.) 

Who was Oliver Wight?

500

In 2025, researchers at MIT used a generative AI model to discover novel antibiotics capable of effectively treating these dangerous, drug-resistant superbugs.

What is MRSA?

500

This father of a USWNT soccer star was also a legendary and eccentric Chicago Bulls star alongside Michael Jordan in the 90s.

Who is Dennis Rodman?

500

The character played by this star of the 1987 holiday film uses "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving after a snowstorm reroutes his flight.

Who is Steve Martin?

500

This legendary 6’9” Boston Bruins defenseman was just inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this month.

Who is Zdeno Chara?

500

This client, new to Tier One in 2025 has a mission of "Frictionless investing," aiming to lower barriers to entry into the investing world.

What is Apex Fintech?

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