general knowledge
Which country is home to the ancient city of Machu Picchu?
ANSWER: Peru
A European company makes you walk through a carefully designed maze, gives its products names you may not know how to pronounce, and then makes you finish building what you bought.
ANSWER: IKEA
Which California city became the state's first capital after California achieved statehood?
ANSWER: San Jose
A vegetable is mashed beyond recognition, drowned in butter, and served with bread that has also been drowned in butter.”
ANSWER: Pav Bhaji
Which Disney Channel show followed a teenager secretly living a double life as a famous pop star?
ANSWER: Hannah Montana
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
ANSWER: Liver
This company somehow turned rubber clogs originally designed for boating into footwear worn everywhere—and then convinced people to buy tiny decorations to stick into the holes.
ANSWER: Crocs
Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha houses the legislature of which Indian state?
ANSWER: Karnataka
“Someone invented an edible water balloon, poked a hole in it, filled it with potatoes, and decided the sensible way to eat it was whole.”
ANSWER: Pani Puri / Golgappa
Which digital-pet toy required you to feed, clean and care for a tiny creature living inside a small handheld device?
ANSWER: Tamagotchi
Which country has the most natural lakes in the world?
ANSWER: Canada
This company began with three people renting out air mattresses in their apartment because hotels nearby were full. Somehow, this became a way to sleep in strangers' houses around the world.
ANSWER: Airbnb
Which Bengaluru botanical garden was originally commissioned by Hyder Ali and later developed by Tipu Sultan?
ANSWER: Lalbagh Botanical Garden
“Cheese cubes taking a group bath in liquefied spinach.”
ANSWER: Palak Paneer
Which online virtual world launched in 2005 allowed players to create penguin avatars, play games and earn coins?
ANSWER: Club Penguin
Norway is home to the world's longest road tunnel. What is it called?
ANSWER: Lærdal Tunnel
A company named after a fictional character who was obsessed with hunting a giant white whale now sells you something that has absolutely nothing to do with whales.
ANSWER: Starbucks
The fall of Tipu Sultan in 1799, which eventually led to the establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment, occurred during which war?
ANSWER: Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
“Coffee accidentally spills all over some biscuits. Instead of cleaning it up, someone adds creamy cheese, covers it in cocoa and calls it dessert.”
ANSWER: Tiramisu
Which handheld gaming system did Nintendo release in 2004 featuring two screens, one of which was a touchscreen?
ANSWER: Nintendo DS
Which element has the chemical symbol W?
ANSWER: Tungsten
Two brothers started working together making athletic shoes. They had a falling-out, created rival companies, and built their headquarters on opposite sides of the same German town. Name the company started by Rudolf.
ANSWER: Puma
California's first state constitution was drafted in 1849 in which city?
ANSWER: Monterey
“Soybeans are left for fungus to invade until they become one suspicious-looking brick, which people slice up and cook.”
ANSWER: Tempeh
Which photo-management program came preinstalled on Macs before Apple eventually replaced it with the Photos app?
sand ANSWER: iPhotowiches
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
ANSWER: Stapes
A Korean company whose name roughly expresses the idea of “three stars” began as a trading business dealing in things like groceries and dried goods—decades before making the object you might be reading this question on.
ANSWER: Samsung
An inscription containing an early form of the name “Bengaluru” was discovered in which present-day Bengaluru neighborhood?
ANSWER: Begur
A cabbage gets salted, covered in spices, abandoned for several days while microorganisms take over, and somehow comes back more valuable than when it left.”
ANSWER: Kimchi
Which Microsoft operating system, released in 2001, had the famous default “Bliss” wallpaper featuring a green hill and blue sky?
ANSWER: Windows XP