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100

Microsoft reportedly included what one-person card game on its earliest machines because they wanted to calm down users who were intimidated by computers

Solitaire

100

In 1999 Shigetaka Kurita invented what keyboard additions for cell phones that would eventually replace emoticons and even get their own movie?

Emojis

100

Which first lady was the first to appear on U.S. currency?

Martha Washington appeared on a $1 silver certificate in 1886 and 1891, as well as on the back of the $1 silver certificate in 1896.

100

What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?

Mariah Carey

100

Which city is often considered the starting point of Route 66?

Chicago, Illinois

200

In 2004, “thefacebook” was launched as a social networking site for Harvard by students led by which computer programming student who later dropped out to become the face of the site (so to speak)?

Mark Zuckerberg

200

Famously, Siri is the name of Apple's voice assistant and Alexa that of Amazon. What is the name of Microsoft's voice assistant?

Cortana

200

Who was the first U.S. billionaire?

Henry Ford

200

Who was the very first American Idol winner?

Kelly Clarkson


200

What is the name of the lead singer of the band U2?

Bono

300

What “S” Microsoft laptop is a hybrid tablet/computer, first announced in 2012? Its name implies that it is the top layer of your computer needs.

Microsoft Surface

300

The first Android-powered device from Samsung Mobile also became the first in a long-running product line for the company. What was the name of this device?

Samsung Galaxy

300

Why did the U.S. government put grooves on coins?

So that no one could shave the edges. People often did this when the dollar, half-dollar, quarter and 10-cent coins were made from silver and gold. Now the grooved edges can help visually impaired people tell the coins apart

300

Paul McCartney credits which artist with teaching him everything he knows?

Little Richard

300

What is the highest-grossing film of all time (as of 2022)?

Avengers: Endgame

400

What popular operating system, launched in 1991, also has its own mascot, Tux the penguin?

Linux

400

British-born geophysicist Cecil Green lived in Toronto and San Francisco growing up, and ultimately earned two college degrees from M.I.T. However, when he cofounded a company, the firm included what other state in its name? You might be most familiar with one of their products from algebra class.

Texas Instruments

400

What was the first official currency in the world?

The shekel

400

Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Aretha Franklin

400

Who wrote the Harry Potter book series?

 J.K. Rowling

500

Which acronym for a computer’s main memory system sounds like a Daft Punk album or a horned mountain animal?

RAM

500

With only 13 months between the phone's first release and the discontinuation of the product, the Fire phone was widely considered a commercial flop for what tech giant?

Amazon

500

What is the origin of the $ symbol for the US dollar?

From the Spanish “peso”

500

Who is the only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades?

Dolly Parton

500

Which landmark in India is known as the "symbol of love"?

Taj Mahal