Strange But True
What common beverage was originally marketed as a brain tonic and nerve stimulant?
Coca-Cola
What emotion is often associated with the color red?
Anger
What TV show featured 6 friends hanging out at Central Perk?
Friends
What do you call two words that sound the same but have different meanings, like "flour" and "flower"?
Homophones
Which country invented pizza?
Italy
What animal can hold its breath longer than a dolphin- sometimes over an hour?
A sloth
What is the term for when you suddenly understand the answer to a problem, like a "lightbulb moment"?
Insight
What animated Disney movie features a talking snowman named Olaf?
Frozen
What’s the term for a word that sounds like the noise it describes, like "buzz" or "boom"?
Onomatopoeia
What's the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
What strange food item was once used as a currency by the ancient Aztecs? Hint: It's brown.
Cacao beans (chocolate)
What part of the brain is responsible for forming long-term memories?
The hippocampus
What popular boy band included Justin Timberlake and Lance Bass?
*NSYNC
What word becomes shorter when add two letters to it?
Short (add "er")
What is the most widely spoken language in the world by native speakers?
Mandarin Chinese
What is the only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name?
Q
What's the term for a fear of being without your phone?
Nomophobia
What 1994 Disney movie featured the song Circle of Life?
The Lion King
What’s a word that sounds the same even when you remove all its letters except the first one?
Queue
What European city is famous for its canals and is sometimes called the "Venice of the North"?
Amsterdam
True or false: Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't.
True
What's the term for when a song gets stuck in your head on repeat?
An earworm
What video game character is famous for collecting coins and jumping on enemies?
Mario
What's the only English word that ends in "mt"?
Dreamt
What’s the only country in the world that’s also a continent?
Australia