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Lasya’s first-ever movie was a 90s blockbuster she jokingly blames for her love life being a total #shipwreck. 

What is Titanic?

100

Name these two women whose worlds collide in this clever photo mashup. 

Who are Taylor Swift and Emma Watson?
100

This celebration of music marked Chinasa and Lasya's first dive together into a sea of tunes under open skies. 

What is Outside Lands?

100

In engineering, it means force per unit area - in your job, it means your boss emailing you at 4:59 PM on a Friday.

What is stress?

100

This San Francisco local is cold, clingy, rolls in uninvited, and somehow has more Twitter followers than you. 

Who is Karl the fog?

200

Lasya’s first solo concert starred a global icon — hips legendary, voice unmistakable — all while headlines buzzed about a scandal involving strawberry jam and an ex.

Who is Shakira?

200

His deadpan food reviews and dry humor made him the internet's favorite side-eye king in 2024. 

Who is Keith Lee?

200
Armed with nothing but platform shoes, glitter, and a questionable judgement, Lasya and Chinasa took on this city dressed solely as 70's disco divas - for 12 hours straight. No plan. No costume change. Just vibes.
What is Las Vegas?
200

It's not in Italy, but this San Francisco skyscraper has been leaning like the Tower of Pisa - just with more lawyers. 

What is the Millennium Tower?

200

Despite the name, this iconic bridge is not gold - instead painted a color that sounds like a runway models passport status.

What is international orange?
300

This certified heartthrob is a mutual fave of Lasya and Chinasa, and his last movie had us seeing double. Bonus flex: We casually met the director in the Bay Area like it was no big deal.

Who are Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler?

300

This company's holiday jingle became a viral TikTok sound in 2024, with users lip-syncing the line "Nothings beats a..." while showing off their beach getaways and poolside views.

What is Jet2Holidays?

300

If you peeked into the living room at 6 am while Chinasa is still sleeping, you'd find Lasya alternating between a barn animal and its less graceful friend - a pose pair every yogi knows, but few dare practice at dawn.

What is cat-cow pose?

300

It's the reason steel can flex during an earthquake instead of snapping like your patience during holiday travel. 

What is ductility?

300

This beloved bakery is so close you can walk there faster from our house than you can wait in line for a croissant. Bring comfy shoes... and even comfier patience.

What is Arsicault bakery?

400

In the summer of 2024, _____,____&_____ were widely regarded as the "Powerpuff Girls of pop", dominating the charts, airwaves and cultural conversations.

Who are Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX & Chappell Roan?

400

In this viral Nigerian meme, a woman is seen sprinting in panic while a man off-screen yells this now-iconic question - perfect for calling out dramatic exits and suspicious behavior.

What is "Why are you running?"
400

Chinasa might be from Nigeria, but her ethnic group shares its name with a Japanese city famous for sushi and samurai. 

What is Edo?

400
This phenomenon is considered great when a singer hits the right note and the wine glass vibrates - not so much when an earthquake hits just the right frequency and your building starts dancing like it's at Coachella.

What is resonance?

400
Despite their mysterious symbolic messages, these popular treats owe their origin to San Francisco, not an ancient dynasty.

What are fortune cookies?

500

This song features a collab between two popular artists from Nigeria and India. 

Who are Burna Boy and Siddhu Moosewalla?
500

Along with the shared trauma of the COVID 19 lockdown, Chinasa decided to subject herself to her first anime - where giant mutant bugs quickly became her official nightmare fuel.

What is Hunter x Hunter?

500

Chinasa and I realized our home countries - India and Nigeria - rank among the world's ten most populous. Name the remaining 8 countries on the list.

China, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Russia and Mexico
500

Striking during a live broadcast of the World Series, this 6.9-magnitude quake caused widespread structural failures in the Bay Area and revealed the dangers of soft-story buildings and unreinforced masonry. 

What is Loma Prieta earthquake?

500

The wife of this California gilded age robber baron was allegedly murdered by her maid. 

Who is Leland Stanford Jr.?