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What major 1803 land purchase from France nearly doubled the size of the young United States?
Answer: The Louisiana Purchase
What classic 2000s song is used to "troll" people online by sending them a trick link to the music video
"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (Rickrolling)
What is the name of the futuristic trash-compacting robot who falls in love with a sleek probe robot named EVE?
WALL-E
Before becoming a video game giant, what physical item did Nintendo manufacture when it was founded in 1889?
Playing cards.
Which artist sang, "I got this feeling inside my bones, it goes electric, wavy when I turn it on"?
Justin Timberlake (Song: "Can't Stop the Feeling!")
Which French general and emperor conquered most of Europe in the early 1800s but was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What area in Nevada did over 2 million Facebook users sign up to "raid" in 2019 to "see them aliens"?
Area 51
In Inside Out, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust live in Riley's mind. How many emotions are there in total (including the ones locked away in the back of her mind)?
Answer: Five (The newer emotions like Anxiety join the mix later on!).
What everyday weather event creates more energy than a 20-megaton nuclear bomb?
hurricane
Finish this famous opening line: "Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world, she took the..."
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Midnight train goin' anywhere (Song: "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey)
Who was the President of the United States during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What multiplayer social deduction game became a massive meme phenomenon in 2020, popularizing the word "Sus"?
among us
What movie features a giant robot trying to save Earth and references the 1969 movie Hello, Dolly!?
WALL-E
What popular food is technically a fruit, but was legally ruled a vegetable by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893?
tomato
Which 2024 duet by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars became an instant global smash and one of the fastest tracks to reach billions of streams?
die with a smile
What long, narrow ditches did soldiers dig and live in to protect themselves from enemy fire during World War I?
Trenches
Which giant green ogre has starred in thousands of internet memes, smash-mouth remixes, and the phrase "Layers, like onions"?
Shrek
What type of dinosaur does Dr. Alan Grant first see in Jurassic Park that makes him drop his sunglasses in shock?
A Brachiosaurus.
Question: What is the only letter in the periodic table that does not appear in any element's name?
j
"Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate"
"Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift
What powerful explosive invention, created in ancient China, changed warfare forever by making fireworks and guns possible?
gunpowder
What phrase is used to describe a status score of how cool, trendy, or respected you are online?
Aura points (e.g., "+100 aura" or "-50 aura")
in 1939, The Wizard of Oz is famous for transitioning from sepia-tone to vibrant color. What color were Dorothy's magical slippers in the original book?
Answer: Silver (They were changed to ruby for the movie to showcase Technicolor!).
Question: What gross thing do frogs do with their eyeballs to help them swallow their food?
They pull their eyeballs down into their mouths to push the food down their throats.
"Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep / Dreaming about the things that we could be / But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard / Said, no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars"
"Counting Stars"