Rocks
Scams
The South
Cartoons
Drinks
100

What is the name of the company the player works for in the game 'Deep Rock Galactic'?

Deep Rock Galactic

100

What is a pyramid scheme? 

A pyramid scheme has new members pay an initiation fee, with the promise of making money off the initiation fee of every person they recruit. All the money from each "layer" of this pyramid flows upwards, to the top of the pyramid where the organizers are.

100

What is the southernmost state in the United States?

Hawaii

100

In Kids Next Door, what happens when a member of the Kids Next Door becomes a teenager?

Their memories of the KND are wiped. There are some exceptions where they become operatives that infiltrate the Teens Next Door organization as spies.

100

This popular soda has a regional mascot that has its own theme song and video game

Pepsi

200

When someone uses the slang term "pass the rock", what is the rock?

A Basketball

200

You're searching for a job, and apply to an easy remote position with good pay. After clearing the interview and onboarding process, you are sent a check to cover expenses for certifications and equipment. How do they scam you from there?

The check is a fake check, which will clear once it hits the bank but bounce once its discovered that it was a fake weeks later. The scammers will explicitly ask you to deposit this check into your account, and use that money and your credentials to purchase fake certifications and equipment.

200

In 2013, this music group performed a concert at Carlini Base, located on Antarctica's South Shetland Islands.

What is Metallica?

200

In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, how did Grim get stuck being Billy and Mandy’s friend?

He lost a limbo contest

200

Which popular commercial beverage is explicitly referred to as a "chocolate drink"?

Yoo-Hoo

300

Wesley Willis's 1995 song "Rock and Roll __" opens with the line "__ is a place to rock."

McDonald's

300

You are selling an item on FaceBook Marketplace. You are contacted by a potential buyer, who says they will pay you up front for the item and send someone to pick it up at a later date. How do they scam you from there?

Advanced fee scam: They request to send the money through a money transfer app such as Zelle, and send a fraudulent email saying the payment cannot be processed without upgrading to a business account. You pay the upgrade fee, and don't get the rest of the money.

300

Which religious figure is South Park officially banned from depicting in their series?

The Prophet Muhammed

300

Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butthead, once received an angry voicemail from a viewer who spoke in a thick southern accent. This voicemail would serve as the inspiration behind which character’s voice in King of the Hill?

Boomhauer

300

Which soda is "Sprite Boy" the mascot for?

Coca-Cola

400

Which rock-type Pokemon has the highest base stat total?

*Acceptable answers: Technical answer- Arceus-Rock (720 BST), Highest transformed BST- Diance-Mega/Tyranitar-Mega (700 BST), Highest base form BST- Diance/Tyranitar (600 BST)

400

The "Ponzi Scheme" is named after the fraudster Charles Ponzi. The premise of a Ponzi Scheme is having investors continuously invest into your business venture, and pay them back using the cash earned from other investors rather than legitimate profit generated through the business. What was Charles Ponzi's original business venture used to run this scheme?

Charles Ponzi's business centered around postage coupons, which could be exchanged for stamps. He would purchase international reply coupons from other countries for a low cost, and exchange them for stamps valued higher than the cost that the coupons were purchased for. This method of taking advantage of differing market values is known as "arbitrage", and is not an illegal practice by itself.

400

How many countries border South Africa?

6- Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, and Lesotho

400

Below is a list of 20 recurring male characters from Family Guy. How many of them are voiced by Seth MacFarlane?

8

400

In 1989 what did the Russian government give to Pepsi Co. to continue having them supply there citizens?   

17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser, and a destroyer. Pepsi indirectly became the sixth largest naval fleet in the world.

500

Marble is a metamorphic rock that is formed when heat and pressure is applied to which other rock?

Limestone

500

The famous "Nigerian Prince Scam" is also known as a "419 scam". How was this nickname established?

"419" refers to the Nigerian Criminal Code section that details fraud and penalties for fraud-related crimes

500

This South Korean video game is credited as being the first video game to implement a gacha mechanic.

What is Maplestory?

500

In the pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob off to get a special item before agreeing to hire him. What was the exact name of this item?

Hydrodynamic spatula with port & starboard attachments and turbo drive

500

Who invented water?

God, Asteroids, Henry Cavendish, the Holy Well Bottling Plant, Toxic, no one