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100

What is the most-visited museum in the world?

The Louvre (Paris, France) receives 9 million visitors a year.

If you consider historical sites to be museums, the Forbidden City (Beijing, China) receives 17 million visitors a year.

100

This popular video game series by Nintendo features a symbol made from three golden triangles called the Triforce.

Legend of Zelda

100

Which of these activities did I not do?

A) Boxing
B) Swing dancing
C) Sewing
D) Cross-country running

D) Cross-country running

100

How old am I? The team with the best guess wins the points.

22

200

What is the tallest building in the world and what country is it in?

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE measures 828 m tall and has 163 floors above ground.
200

This Spanish musical artist's second album was a university project based on a 13th-century Occitan novel.

RosalĂ­a: El Mal Querer (2018)

200

I couldn't finish the Camino the second time I did it because of a(n)...?

A) Knee injury
B) Massive hangover
C) Allergic reaction to bedbug bites
D) Call for a job interview

C) Allergic reaction to bedbug bites

200

Which of these have I done?

A) Walk the Camino
B) Create a board game
C) Remove a wasps' nest
D) Appear on TV

D) Appear on TV

300

As of 2026, how many known chemical elements are there?

118: the heaviest chemical element discovered to date is oganesson (Og).

300

This U.S. actress has starred in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), The Greatest Showman (2017), Dune (2021), and Challengers (2024).

Zendaya

300

Which two degrees do I have?

Journalism and English.

300

I once curated an exhibit of...

A) Dog paintings from the Dutch Renaissance
B) Medieval and early modern Buddhist prints
C) Postmodern paper sculptures
D) Californian plants and flowers
E) Model trains

B) Medieval and early modern Buddhist prints

400

Name any one of the three European capital cities with the highest average English levels.

As measured by the EF English Proficiency Index in 2025:

Copenhagen, Denmark (644); Vienna, Austria (634); Stockholm, Sweden (633)

400

This 2025 sports-romance Canadian TV series is based on Rachel Reid's book series Game Changers and stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie.

Heated Rivalry

400

Which "celebrity" have I met multiple times in my life?

A) Mariano Rajoy
B) Mario Casas
C) Marta Ortega
D) Michel Salgado
E) "El xokas"
F) Melendi

D) Michel Salgado

400

Which of these is not true?

A) I learned how to cook octopus in the past year.
B) I volunteer at a farm outside Pontevedra two or three times a month.
C) I have traveled to all four Galician provinces.
D) I have a degree in mathematics.

A) I learned how to cook octopus in the past year.

500

Which three countries with Spanish as an official language have the highest population? List them in order from most populous to least populous.

1. Mexico (~130 million)
2. Colombia (~52 million)
3. Spain (~48 million)

500

The app TikTok was originally created by the company ByteDance as a global version of this Chinese social media app.

Douyin

500

How many countries have I lived in? Bonus points for the team that can guess the highest number of countries correctly.

Five.

(Spain, Belgium, Canada, U.S., U.K.)

500

How many languages do I speak? Double points if you can name them all.

Five.

(English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Korean)