Sports
This sport is the only one to have been played on the surface of the moon, thanks to astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971.
What is golf?
This programming language was named after a comedy group, not a snake.
What is Python?
This singer’s 2022 album "Midnights" broke Spotify records for most streams in a single day.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This board game’s original name was “The Landlord’s Game,” designed to teach about economic inequality.
What is Monopoly?
This legendary king is said to have united the tribes of Britain and wielded the sword Excalibur.
Who is King Arthur?
On April 6, 2025, this Russian-born Washington Capitals star netted his 895th career goal, surpassing Wayne Gretzky's long-standing record.
Who is Alex Ovechkin?
Seven
This South Korean series became Netflix's most-watched show of all time in 2021.
What is Squid Game?
This breakfast cereal was accidentally discovered when wheat was left in a heated roller overnight.
What are Wheaties?
This ancient city, rediscovered in the 18th century, was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
What is Pompeii?
This Olympic sport was originally created as a training exercise for downhill skiers in the summer.
What is water skiing?
This common computer term comes from a moth found in a Harvard Mark II computer.
What is "bug"?
This social media platform was originally a wine rating app
What is Instagram?
This is the only English word that ends with the letters “mt."
What is "dreamt"?
This trickster figure from West African folklore is often depicted as a spider and is known for his clever stories.
Who is Anansi?
This NBA star once scored 100 points in a single game, a record that still stands and makes every other player look like they forgot their homework.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
This element, who's symbol is Pb, comes from the Latin word for Plumbum and is where we get the word "Plumber".
What is Lead?
This elusive street artist shredded his own artwork at auction in 2018.
Who is Banksy?
This European country has the most official languages, with 11 recognized by its government.
What is Switzerland?
This 15th-century invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized the spread of information in Europe.
What is the printing press?
This retired NFL wide receiver had more career tackles than dropped passes
Who is Larry Fitzgerald?
This paradoxical feline is both alive and dead until observed, according to quantum theory.
Schrödinger’s cat
This movie won Best Picture at the Oscars without having any dialogue in the first 30 minutes.
What is WALL-E?
This word describes the fear of long words and is ironically one of the longest words in the dictionary.
What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
They Might Be Giants sang, “That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.” This city-whose name likely comes from a Greek phrase meaning “to the city”-is now known by what name? (It’s not Constantinople!)
Istanbul