Internet & Pop Culture
Which company owns Instagram, WhatsApp AND Facebook?
Meta
Fix it: "Me and him are going to the Halloween party."
He and I are going to the Halloween party.
The jack-o'-lantern tradition started with carved turnips in which country?
Ireland
What is the capital of Switzerland? (It's NOT Zurich or Geneva!)
Bern
An AI-made fake video that shows a real person saying or doing things they never did.
A deepfake
Which film about the 'father of the atomic bomb' won Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars?
Oppenheimer
Your or you're? "___ costume is actually terrifying."
Your (you're = you are)
Which horror villain in a white mask first appeared in the 1978 film "Halloween"?
Michael Myers
What is the capital of New Zealand? (It's NOT Auckland!)
Wellington
Cheap, trendy clothes made super fast and thrown away after a few wears.
Fast fashion
What does "GPT" in ChatGPT stand for?
Generative Pre-trained Transformer
Fix it: "I could of won that game!"
I could have (could've) won that game!
In the UK and Japan, a black cat crossing your path is a sign of… good luck or bad luck?
Good luck
What is the capital of Morocco? (It's NOT Casablanca or Marrakesh!)
Rabat
Scrolling through sad or scary news on your phone for hours, even though it makes you feel worse.
Doomscrolling
Whose "Eras Tour" became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time?
Taylor Swift
Make it passive: "My little brother ate all my Halloween candy."
All my Halloween candy was eaten by my little brother.
Which world-famous magician and escape artist died on Halloween in 1926?
Harry Houdini
What is the capital of Nigeria? (It's NOT Lagos!)
Abuja
Your phone is designed in California, built in China and sold in Ukraine. This is an example of…
Globalization
In which year was the very first iPhone released? (±1 year counts!)
2007
Complete: "If I ___ (not / watch) that horror movie, I ___ (sleep) well last night."
hadn't watched … would have slept (third conditional)
Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) on November 1–2, with sugar skulls and orange marigolds?
Mexico
What is the capital of Kazakhstan? (It's NOT Almaty!)
Astana
The idea that rich countries should deliberately shrink production and consumption, focusing on people's well-being and the planet instead of constant economic (GDP) growth.
Degrowth