RIAA DIAMOND-CERTIFIED SINGLES
AUTOMOBILES
A TRIVIAL GRAB BAG
ISLANDS OF THE WORLD
THINK OUTSIDE THE "BOX"
100
"Baby," you oughta know this singer; every teen girl in America certainly does
Who is Justin Bieber?
100
This legendary "model" vehicle developed by Henry Ford was nicknamed the "Tin Lizzie"
What is the Model T?
100
This Chinese dialect is also a type of orange
What is Mandarin?
100
Antananarivo is the capital of this large island off the southeastern coast of Africa
What is Madagascar?
100
This recording device for commercial airline flights is actually orange, despite its name
What is the black box?
200
It wasn't a "Bad Romance" at all for this lady, whose song netted her a Diamond certification
Who is Lady Gaga?
200
These come in two primary varieties: disc and drum
What are brakes?
200
In standard ten-pin bowling, the #1 pin (at the tip of the triangle) is called the headpin, while the #5 pin (in the middle) is called this
What is the kingpin?
200
Hispaniola, a Caribbean island between Cuba and Puerto Rico, is shared between Haiti and this "Republic"
What is the Dominican Republic?
200
In several sports, such as the NHL, this punitive area is sometimes called the "sin bin"
What is the penalty box?
300
The only person in history to have earned two Diamond certifications for singles; in his case, for the songs "Love the Way You Lie" and "Not Afraid"
Who is Eminem?
300
The exact eight-word warning engraved on passenger side mirrors; it refers to an optical illusion caused by the mirror's convex shape
What is "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR?"
300
This popular song by Wiz Khalifa could be used to describe Charlie Brown's shirt
What is "Black & Yellow?"
300
Rather appropriately, Laguna Madre is situated between the Texas coast and this "fatherly" island
What is Padre Island?
300
"Powerful" term for a safe
What is a strongbox?
400
In 1997, Elton John earned the first-ever Diamond certification for a single, thanks to this song, which features the year 1997 in its title
What is "Candle in the Wind 1997?"
400
Lee Iacocca, who spearheaded the development of the Mustang, left Ford and proceeded to revitalize this company throughout the 1980s
What is Chrysler?
400
The symbol for this chemical element, which has the highest melting point of any known element, is W, even though the element's name contains zero Ws
What is tungsten? (The "W" stands for tungsten's German name, wolfram)
400
Of Japan's four main islands, the two that start with "H"
What are Honshu & Hokkaido?
400
"Clean" term for a crate used as a makeshift stand by a public speaker, or a type of car-racing derby for kids
What is a soapbox?
500
Describes a nuclear reactor meltdown, or the song that got Imagine Dragons their Diamond certification
What is "Radioactive?"
500
This automotive company's name is derived from the Japanese word for the Pleiades, a star cluster in the constellation Taurus, hence the company's logo, which consists of six stars
What is Subaru?
500
The number of Baskin-Robbins' original flavors plus the number of Heinz's varieties equals this, the total number of keys on a standard piano
What is 88? (31 Baskin-Robbins flavors + 57 Heinz varieties)
500
Asia's largest island, it's also the only island in the world divided amongst three nations: Malaysia, Brunei & Indonesia
What is Borneo?
500
This type of hat, popularly worn by Jacqueline Kennedy, sounds like a container for medicine
What is a pillbox?