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100
What year did Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company become International Business Machines?
a) 1924
b) 1930
c) 1916
a) 1924
100
This vegetable can turn your skin orange if you eat too many.
Carrots
100
Which movie is the song "Let It Go" from?
a) Mary Poppins
b) The Lion King
c) Frozen
c) Frozen
100
What country is Lionel Messi is from?
a) Spain
b) Brazil
c) Mexico
d) Argentina
d) Argentina
100
TRUE OR FALSE
There are no deserts in Europe.
TRUE
100
Is Transylvania real or mythical?
Real !
It is a region in Romania, eastern Europe known for hundred of caves.
100
Which countries/cities do these images represent?
a) Toronto, Rio de Janeiro and Seattle
b) NYC, Buenos Aires and Quebec
c) Rio de Janeiro, NYC and Toronto
d) Acapulco, Calgary and Chicago
c) Rio de Janeiro, NYC and Toronto
(as per IBM's Design Language website)
200
What country has the largest number of IBM employees?
India
200
What delicious treat is illegal to sell in Newark, New Jersey after 6 p.m. without a doctor's note?
a) Alcohol
b) Chocolate
c) Ice Cream
d) Marijuana Brownies
c) Ice Cream
200
This male movie character is big, green, sometimes mean and has a donkey as a best friend
Shrek
200
This team had the best regular season record of all time with 73 wins in a season.
a) Chicago Bulls
b) Golden State Warriors
c) Los Angeles Lakers
d) Boston Celtics
b) Golden State Warriors
200
How many time zones does China have?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
a) 1
In spite of being almost the same size as the continental USA, China has only 1 official time zone.
200
What do you sprinkle on your doorsteps to keep demons away?
a) Garlic
b) Dust
c) Sugar
d) Salt
d) Salt
According to Irish traditions, sprinkling salt on your doorsteps during Halloween will keep demons and evil spirits from entering your house.
200
Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to reach Earth?
a) 8 minutes
b) 8 hours
c) 8 days
a) 8 minutes
300
What is Watson?
a) AI
b) Cloud Platform
d) Quantum Computing
a) IBM Watson is AI for smarter business
Watson helps organizations predict future outcomes, automate complex processes, and optimize employees’ time.
300
This is one of the most popular pizza toppings in Brazil
a) Pepperoni
b) Bacon
c) Green peas
d) Mozzarella
c) Green peas
300
Which was the first song played in outer space?
a) "Happy Birthday"
b) "The Star-Spangled Banner" (USA National Anthem)
c) "Jingle Bells"
d) "Imagine" by John Lennon
c) “Jingle Bells”
On 16 December 1965, “Jingle Bells” was broadcast during NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight.
300
Which NFL football team has won the most Super Bowls?
a) Pittsburgh Steelers
b) Dallas Cowboys
c) Green Bay Packers
d) San Francisco 49'rs
a) Pittsburgh Steelers
300
Which large river flows through London?
The river Thames
300
Dracula is an old Romanian language. What is its English translation?
a) Vampire
b) Dragon
c) Bat
d) Prince
b) Dragon
300
What is Jane Muir-Sands' favorite dessert?
a) crème brûlée
b) Tiramisù
c) ice cream
d) s'mores
c) ice cream
400
The IBM PC was the first personal computer from IBM. What year was it launched?
a) 1970
b) 1976
c) 1981
c) The IBM PC was launched August 1981
400
What was marketed as an anti-smoking device in the 1920's and is now a popular kids candy?
a) Pez Peppermint Candy
b) Popeye Cigarettes
c) Chewing Gum
a) Pez Peppermint Candy
400
Which musician or musical group is considered the top most selling music group of all time?
The Beatles
400
What baseball player has the most career home runs?
a) George Herman "Babe" Ruth
b) Mark McGwire "Big Mac"
c) Alex Rodriguez
d) Barry Bonds
d) Barry Bonds
400
In which country would you find the Valley of The Kings?
Egypt
For 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom.
400
Which is NOT a cultural variation of Halloween that exists in different societies of the world?
a) Día de los Muertos
b) Samhain
c) All Saints Day
d) All Hallows’ Eve
c) All Saints Day
It's the day after Halloween
Día de los Muertos is in Latin America
Samhain is in Ireland
All Hallows’ Eve is another name Christians give to Halloween
400
Which cities do these images represent?
a) Honolulu, Quito and Austin
b) Vancouver, Atlanta and Machu Picchu
c) Seattle, Montevideo and Montreal
d) Tijuana, Boston and Winnipeg
b) Vancouver, Atlanta and Machu Picchu
(as per IBM's Design Language website)
500
What is "Deep Blue"?
a) Ocean research program
b) Chess-playing computer
c) Slogan for quantum computing
b) Deep Blue is a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. It was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion.
500
How much does the most expensive pizza in the world cost?
a) $1,000 USD
b) $5,000 USD
c) $12,000 USD
c) The Louis XIII pizza costs $12,000 USD in Agropoli, Salerno, Italy.
It takes over 72 hours to make and is topped with 3 types of caviar, organic buffalo mozzarella, 7 cheese varieties, Australian pink salt, mantis shrimp, and lobster. Served with Remy Martin Cognac Louis XIII and a bottle of vintage 1995 Krug Clos du Mesnil champagne.
500
At the beginning of Superman Returns, Superman has been away for five years. Where was he?
a) Smallville
b) Krypton
c) Metropolis
b) Krypton
500
This country won the 2006 Soccer World Cup
a) Brazil
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Spain
c) Italy
500
What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world?
a) Victoria Falls
b) Niagara Falls
c) Angel Falls
c) Angel Falls, in Venezuela.
Angel Falls or Salto Ángel Angel drops 979 meters or 3,212 feet.
500
Who wrote the novel, Frankenstein?
a) Mary Shelley
b) Agatha Christie
c) Stephen King
d) Dean Koontz
a) Mary Shelley
500
What is the largest organ in the human body?
The skin