All About Sports
Um, Actually
Food for Thought
HCDE
"The Arts"
One with Nature
100
This violation occurs in basketball when a player takes too many steps without dribbling the ball.
What is traveling?
100
Super Mario Kart was a kart racing game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. Players could race with characters like Mario, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong Jr., and Toad on tracks like the famous Rainbow Road.
Um, actually Super Mario Kart was on the Super Nintendo.
100
Fish such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines are rich sources of these heart-healthy nutrients.
What are Omega-3 Fatty Acids?
100
This step in the design process tests designs with real users to identify usability issues.
What is user testing / usability testing?
100
In music theory, this key is the relative minor of the key C Major.
What is A minor?
100
This fragrant flower plant is the favorite snack of koalas and native to Australia.
What is eucalyptus?
200
Playing for the Seattle Seahawks, this football player recently became the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL.
Who is Jaxon Smith-Njigba?
200
Falling is a good way to kill a character without showing any gory details. Many Disney villains have met their demise this way, including The Queen in Snow White, Frollo, Gaston, Scar, and Cyclops in Hercules.
Um, actually Scar does not die from falling in The Lion King. He dies from being ripped by hyenas.
200
In 2011, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that allowed schools to continue classifying a small amount of this ingredient on pizza as a "vegetable."
What is tomato paste / sauce?
200
This principle from Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics ensures users know what is going on through clear feedback within a reasonable amount of time.
What is "Visibility of System Status?"
200
This early 2000s trend featured sticking rhinestones on everything from jeans to hair to flip phones.
What is bedazzling?
200
This type of precipitation is a mix of rain and ice, often making roads slippery in winter storms.
What is sleet?
300
This flag is waved by a trackside marshal in an F1 race if a driver is driving in an unsportsmanlike way.
What is a black and white flag?
300
South Park is an adult cartoon about four children – Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenny – who go through a bunch of crazy shenanigans in 5th grade of South Park Elementary. Most episodes tend to have Kenny dead by the end.
Um, actually the characters are not in 5th grade. They were in 3rd grade for the first three seasons and 4th grade from the fourth onward.
300
DAILY DOUBLE
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What is a cortado?
300
This design field focuses on designing products to fit the people who use them comfortably and safely.
What is ergonomics?
300
Determined by ISO, aperture, and shutter speed, this is the amount of light reaching the electronic sensor in a camera.
What is exposure?
300
This volcano in Oregon is known for its conical shape and is a popular hiking destination in the Willamette National Forest.
What is Mount Hood?
400
The player who propels the ball toward the wicket defended by a batter in cricket is called this.
What is a bowler?
400
In the first season of Sailor Moon (1992), each of the Sailor Guardians are woken up by Luna, a talking black-purple cat who gives Usagi Tsukino a brooch to become Sailor Moon.
Um, actually Sailor Venus was not woken up by Luna.
400
This grain is one of the “Three Sisters” companion crops with beans and squash and a staple in many Indigenous cuisines.
What is corn / maize?
400
The structural design practice which involves grouping related functions and systems to align with users’ mental models.
What is information architecture?
400
The movement pioneered by Picasso and Braque which breaks subjects into geometric shapes and multiple perspectives.
What is Cubism?
400
The name of this dog breed from Southern China means "sand skin" in Mandarin.
What is Shar Pei?
500
The abbreviation for this Rubik's Cube solving method, popularized by Jessica Fridich who got 2nd in the 2003 World Championships.
What is CFOP (Cross, F2L, OLL, PLL)?
500
John Munch is a cynical detective originally from the Law & Order franchise, particularly Law & Order: SVU. However, this character has cameo'd in other shows such as The Wire, The X-Files, 30 Rock, American Dad, and Arrested Development.
Um, actually John Munch originated from Homicide: Life on the Street.
500
Onions, carrots, and celery are diced, combined, and slowly cooked in fat in a mixture named with this French culinary term.
What is mirepoix?
500
A suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities.
What is WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools)?
500
The Indian classical dance form Bharathanatyam originated in the temples of this state of India.
What is Tamil Nadu?
500
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What is Western Hemlock?