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Located in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and China, this is, famously, the highest mountain on Earth above sea level.

What is Mount Everest?

200

Homer Simpson's famous three-letter catchphrase of frustration.

What is "D'oh!"?

200

To complete the joke "How does a penguin build its house?", you need this punny, igloo-based punchline.

What is ‘Igloos it together!’?

200

Short for charisma, this 2023 Oxford Word of the Year describes one's skill in charming or attracting a potential romantic partner.  

What is "rizz"?

200

Hannibal famously led these pachyderms across the Alps to attack Rome during the Second Punic War.

What are elephants?

400

Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, this is the world's largest single structure made by living organisms and is so vast it can be seen from outer space.

What is the Great Barrier Reef?

400

The first names of the two main characters, the Trotter brothers, in the classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses.

Who are Del Boy and Rodney?

400

The punchline to "How do penguins get around?" involves this clever pun on a human-powered vehicle.

What is ‘on a b-icicle'?

400

Popularised in the UK by the reality show Love Island, it's the slang term for the sudden, cringe-worthy feeling of repulsion you get towards someone you used to fancy.

What is "the ick"?

400

In 1932, Australia waged a military campaign against these large flightless birds and lost.

What are emus?

600

A result of an ancient volcanic eruption, this Northern Irish landmark is famed for its 40,000 interlocking hexagonal basalt columns.

What is the Giant's Causeway?

600

This is the collective name for Edgar Wright's trio of parody films starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End.

What is the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy? (or The Cornetto Trilogy)

600

This answer to "Why are penguins good racing drivers?" plays on their arctic habitat and their starting spot on the grid.

What is ‘because they are always in pole position’?

600

Prompting users with a "Time to..." notification, this French social media app encourages authenticity by having users post an unfiltered photo once a day using both their front and back cameras.

What is BeReal?

600

Known for enjoying beer and cigarettes with his comrades, one of these animals named Wojtek was officially made a corporal for his heroic service in the Polish Army.

What is a bear?

800

A plateau west of the Andes Mountains in South America, this is the driest non-polar desert in the world, with some weather stations having never received rain.

What is the Atacama Desert?

800

In Phoebe Waller-Bridge's acclaimed series Fleabag, the title character frequently does this, speaking her internal thoughts directly to the camera, a device the "hot priest" eventually notices.

What is breaking the fourth wall?

800

The punchline to "Why can't penguins play football?" is this frosty pun, suggesting a key piece of equipment is missing from the pitch.

What is ‘because there's snowball’?

800

A TikTok Live trend where streamers adopt robotic movements and a limited set of catchphrases, like "ice cream so good", that are triggered by audience donations, mimicking certain video game archetypes.

What is an NPC stream?

800

*Daily Double*

A WWII American plan involved strapping tiny incendiary bombs to these nocturnal flying creatures.

1000

This Siberian rift lake is so immense it holds over 20% of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water and is home to unique endemic species, including the world's only exclusively freshwater seal.

What is Lake Baikal?

1000

A measure of the representation of women in fiction, a work passes this test if it features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

What is the Bechdel Test?

1000

To answer the question "What was the name of the Emperor Penguin?", you'd use this chilly pun on a famous dictator's name

What is ‘Julius Freezer’?

1000

Gen Z brought back the fashion of the "noughties" with this trend, favouring the low-rise jeans and velour tracksuits once sported by the likes of Paris Hilton and the cast of Mean Girls.

What is Y2K fashion?

1000

As part of Chairman Mao’s Four Pests Campaign, extermination of these swarms of birds resulted in wide-spread famine

What are Sparrows?