General Knowledge
Which year was the Treaty of Waitangi signed?
1840.
Real Madrid - 13.
2021 marked the ___ anniversary of the founding of the NBA.
75th.
I was born in 1946 and was the President of America. My net worth is 2.4 billion USD as of 2021.
Donald Trump.
Which website is the most visited monthly?
Google - 92.5 billion.
What keeps the fibers of a lace from unravelling?
An aglet.
In the England tour of New Zealand in 2004, two different players announced their retirement from Test cricket. Who are the two players?
100 points per correct answer.
Nasser Hussain (from all forms) & Chris Cairns (from just tests).
How many different NBA teams did Shaquille O'Neal play for?
No extra points for naming teams.
6. Magic, Lakers, Heat, Cavaliers, Suns, Celtics.
I was born in 1869 and died in 1948. I was a lawyer who lead my country to freedom from British rule in 1947, then was assassinated months later in 1948.
Mahatma Gandhi.
What was the first social media site to reach 1 million active monthly users?
MySpace.
Everyone knows China, India and America have the highest populations in the world. Name the three next most populous countries.
100 points per correct answer.
Indonesia - 273 million.
Pakistan - 220 million.
Brazil - 212 million.
Name the three male Tennis players with the most Grand Slam singles titles and how many they each have.
100 points per player & amount of titles. (Need both for the 100 points).
Federer - 20, Nadal - 20 & Djokovic - 20.
Name the three most recent expansion teams in the National Basketball Association.
Each answer worth 100 points.
New Orleans Hornets, Vancouver Grizzlies & Toronto Raptors.
I was born in Durban, South Africa in 1973. I played for my country from 1995-2004, scoring 967 points.
Andrew Mehrtens.
Which person has the most followers on Facebook?
Cristiano Ronaldo - 122 million.
Put the planets in our solar system in order of closest to sun, to the furthest from the sun.
Need all correct for points.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune.
Arrange the 4 major American sports leagues in order of earliest establishment, to most recently established.
MLB - 1867
NHL - 1917
NFL - 1920
NBA - 1946
Which season did the NBA introduce the 3 point line?
1979-80.
I was born in 1961, yet somehow I have two of the four most liked tweets of all time. There is a school in my fathers hometown named after me. I have been awarded Time Magazine's "Person of the Year".
Barack Obama.
Which year did Facebook cross the 1 billion monthly users mark?
2012.
Name the four people on Mount Rushmore and the state it is in.
100 points per correct answer.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt & Abraham Lincoln. In South Dakota.
Name the top 5 countries based on total Winter Olympic medals won.
100 points per country.
Norway - 368, USA - 307, Germany - 240, Austria - 232 & Canada - 199.
Name the five most recent players to record a legitimate 50/40/90 season in NBA history.
100 points per answer.
Kyrie Irving 20-21, Malcolm Brogdon 18-19, Stephen Curry 15-16, Kevin Durant 12-13 & Steve Nash 09-10.
I was born in 1958 and was part of an event that simultaneously crashed Wikipedia, AOL and Twitter. I was crowned King of a village in Ivory Coast. I appear twice on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Michael Jackson.
What were the three most downloaded apps of the 2010's?
1. Facebook, 2. Facebook Messenger, 3. Whatsapp.
Name four of the seven modern wonders of the world.
Machu Picchu, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, Colosseum & Chichen Itza.
Name the 6 players with the most rugby union test caps. (Countries only).
100 points per answer. (Number of caps not needed).
Alun Wyn Jones - 148, Richie McCaw - 148, Sergio Parisse - 142, George Gregan - 139, Brian O'Driscoll - 133 & Keven Mealamu - 132.
Name the last three players to score 60+ points in an NBA game. Need the player, point total AND team they played against.
200 points per correct answer.
Stephen Curry, 62 vs Trail Blazers / Jayson Tatum, 60 vs Spurs / Bradley Beal, 60 vs 76ers.
I was born in 1942 and have been married 4 times. I also have 9 children. I have participated in an Olympic Games. There is a movie about my life that had a $115m budget, however, the movie only garnered $85m in the box office. I changed my name twice.
Muhammad Ali.
Which year did New Zealand first gain access to an international internet connection?
1989.