Mercury Lore 🌌
World Facts 🌍
Food/ Drinks 😋
Misc. Entertainment & culture 🕶️
Awesome products/ gadgets 🖥️
Random ONB facts 💪
Leadership Callsigns 🗣️
100
The identifier/ Slack emoji that is assigned to a Mercury employee by the universe
What is a callsign
100
This country produces the most coffee in the world
Where is Brazil
100
This beverage is enjoyed, cold or hot, by billions of people around the world each day and has more than 1000 varieties
What is tea
100
This Stephen King novel takes place mostly in the fictional Overlook Hotel
What is the Shining
100
This exercise equipment company manufactures interactive, internet-compatible stationary machines has over 3 million subscribers
What is Peloton (Peloton Interactive, Inc)
100
Onboarding's unofficial onboarding hypeman
Ryan Cain
:ryancain:
100
:worldtree: is the callsign for
Who is Vicente V
200
The Slack channel where we post about Actual Customer Love - “if i showed this to my mum would she be proud of how great Mercury is”
What is #real-customer-love? 💟
200
This is where the 2024 Olympics will be held
Where is Paris, France 🇫🇷
200
French fries are rumored to have originated from this country
Where is Belgium 🍟
200
This is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time
Who is Beyoncé 🏆
200
This household product can be used to turn regular water into sparkling water
What is a SodaStream/ Water Carbonator 🫧
200
The name of Nina's puppy
Who is Blue!
200
Tiffany PT's callsign is
What is :houdini:
300
A card game people at Mercury have played since time immemorial
What is Monopoly Deal?
300
This mythical creature is the national animal of Scotland
What is a unicorn
300
This food was the first to be eaten on outer space
What is applesauce 👩🚀
300
This Canadian sitcom about a riches-to-rags family had 6 seasons and won 5 Emmy Awards
What is Schitt's Creek 🏨
300
This is not a bank, but it is a fin-tech company building banking for startups
What is Mercury (DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 600 points!!)
300
The location of onboarding's last team onsite
Where is New York City 🗽
300
:uppercut: is the callsign for
Who is Chris C
400
The salutation that is usually given at team dinners and in-person gatherings
What is a toast 🥂
400
What country has the most lakes in the world?
Where is Canada 🇨🇦
400
This sweet, jellied confection, made of starch and powdered sugar became popular among the people of Turkey in the 18th century and is known in pop culture as the treat that tempts Edmund to betray his friends and family in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
What is Turkish Delight
400
This Will Wright created video game series released in 2000 (with sequels in 2004, 2009, and 2014) saw players watching and directing characters to mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses
What is the Sims
400
This cloud-based video conferencing platform rose to the top in 2020 during the pandemic and has remained one of the most popular applications for remote work teams across the world
What is Zoom
400
The onboarder who is an aerial dancer
Who is Megan D
:trailblazer:
400
Ellie C's callsign is
What is :orinoco:
500
The sound a Mercury IO card makes when you open it
What is the sound of trumpets playing 🎺🎺
500
This continent is home to more species than any other developed country and consequently has the highest species extinction rate
Where is Australia 🦘
500
This snack brand has been around for over 120 years, is the most famous of baseball snacks, and is known for being packaged with a small prize
What is Cracker Jack
500
In 2019, this movie topped Avatar as the highest-grossing film of all time
What is Avengers: Endgame
500
This first-generation Apple product was first released in 2010 achieving a multi-touch interface on a large display, and has since had 33 versions
What is an iPad 📱
500
This onboarder used to work as a professional sous-chef
Who is George P
:verdigris:
500
:waulkingsong: is the callsign for
Who is Nina G
600
This is a popular activity or outing that Mercurians may participate in during in-person events and meet-ups to showcase their talent
What is karaoke 🎤
600
The country that has the fastest scheduled trains in the world (that you can actually ride)
Where is China 🇨🇳
600
This viral bread recipe combines egg whites, sugar, cornstarch, and food coloring to create a fluffy, beautiful, and edible masterpiece
What is cloud bread
600
This Chicago-based association, founded in 2012, is a 12-team Division-I soccer league featuring national team players from around the world
What is The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
600
This B2B productivity and communication platform allows users to send messages instantly, communicate between teams, and organize information into separate channels
What is Slack
600
This onboarder is a travel aficionado and can likely help you plan an itinerary for your next vacation!
Who is Lela T
:chinchilla:
600
Ian E's callsign is
what is :stonegiant:
700
The monthly magazine on the people shaping and being shaped by the tech industry
What is Meridian
700
This continent has the world's longest river
Where is Africa-- Bonus:the name of the river is called...
700
Detective James Bond's signature drink, "A martini, shaken not stirred" is also called
What is a Vesper Martini 0️⃣0️⃣7️⃣
700
This infamous fraudster posed as an heiress and defrauded banks, hotels, and close contacts out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
Who is Anna Delvey/ Anna Sorokin
700
This wearable tech product tracks user's health and sleep metrics through built-in sensors and provides holistic insights into their activities in a 24-hour span to determine how mentally prepared they are for the day ahead
What is an Oura Ring
700
The name of the onboarding show pony
What is Rome
700
:pangaea: is the callsign for
Who is Shlomi B
