Science and Nature
Which Planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
Which river is the longest in the world?
Nile
What city does Batman live in?
Gotham City
What does the “MP” stand for in MP3?
Moving Picture
What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?
Toblerone
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
Which transcontinental country (Europe and Asia) spans 11 time zones?
Russia
Who is known as the “Queen of Pop”?
Madonna
What delicious computer term did web browser programmer Lou Montulli coin to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server?
Cookies
What is the four letter word for the paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt which is commonly used in Japanese cooking? This term can also be used to describe a type of soup thickened with the paste.
Miso
In the periodic table, what element has the symbol “O”?
Oxygen
What is the smallest continent by land area?
Australia
What year was Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird published?
1960
What does the acronym “URL” stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator
Somewhere between a coffee and a dessert, an ‘affogato’ contains espresso poured over what other star ingredient?
Gelato
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue whale
Measuring about 63 million square miles, which one of the world’s oceans is the biggest and deepest?
Pacific
What TV series is set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos?
Game of Thrones
THINK was the company motto for more than 40 years, for the company often referred to as "Big Blue." What is this frequently-acronymed company?
IBM
Often appended with "tea" to distinguish it from a culture of bacteria and yeast, what is the fermented, slightly effervescent, sweetened tea drink that is often consumed for purported health benefits?
Kombucha
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere and release oxygen during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
what is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
In the title of a 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger, what designer label is worn by the devil?
Prada
"Cars" was the final Pixar film to be released on VHS and also the first to be released on what post-DVD high-resolution technology?
Blu Ray
In the 1880s, Samuel Bath Thomas came to America from the UK and invented the “Nooks & Crannies” breakfast bread that’s more commonly called what?
English Muffin