Technology
What year was the first IPhone released?
2007
Which band had a massive 1996 hit with the song "Don't Speak"?
No Doubt
What year did the first Marvel movie release, kicking off the epic MCU?
2008 with Iron Man
The phrase “shaken not stirred” popularized which beverage (alcohol needed) first in Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel Casino Royale then later in the film adaptations staring Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962)
A Vesper martini – vodka
Which French dessert is made by folding egg whites into chocolate?
Mousse
In what year did Tim Berners-Lee invent the World Wide Web?
1989
Name that '90s tune..."Say you'll love me again, undo this hurt you cause"
Unbreak My Heart
Name this movie quote -- "I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bulls--t. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free."
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
What is the name of the alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey and water?
Mead
What technique when cooking pie dough creates pockets of steam as it bakes, resulting in a flaky crust
Using chunks of cold butter
SQL stands for what?
Structured Query Language
Left-Eye, T-Boz, and Chilli were members of which famous R&B group?
TLC
Name this movie quote— "I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
Maximus (Gladiator, 2000)
Often called 'the green fairy', what anise-flavored spirit was popular in late 19th and early 20th century France and was famously associated with artists and writers?
Absinthe
What is one of the oldest prepared foods on Earth, with ancient Egyptians pioneering techniques for this around 3000 BCE
Bread
What programming language, created in 1995, became the standard for web browsers?
Javascript
Mariah Carey collaborated with who on a song that spent a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100?
Boyz II Men
Which Christopher Nolan movie used 4 IMAX cameras to shoot the film, marking a major turning point for blockbuster action cinematography?
The Dark Night
What alcohol goes into a Singapore Sling?
Gin
The word "chocolate" stems from the word "xocolatl" (meaning "bitter water"), which comes from which civilization?
What field of AI allows computers to learn from data without being explicitly programmed?
Machine Learning
What is the most streamed track from the 1990s on modern platforms like Apple Music and Spotify?
Wonderwall by Oasis
The iconic yellow tracksuit worn by The Bride (Uma Thurman) in Kill Bill was a direct homage to which martial arts legend?
Bruce Lee (from the Game of Death)
Which French Benedictine monk from the late 17th and early 18th centuries is often (though somewhat mythically) credited with pioneering key techniques in Champagne production?
Dom Pérignon
According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero sent his slaves to collect ingredients in order to make an early version of which dessert?
Ice cream -- snow and ice from mountains