From Point A -> B
On This Day
Shipping Industry
Potpourri #1
Potpourri #2
100

The amount of PR's created from team diesel matches this 12.86 mile road

  1. Florida State Road 865
  2. New Mexico State Road 368
  3. Interstate 595
  4. 1432 Country Road


Interstate 595

100

60 years before David's first day (according to Copernicus) at Mastery

  1. The Rolling Stones release their debut album 
  2. The world's first satellite navigation system is launched
  3. James Bedford is frozen with intent of future resuscitation
  4. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space 

The world's first satellite navigation system is launched

100

The year the first modern container ship, the Ideal X, departed

  1. 1956
  2. 2007
  3. 1992
  4. 1834

1956

100

International Cat Day

  1. April 21st
  2. June 17th
  3. August 8th
  4. December 20th

August 8th


Fun fact, Poli's first day at Mastery was International Cat Day

100

Traditionally carved for Halloween before pumpkins

  1. Kohlrabi
  2. Turnips
  3. Watermelons
  4. King Squash

Turnips

Fun fact: After immigrants migrated to the US, they learned pumpkins were much easier to carve

200

If our reactions/day matched our speed of feet/sec, how long would it take us to go from earth to the moon.

  1. 12 days
  2. 3 days
  3. 182 days
  4. 68 days

182 days - we'd be going 80 feet/second with our 80 reactions/day

200

On Poli's first day at Mastery

  1. Alabama opened the largest no-kill and cage free animal shelter
  2. Kung Fu Panda 4 announced
  3. Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson break up
  4. Wild boar stole a nudist's laptop

Alabama opened the largest no-kill and cage free animal shelter

200

As of 2022, the amount of shipping containers in the world

  1. 13 million
  2. 17 million
  3. 24 million
  4. 43 million

17 million

200

Team member who reacts to the most slacks/day

  1. Ben
  2. David
  3. Henry
  4. Poli

Poli with an average of 31.29 reactions / day

200

The most popular style of ballroom dance in the US

  1. Tango
  2. Viennese Waltz
  3. Foxtrot
  4. Waltz

Waltz

300

If each ticket assigned to team diesel was a minute we could spend riding the Ultimate roller-coaster, how many times could we ride it?

  1. 57 times
  2. 23 times
  3. 134 times
  4. 101 times

57 times due to the 403 assigned tickets

The ride takes 7 minutes from start to finish!

300

47 years before Dan's first day (according to Slack) at Mastery

  1. Lucy, the most complete early human skeleton was discovered
  2. The Terracotta Army is discovered in Xi'an, China
  3. 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
  4. Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election

The Terracotta Army was discovered in Xi'an, China

300

The fastest semi truck

  1. Tesla Semi
  2. Volvo Iron Knight
  3. Shockwave
  4. Super Shockwave

Shockwave, with a top speed of 376 mph

Fun fact, it is faster than the fastest car, bike, suv and pick-up truck due to its attached jet engines!

300

The main objective of the game Number Nibbler

  1. Break octets into four bit aggregations, aka Nibbles.
  2. Earn points and get first place in the global leaderboard
  3. Eat flies, avoid scary munchers, and pick the right numbers to win!
  4. Help the turtle that got lost in the jungle.

Eat flies, avoid scary munchers, and pick the right numbers to win!

300

Most widely grown pepper on the island of Guam

  1. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
  2. Naga Viper
  3. Bonnie
  4. Ghost Pepper

Bonnie

400

If each message in slack was a league, how many leagues under the sea would we be?

  1. 12,416
  2. 41,463
  3. 20,000
  4. 70,937

41,463 - Over twice as much as Jules Verne

400

65 years before Ben's first day (according to Slack) at Mastery

  1. Elvis Presley makes his movie debut
  2. King C Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade
  3. IBM introduces the RAMAC 305
  4. Rear Admiral GJ Dufek becomes 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole

Elvis Presley makes his movie debut

400

The year the ATRA (American Truck Racing Association) began

  1. 1951
  2. 1982
  3. 1979
  4. No such thing

1979

Fun fact, there are also drag races for loaded semi trucks!

400

Team member who posted the most slack messages in 2022

  1. David
  2. Jen
  3. Poli
  4. Daniel

Jen with 12,842 slack messages

400

Whom the Eagles played on October 22, 1939 during the first ever televised NFL game

  1. Brooklyn Football Dodgers
  2. Detroit Lions
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. Green Bay Packers

Brooklyn Football Dodgers

Fun fact, Dodgers won 23-14.

500

If every slack reaction was 1 mile, how many times could we travel from Los Angeles, California to New York, New York by car

  1. 1 trip
  2. 14 trips
  3. 6 trips
  4. 9 trips

6 trips - One way is 2799 miles, and we can travel 17,058 miles

500

On Jen's first day at Mastery

  1. Egypt discovers ancient coffins at the necropolis in Saqqara
  2. The most expensive roman coin ever was auctioned for $3.5 million
  3. The Shanghai-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway begins operation
  4. The largest fountain display, the palm fountain, opens in Dubai

Egypt discovers ancient coffins at the necropolis in Saqqara

500

The year the first practical reefer boxcar was manufactured

  1. 1913
  2. 1834
  3. 1868
  4. 1878

1878

500

Team member who did the most PRs in 2022

  1. Daniel
  2. Dan
  3. Poli
  4. David

Dan - 283 PRs

500

Birthplace of the Canadian DJ Rezz

  1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  2. Brussels, Belgium
  3. Kharkiv, Ukraine
  4. Salt Lake City, USA

Kharkiv, Ukraine