1.
The Albuquerque Isotopes, a AAA minor league baseball team, are named after the fictional Albuquerque Isotopes, a team that appeared on what television show?
2.
Available only briefly in the early 1990s, Dweebs were a candy produced by The Willy Wonka Candy Company and were billed as “larger, softer version” of what other candy brand?
3.
What fictional character made her first appearance in the short story “The Tuesday Night Club” and her first novel appearance in Murder at the Vicarage?
4.
The Trench is the subtitle of the 2023 sequel to what 2018 movie?
5.
What Y-shaped lake in the Lombardy region of Italy was the site of Benito Mussolini’s execution?
6.
What term is used to describe pairs of opposite colors on a color wheel?
7.
After a particular game-winning play in a 1975 game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach stated, “I closed my eyes and said” what?
8.
In 2024, the U.S. will see the emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX of what insect?
9.
What U.S. state uses the motto “The Crossroads of America”?
10.
What early rock and roll performer, born Ernest Evans, chose his stage name as an homage to Fats Domino?
11.
Fill in the blanks in the title of Junot Díaz’s 2007 novel: The Brief Wondrous Life of _____ _____?
12.
Despite only having locations in 43 states, what food and drink franchise has the 4th-most locations among restaurant chains in the U.S. (more than even Burger King)? Over 1,000 of the chain’s 9,000+ locations are in Massachusetts.
13.
In December 2023, Shohei Ohtani agreed to a 10-year, $700 million contract with what team?
14.
In René Magritte’s The Son of Man what specific item appears to be floating in front of the man depicted in the painting?
15.
The 2023 documentary Still follows the life of what actor?
16.
What word, which refers to a lattice of wood strips, is paired with “daub” to describe a building method that dates back at least 6,000 years?
17.
Regine Olsen was a Danish woman who was an influential force on (and, for a time, romantic partner of) what philosopher?
18.
What national dish of Hungary comes from the Magyar for “herdsman”?
19.
Lil Baby’s “All In” Cheese Puffs and Moneybagg Yo Hot Rings are among the products made by what food brand?
20.
Correctly spell the title of Avril Lavigne’s second charting single in which “he was a boy” and “she was a girl”?
21.
What 7-letter term describes fields in online forms used to ensure the entity filling out the form is a human?
22.
The African Great Lakes include both the world’s second-largest fresh water lake by area and the world’s second-largest fresh water lake by volume and depth. Name both of these lakes.
23.
What sport takes place within a velodrome?
24.
What song performed by Ryan Gosling debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 2023?
25.
Artists Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon are Brazilian twin brothers who are best known for their work in what medium?
26.
In 1953, Life with Elizabeth became the first television sitcom to be produced by a woman. Who was that producer?
27.
In which state are the small communities of Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location? The communities allow midnight voting and are often the first places to announce their polling results for U.S. presidential elections.
28.
The creation of what winter sport (now part of the Olympics) is primarily associated with Swiss resort operator Caspar Badrutt, who convinced some of his guests to stay through the winter in the late 19th century? The first devices for the sport were built for the wealthy guests’ enjoyment.
29.
What British comedian announced in 2023 that she would now be using the name Suzy in her private life?
30.
In 1958, just one year after Earth’s first artificial satellite was launched, what term for a member of a certain free-spirited and rebellious social movement was coined?
31.
Featuring a grid of clickable tiles that may reveal a blank space, a number between 1 and 8, or a bomb, what was the name of the logic video game that was first released by Microsoft in 1990?
32.
Debuting in January 2024 on Disney+, what is the first Marvel series to have a TV-MA rating?
33.
What European vehicle company has a name that literally means “wasp”?
34.
What AEW professional wrestler (and former Women’s World Champion) is also a practicing dentist?
35.
The 2022 movie RRR is, as of January 2024, the second-highest grossing movie of all time in what language?
36.
What U.S. state did Davy Crockett represent in the House of Representatives?
37.
What five-letter term is another name for holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)? It’s commonly used in traditional medicine and as an herbal tea.
38.
What weekend evening television show which ran from 1962 until 2015 holds the record for longest-running program on Univision? The show was originally produced in Chile, but moved to Florida in 1986.
39.
Before ultimately being sold to Michael Andlauer in June 2023, Ryan Reynolds and Snoop Dogg had both publicly expressed interest in purchasing what NHL franchise?
40.
In what U.S. state would you find the area known as “the Unorganized Borough”?
41.
Methuselah and Alerce Milenario are both potential contenders for the title of world’s oldest what?
42.
In 2021, Sandra Mason became the first president of what country, which had just transitioned from a constitutional monarchy to a republic?
43.
What NCAA college athlete is nicknamed “Bayou Barbie”?
44.
What spicy and numbing seasoning made from Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers is a hallmark of Sichuan and Chongqin cuisine?
45.
What star in our galaxy has a name that derives from Arabic and was meant to refer to it’s position as “Orion’s hand” (but a translation error caused our common name for the star to diverge from its original meaning)?
46.
As of January 2024, Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, Edgar and Branwen are a set of famous residents in what location?
47.
Ikebana is a traditional Japanese art that works with what medium?
48.
Originating with a joke and a fake accent in a 2023 interview, what actress is at the center of a viral gag in which she claims to be Irish, including shouting out the country in a Critics’ Choice Award acceptance speech?
49.
What was the final score of 2024’s Super Bowl LVIII?
50.
Named for a French chemist, what is the term for the occurrence in which amino acids and reducing sugars create melanoidins? The browned crust on loaves of bread is an example of this process.
51.
The flag of the United Kingdom is made up of the red cross of Saint George, the cross of Saint Patrick, and the saltire of what other saint?
52.
What word completes this widely-memed phrase from the 2015 movie The Witch? “Wouldst though like to live ______?”
53.
In Spotify’s list of most-streamed artists globally of 2023 (published November 29, 2023), Taylor Swift took the number one spot. Who was second?
54.
To honor the Carnegie Institution’s founding of the Desert Botanical Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, what plant species was given the scientific name Carnegiea gigantea?
55.
What fast food restaurant which now has about 1,500 locations worldwide was founded in the Philippines in 1978 and offers menu items such as the Yumburger and the Chickenjoy?
56.
According to a TikTok meme started by @audreypeters in 2020, men with what specific color bedsheets are a “red flag”?
57.
What was the name of the luxury cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan for two weeks in February 2020 due to an early COVID-19 outbreak?
58.
Sasha Farber, Emma Slater, and Cheryl Burke have all appeared in multiple seasons of what reality competition show?
59.
What is the repetitive name of the artist-designed amusement park curated by André Heller that debuted in Hamburg, Germany, in 1987? Most recently (with the help of Drake), the exhibition reopened in Los Angeles in December 2023.
60.
What rapper’s album Ready to Die tops Rolling Stone’s 2022 list, “The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time”?
61.
What child star voiced Simba’s speaking voice in The Lion King (1994)?
62.
Camming devices, belay devices, and quickdraws are accessories used in what recreational activity?
63.
Medellín and Cali are the second- and third-most populous cities in what country?
64.
What 1988 novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho follows a boy named Santiago journeying across northern Africa in search of a prophesied treasure?
65.
What word can describe a flowering plant in the dogbane family, a color derived from that plant, and a variety of sea snail found in the northern Atlantic Ocean?
66.
On February 29, 2024, Square Enix will release Rebirth, the second video game in a trilogy remaking what 1990s PlayStation game? (Note: your answer should include a number.)
67.
What television show’s first season had a theme tune titled “Aloha!” (which is meant to evoke the sounds of a jungle)? It’s second season had a theme titled “Renaissance” (which was based on “Aloha!” but reworked to better fit the Italian setting).
68.
Who is the current U.S. Secretary of the Interior (as of January 2024)?
69.
What is the name of the legendary figure who is a combination of the Greek herald of the gods and the Egyptian god of the moon?
70.
“We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it” is a classic example of what type of phrase (also called an “idiom blend”)?
71.
What singer collaborated with Coca-Cola to release the “Move” edition of their Coca-Cola Creations brand?
72.
The title of what 2011 graphic novel by Vera Brogsol refers to Emily, a girl who died about 90 years before the plot of the book begins?
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73.
What is the title of the quick-playing card game released in 2013 in which players “pick and pass” cards featuring illustrations of Japanese food items?
74.
The Greek-rooted word hyaline refers to substances with what characteristic? The word is sometimes used to describe certain fish fins and insect wings, as well as a type of cartilage in the human body.
75.
What eternally crying mythical creature said to lurk in Pennsylvania forests has been the subject of songs by both Steely Dan and Genesis?
76.
What former GM of the Philadelphia 76ers is closely associated with the phrase “trust the process”?
77.
A group of children who call themselves The Midnight Society is central to what 1990s television show?
78.
Irish shillelaghs are traditionally made from the wood of what flowering plant? Its fruits are used to make a gin-based liqueur popular in the UK and certain parts of the US.
79.
The rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya are the main tributaries of what body of water?
80.
Named for the 19th-century English scientist who popularized the technique, what is the term for the illusion used in theater that allows an off-stage image to be projected, specter-like, in front of an audience? In recent years, “appearances” by Tupac and Kim Kardashian’s dad have used this technique (sometimes incorrectly described as “holographic”).
81.
What brand of chewing gum, which features a colorful zebra mascot, was discontinued in 2024?
82.
Often found as an instruction in musical notation, what is the meaning of the Italian word “adagio”?
83.
Conceptual artist Sherrie Levine is known for her “rephotographed” images, in which she reproduces images created by male artists as a statement against the patriarchy’s dominance in art history. Perhaps her most famous series is a 1981 collection of rephotographed Depression-era images by what photographer , taken from his collaboration with James Agee.
84.
Phog Allen, who spent many years with the University of Kansas, is considered the “father of coaching” in what sport?
85.
What is the name of the television channel that existed from 2005 to 2013 and was co-owned by Al Gore?
86.
Who wrote and self-published the first edition of The Joy of Cooking? Her daughter Marion illustrated the first edition and carried out updates of the book after her mother’s death.
87.
What composer’s opera Salome was widely banned in locations including The Metropolitan Opera and all of London?
88.
What singer recorded the current theme song for the podcast My Brother My Brother and Me? They also represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
89.
Deuterium and protium are the only two stable isotopes of what chemical element?
90.
What Bourbon king of France was known as the Sun King?
91.
What 2010s cartoon followed the lives of a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby?
92.
What word follows “reticulating” in a meaningless phrase that appears as an in-joke throughout The Sims video game franchise?
93.
Jameson Williams, Isaiah Rodgers, and Nicholas Petit-Frere are among the NFL players to be suspended in 2023 for what reason?
94.
The top three women on Forbes’ 2023 list of the richest Americans all came into much of their fortune via family businesses. Alice Walton and Julia Koch are the two riches American women. What is the surname of the third-richest American woman?
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What type of cowboy is referred to in the title of a 1975 Glen Campbell number one hit?
96.
Which of North America’s Great Lakes has, by far, the shallowest average depth?
97.
What pop duo provided the voices of the characters Satin and Chenille in the 2016 film Trolls? They must have loved it, as they also appear in both of the movie’s sequels.
98.
What actor has had film roles in D2: The Mighty Ducks, Snakes on a Plane, and Bros?
99.
The Spratly Islands are a highly disputed archipelago located in what sea?
100.
What is the shared surname of the father and son who have been responsible for writing and drawing The Family Circus for the comic’s entire duration?
101.
At the time of its release in November 2023, within one thousand U.S. dollars, what was the staring price of the Tesla Cybertruck?
102.
In 1878, what U.S. president instituted the first White House Easter Egg Roll?
103.
In the title of an Audrey Niffenegger novel, the time traveler has one. In the title of an Amy Tan novel, the kitchen god has one. Who or what is it?
104.
What country music songwriter authored 12 number one hits before his 2021 death, including “Harper Valley PTA” and “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died”?
105.
What chemical compound with the formula Na2H20B4O17 can be used for a wide variety of purposes, including pest control, laundry and cleaning products, and homemade slime?
106.
What bird of prey features in an Aesop fable alongside doves, and in the Tagalog creation myth as the first creature (who lived between a feuding sea and sky)?
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Americans Carl Lewis and Alfred Oerter and Danish athlete Paul Elvstrom are tied among men for most consecutive Olympic games in which they won gold medals in the same individual event (having each won 4 consecutive golds). Name any one of the events they achieved this feat in.
108.
Released in September 2023, what number is featured in the name of all of Apple’s newest iPhone models?
109.
What is the title of the late-night comedy show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson that premiered in January 2024?
110.
Taylor Swift has a registered trademark for what three-word phrase from the lyrics of “Shake It Off”?
111.
What world capital comes last alphabetical among capitals of UN member states?
112.
Christina Tosi is the founder of what chain of bakeries that is especially known for its layered funfetti-inspired birthday cake?
113.
The gruesome means of death of what saint ultimately inspired his name to be given to a phenomenon in which electrical discharges are seen at the mastheads of ships?
114.
What internet personality first became known for his “magic Vines” in which he performed magic using “digital sleight of hand”? As of January 2024, he runs the 7th-most followed account on TikTok.
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German-American painter Emanuel Leutze painted three versions of his most famous work, one of which is in the West Wing reception area of the White House. What is the title of the painting?
116.
What was the name of the last Turco-Persian empire before the Mongol invasion of Central Asia? The 1221 Battle of the Indus was the final defeat of this empire by Genghis Khan.
117.
What Netflix reality show revolves around a high-end real estate brokerage firm called the Oppenheim Group?
118.
The theological debate of “covenant of grace” vs. “covenant of works” was at the center of the Antinomian Controversy, a religious conflict in colonial Massachusetts. What woman was ultimately banished from the colony as a result of the controversy?
119.
What literary name was given to the oceanic pole of inaccessibility (a point in the South Pacific Ocean that is farther from land than any other point on Earth)?
120.
An interplanetary spacecraft known as JUICE developed by the European Space Agency was launched in April 2023 with a primary mission of studying Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. What is the full name of JUICE?
121.
What 2006 World War II-set novel (and also its 2013 film adaptation) is narrated by the personification of Death?
122.
British artist Julian Beever has been dubbed “Pavement Picasso” for his trompe-l’oeil work in what medium?
123.
Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Charles-François Lebrun, and what third historic figure make up a complete set?
124.
What HCBU’s famous marching band performed in the halftime shows of the first two Super Bowls?
125.
What singer and actress voiced the character Yzma in The Emperor’s New Groove and several spin-off video games?
126.
In a YouTube video published in 2015, user Vsauce3 estimated that if what advertising mascot was real and six feet tall, he would weigh about 11,000 pounds?
127.
What privacy-focused web browser faced controversy in 2022 when it was revealed that the browser was not blocking trackers in Microsoft products such as LinkedIn?
128.
In the context of the video game and its mobile spin-off, what does PUBG stand for?
129.
With over 50 more games than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is the current all-time NBA leader in games played?
130.
In what 1975 book by Natalie Babbitt does a girl named Winnie discover an immortal family living in the woods?
131.
What is the common name of this style of pottery mug, which may have been named for a character in either Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night or Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy?
132.
By what name are these statues known by residents of Easter Island?
133.
What word has been removed from this vintage Milton Bradley game?
134.
The images seen here are examples of the works of what 20th-century British sculptor?
135.
What colorful designer and fashion icon is pictured here?
136.
The spiral seen here is named for what mathematician?
137.
This icon is associated with what fashion label’s “PLAY” line?
138.
What is the name of this restaurant? Either the real-life NYC location or the fictional restaurant it portrayed on television is acceptable.
139.
What is the name for this style of dog collar?
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What unincorported community is pictured here? Please include the place name as well as the state.
