1. The first major work of Édouard Manet contains what green-colored alcoholic spirit in its title?
2. Jasper, Yoho, and Kootenay are among the National Parks in what country?
3. LaPlace, Louisiana, is known as the “Capital of” what double-smoked pork sausage that is strongly associated with Cajun cuisine?
4. What term for unaccompanied singing comes from the Italian for “in the style of the chapel”?
5. What brand of “curiously strong” mints was created in London in the 1780s?
6. The Nanny _____ (2002, novel), The Basketball _____ (1995, film), “The Santaland _____” (1992, essay). What single word fills in the blank in each of these titles?
7. What floral-named New York bakery, known for their cupcakes, has been featured in media including Sex and the City, The Devil Wears Prada, and SNL’s “Lazy Sunday” Digital Short?
8. The Blue Ridge Mountains are a subset of what larger mountain range?
9. U2, the Eagles, Kenny Chesney, and Backstreet Boys are among the musical acts to have had residencies at what Las Vegas venue that measures 516 feet in diameter?
10. What is, by far, the most successful video game franchise produced by Epic Games?
11. In September 2025, Mychal Threets was announced as the new host of what children’s television program?
12. What is the stage name of the actor and comedian who was born in 1880 with the name William Claude Dukenfield?
13. In Junji Ito’s manga series Uzumaki, a seaside Japanese town becomes terrorized by what shape?
14. Jibbitz is a line of accessories made specifically to be paired with products from what footwear company?
15. What name (first and last) is shared by a Canadian First Nations actor who appeared in Dances with Wolves and the English writer who wrote The Third Man?
16. In the comic strip Garfield, what is the name (first and last) of Garfield’s owner?
17. Considered one of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time, a 34-minute IMAX film released in 1984 portrays The Hidden Secrets of what American geographic feature?
18. Redfoo and Sky Blu of the uncle/nephew music duo LMFAO are the son and grandson of what record executive?
19. What African river is the longest to flow into the Indian Ocean?
20. William B. Travis was an Army officer who died at what location (and modern-day National Landmark) in 1836?
21. In 2025, YouTuber Mr. Beast opened a temporary theme park in what controversial location?
22. In photography, what term describes the opening in a camera lens that controls the amount of light that reaches the sensor?
23. In the English-speaking world, what is the name of the fictional character that is known as Nijntje (a shortening of a term for “little rabbit”) in its original Dutch?
24. What two-word phrase, which originated with hockey player Gordie Howe, became associated in 2025 with Canadian protests against U.S. tariffs and other policies?
25. In recent decades, populations of many bat species have been devastated due to a disease known as WNS. What does WNS stand for?
26. What do the following items most notably have in common? The original 1923 Hollywood sign, the town of Bridgeville, California, a purportedly haunted rubber duck, and William Shatner’s kidney stone.
27. In what country were marathon runners Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei born?
28. The musical My Fair Lady is based on what 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw?
29. The name of what type of establishment derives its name from the French for “library of phonograph records”?
30. What major U.S. airport’s 3-letter IATA code derives from the facility’s original name, which in turn got its name from the farming community that once occupied the location?
31. In what state is Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater?
32. What two comedic actors make up the titular Friendship in the 2024 A24 film of that name?
33. On the Goodyear Tires website, their three U.S.-based blimp hangars are located “Near Fort Lauderdale, Florida”, “Near Los Angeles, California”, and “Near…” what third city?
34. What is the northernmost city to currently call itself home to an NHL team?
35. The 2004 film Christmas with the Kranks is based on the novel Skipping Christmas by what author who is much more known for his thrillers?
36. What term describes a garment with a round, collarless neckline (such as a sweatshirt without a hood)?
37. What is the title of the hockey romance television series based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series of novels?
38. Bordering both India and Myanmar, the Chittagong Hill Tracts are located in what country?
39. A 2022 graphic novel by Kate Beaton about her experiences working in Alberta’s oil sands has the name of what animal in its title?
40. What staple of North African cuisine is made from small steamed granules of rolled semolina?
41. In geometry, what is the highest possible number of faces that a platonic solid can have?
42. What name is given to the often colorful, cheaply-made glassware that was mass-produced in the U.S. and Canada beginning in 1929 and throughout the 1930s?
43. What word appears in the name of a title restaurant in a 1988 film that marked Matt Damon’s film debut as well as the title body of water in a 2003 film based on a novel by Dennis Lehane?
44. Accurso is the surname of what children’s content creator and activist whose YouTube channel was originally called “Songs for Littles”?
45. What online communication tool, originally built around the IRC protocol by Stewart Butterfield, has been owned by Salesforce since 2020?
46. What term is used to describe a type of public decree or charter issued by the pope of Catholic Church? These acts have been used to title jubilee years, summon Vatican Councils, and ban Catholics from becoming Freemasons (among many other things).
47. The “Smooth” (as opposed to “Rhythm”) category of dances within the American School of ballroom dancing includes four types of dances: the American Waltz, the American Viennese Waltz, the American Tango, and what fourth dance?
48. The name of what coffee product was derived from the French for “without caffeine”?
49. The 2026 Winter Olympics will feature the debut of what event which is sometimes abbreviated “skimo”?
50. Since 1937, Tanglewood has been the summer home of what city’s symphony orchestra?
51. What sport is central to the plot of the 2025 film Marty Supreme?
52. Also the recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and the Lemelson-MIT Prize, in what field did Carolyn Bertozzi win a Nobel Prize in 2022?
53. In the title of a 2025 nonfiction book by John Green, Everything Is… what disease?
54. Debuting in 2024, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is a spin-off of what TV show (which was itself a spin-off)?
55. A type of gate called a torii is typically found at the entrance of (or within) shrines of what religion?
56. Although not exactly the same thing, what is the common law equivalent of the civil law term “hypothec”? The common law version is more common in the U.S. while the civil law term is more common in Continental Europe.
57. Ludacris, 2 Chainz, and Lil Nas X are all rappers associated with what U.S. city?
58. The definitions for what word include “moved or worked by air pressure”, “relating to the Holy Spirit”, and “having a full bust”?
59. Currently, there are three sovereign city-states in the world: Vatican City, Monaco, and what third location?
60. Also the mother of NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani, who directed the film Monsoon Wedding?
61. What U.S. state’s standard license plate features the image of a cut diamond gemstone?
62. Not typically visible in the Northern Hemisphere, what is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations?
63. A Chorus Line, Rent, and A Strange Loop are among a group of only ten musicals to win what prestigious award?
64. In art, what term that is also used in the field of criminal justice describes pigments that are prone to changing (for example, fading) over time, especially when exposed to conditions such as UV light, high temperatures, or humidity?
65. What form of poetry, which has a name that sounds like it could describe a female criminal, consists of nineteen lines: five tercets followed by a quatrain, with two repeating rhymes and two refrains?
66. What is the term for the growing of plants without soil, instead using water-based nutrient solutions?
67. What character originated in a Victorian-era penny dreadful story titled “The String of Pearls”? The character would later become the focus of a 1973 play and a 1979 musical.
68. “Sugar, Sugar” (1969) and “Yummy Yummy Yummy” (1968) are classic examples of what sugary, yummy-sounding subgenre of pop music?
69. The Online Safety Amendment Act 2024, which went into effect in December 2025, bans users under the age of 16 from social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok. In what country was this act put into law?
70. As of the 2025 season, which MLB team’s home field changed its name from Guaranteed Rate Field to simply Rate Field?
71. What 1859 occurrence, named for a British astronomer, was the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and resulted in widespread electrical disruptions as well as visible auroras in the Tropics?
72. Which two of New York City’s five boroughs lie on Long Island?
73. What performance group, which had a run of over 17,000 performances at Astor Place Theater in New York City that ended in 2025, at one point had criteria for membership including a height between 5’10” and 6’1″, drumming skills, and being able to “wordlessly emote”?
74. Established in the late 11th century CE, the oldest continuously operating university in the world is located in what Italian city?
75. What actor’s film credits include GoldenEye, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Spice World, and the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday?
76. Brimstone, as referenced in the Biblical phrase “fire and brimstone”, is an archaic term for what chemical element?
77. What group of people, with a name from the Turkic for “adventurer” or “free man”, has included a Tatar group in the Dnieper region as well as peasants who had fled from serfdom in Poland, Lithuania, and Muscovy?
78. X-wings, forcing chains, and unique rectangles are types of advanced techniques used to solve what type of puzzle?
79. The 2025 chart-topping song “Golden” came from the soundtrack to what animated movie?
80. What is the longest river in Poland? It flows through Krakow and Warsaw (among many other cities) before emptying into Gdansk Bay
81. What author of Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi adopted the first half of her pen name because of her enjoyment of the flowers of a certain tropical fruit tree?
82. What is the two-word common name of the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales? The records of trials that took place there from 1674 to 1913 are fully archived and searchable online.
83. What type of the loom allows for complex woven patterns by using a series of replaceable punch cards? It was patented by its French inventor (and namesake) in 1804.
84. El Pilar, Tikal, and Chichen Itza were among the cities established by what Mesoamerican civilization?
85. What sport, which uses a spherical truncated icosahedron but is not soccer, was introduced as an indoor Olympic sport for men in 1972? A women’s event for this sport was added in 1976.
86. What Christian saint and follower of St. Francis of Assisi is said to have miraculously seen and heard a Mass that she was too ill to attend from several miles away? This vision has led to her being named the patron saint of both eye diseases and television.
87. Rural settings, paganism, and dark aspects of nature are some of the typical elements of what subgenre of horror? Movies in this subgenre include The Wicker Man and Midsommar.
88. “The apocalypse will be televised” serves as the tagline for what book series that began publishing in 2020?
89. The L’Enfant Plan was designed by its namesake engineer in 1791 as the urban plan for what city?
90. “The Great White Way” is a nickname for a stretch of what New York City thoroughfare?
91. Widely considered “the first gothic rock record”, what was the 1979 debut single by the English band Bauhaus? The song’s title references an actor who had died in 1956.
92. A large collection of 12th century chess pieces commonly believed to be Norse in origin were discovered on (and named for) what Scottish island in 1831?
93. Kiiking is an Estonian extreme sport that uses a modified, extra-tall version of what playground apparatus?
94. An 1873 U.S. law that criminalizes the involvement of the Postal Service in conveying obscene materials is named for what U.S. Postal Inspector and anti-vice activist?
95. The company legally known as Hat World, Inc. operates what chain of retail shops primarily found in shopping malls?
96. A series of short films by YouTuber Kane Parsons, an upcoming A24 film to be directed by Parsons, and a 2024 episode of American Horror Stories starring Michael Imperioli all take place in (and are named for) what fictional liminal location?
97. The extinct mammalian subfamily Machairodontinae included what group of predators known for (and named for) their long upper maxillary canines?
98. What novelist created the fictional intelligence officer George Smiley?
99. What current Boston Celtics star has been dubbed “The Anomaly” by fans (although he prefers the nickname “The Big Deuce”)?
100. Dating back to the Khmer Empire, a curry dish called fish amok is one of the national dishes of what modern-day country?
101. What comedian has been a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014 and often appears on camera for recurring segments including “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” and “[FIRST NAME] Says What?”?
102. What American artist of Polish heritage was known for his Americana landscapes? Although his printed collections An American Celebration (1985) and Heartland (1994) were successful, he is perhaps most associated today with jigsaw puzzles featuring his artwork.
103. A term used by both readers (especially those logging their habits on social media) and long-distance runners, what does DNF stand for?
104. Radical temperance activist Carrie Nation was sometimes known by a nickname referencing what tool, which she used on a number of occasions to destroy saloons?
105. In 2003, Very Cherry overtook Buttered Popcorn as the most popular flavor of what brand-name candy (according to that brand’s website, anyway)?
106. What artist’s 1997 album Come On Over is recognized as the best-selling studio album by a solo female artist?
107. What former Rolling Stone editor and MTV News correspondent has hosted True Stories on SiriusXM since 2016?
108. Sonya is the niece of the title character in what play by Anton Chekhov?
109. What subcategory of ducks is named for their method of feeding, and are often contrasted with dabbling ducks? Examples of ducks in this category include the greater and lesser scaup as well as (at least colloquially) the bufflehead.
110. What legendary historical figure, who is often depicted carrying a crossbow, is said to have assassinated Habsburg bailiff Albrecht Gessler?
111. Alex Borstein, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Ike Barinholtz are among the actors who got their start on what television show?
112. Monty, the winner of the 2025 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, is the “Giant” variant of what breed of dog? The name ultimately derives from a colloquial term for their distinctive “facial hair”?
113. Although it was originally intended to be called simply “The Union”, what New York City college ultimately had its founder’s name added to its name? The school is made up of a School of Architecture, a School of Art, and a School of Engineering.
114. What is the name given to the specific sacred fig tree under which the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment?
115. How many people are depicted in da Vinci’s The Last Supper?
116. What comedic actress recorded the non-comedic ballad “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” in 1972?
117. What exact five-word question does the killer ask Drew Barrymore’s character in the opening scene of Scream (1996)?
118. How many strings does a ukulele have?
119. A plaster made from what sulfate mineral is the main component of typical drywall?
120. The city of Nusantara, currently under construction, is set to (eventually) become the political capital of what nation?
121. Sunrise on the Reaping, released in 2025, is the fifth addition to what book series?
122. Rash, Zitz, and Pimple are the three main characters of what notoriously difficult video game originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991?
123. What is the name of the Chinese company that developed TikTok and CapCut (amongst other apps and platforms)?
124. What annual event was created by Maulana Karenga in 1966 in the aftermath of the Watts Riots in Los Angeles?
125. What female tennis player won the singles title at both the Australian Open and U.S. Open in 2024? She won the US Open a second time in 2025.
126. What port on the Black Sea is the largest city on the Crimean peninsula?
127. During the 10th-century wars between the Later Zhou and Southern Tang dynasties, civilians representing the Southern Tang formed “White Armor Armies”. What substance was their white armor made from?
128. What human plays Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island?
129. Fill in the blank in the following quote from a Virginia Woolf essay. Either the exact phrase or the slightly-adapted phrase used for the essay’s title will be accepted. “A woman must have money and _____ if she is to write fiction.”
130. What city was, quite appropriately, awarded their NFL franchise on November 1, 1966?
131. This is the logo for what online music magazine that launched in 1996?
132. This is the (slightly redacted) coat of arms of what nation?
133. This image comes from the back of a U.S. monetary note worth how much?
134. What casino game is being played here?
135. What is the alliterative name for this variety of cactus?
136. What is the Greek-derived name of this early animation mechanism?
137. These “flowers” (each sphere contains 40-200 florets) are commonly known by what alliterative two-word name?
138. Sharing a name with a city in Italy, what is the term for this type of composite material, consisting of mineral chips poured with a cement binder?
139. This item is used in what outdoor activity?
140. He’s referred to as a worm, but he’s actually a sardine. What is the name of this VR character, a figure in many 2025 memes?
