Hard science trivia
Counterintuitive science, specific chemistry, obscure biology. Reward science depth.
Q1.Which musician has collaborated with American producer Porter Robinson and released the 2016 song "Shelter"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Madeon
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Q2.Which church's interior in Vatican City was designed in 1503 by renaissance architects including Bramante, Michelangelo and Bernini?Tap to reveal
Answer: St. Peter's Basilica
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Q3.Chartreuse is a color between yellow and what?Tap to reveal
Answer: Green
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Q4.What is the romanized Arabic word for "moon"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Qamar
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Q5.Located in Chile, El Teniente is the world's largest underground mine for what metal?Tap to reveal
Answer: Copper
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Q6.Where in La Coruña (Spain) is the headquarters of "Inditex", the biggest fashion group in the world?Tap to reveal
Answer: Arteijo
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Q7.Electronic music producer Kygo's popularity skyrocketed after a certain remix. Which song did he remix?Tap to reveal
Answer: Ed Sheeran - I See Fire
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Q8.What is the romanized Chinese word for "airplane"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Feiji
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Q9.The word "aprosexia" means which of the following?Tap to reveal
Answer: The inability to concentrate on anything
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Q10.Disney's Haunted Mansion is home to a trio of Hitchhiking Ghosts. Which of these is NOT one of them?Tap to reveal
Answer: Harry
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Q11.What was the third country to have a McDonald's restaurant?Tap to reveal
Answer: Costa Rica
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Q12.If someone said "you are olid", what would they mean?Tap to reveal
Answer: You smell extremely unpleasant.
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Q13.What type of dog is 'Handsome Dan', the mascot of Yale University?Tap to reveal
Answer: Bulldog
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Hard history trivia
Specific dates, obscure rulers, lost civilizations. Where history buffs win.
Q1.How many notes are there on a standard grand piano?Tap to reveal
Answer: 88
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Q2.How long did it take the motorized window washers of the original World Trade Center to clean the entire exterior of the building?Tap to reveal
Answer: 1 Month
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Q3.When was "YouTube" founded?Tap to reveal
Answer: February 14, 2005
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Q4.According to the 2014-2015 Australian Bureau of Statistics, what percentage of Australians were born overseas?Tap to reveal
Answer: 28%
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Q5.De Eemhof, Port Zelande and Het Heijderbos are holiday villas owned by what company?Tap to reveal
Answer: Center Parcs
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Q6.Which one of these Swedish companies was founded in 1943?Tap to reveal
Answer: IKEA
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Q7.Which of the following is not another name for the eggplant?Tap to reveal
Answer: Potimarron
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Q8.Before the 19th Century, the "Living Room" was originally called the...Tap to reveal
Answer: Parlor
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Q9.Which of these anatomical terms refers to the tail end of the creature?Tap to reveal
Answer: Caudal
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Q10.In "Resident Evil 3", how many inventory slots does Jill have at the start of the game?Tap to reveal
Answer: 8
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Q11.Which product did Nokia, the telecommunications company, originally sell?Tap to reveal
Answer: Paper
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Q12."Nephelococcygia" is the practice of doing what?Tap to reveal
Answer: Finding shapes in clouds
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Q13.This Ghanaian entrepreneur is a pioneer of microlending.Tap to reveal
Answer: Esther Afua Ocloo
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Hard pop culture deep cuts
Specific episode titles, b-side songs, sequels nobody watched. Reward pop culture obsessives.
Q1.If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?Tap to reveal
Answer: Trees
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Q2.What year was the RoboSapien toy robot released?Tap to reveal
Answer: 2004
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Q3.In linguistics, which of the following is not one of the Gricean Maxims under the Cooperative Principal?Tap to reveal
Answer: Length
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Q4.What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?Tap to reveal
Answer: 24 MPH
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Q5.What is the romanized Korean word for "heart"?Tap to reveal
Answer: Simjang
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Q6.According to Fair Works Australia, how long do you have to work to get Long Service Leave?Tap to reveal
Answer: 7 years
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Q7.Which of these Indian languages is not part of the Indo-European language family?Tap to reveal
Answer: Tamil
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Q8.Virtual reality company Oculus VR lost which of it's co-founders in a freak car accident in 2013?Tap to reveal
Answer: Andrew Scott Reisse
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Q9.What is the weight of a Gold Bar in Fallout: New Vegas?Tap to reveal
Answer: 35 Pounds
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Q10.Which of the following languages does NOT use gender as a part of its grammar?Tap to reveal
Answer: Turkish
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Q11.What was Bank of America originally established as?Tap to reveal
Answer: Bank of Italy
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Q12.Which film star has his statue in Leicester Square?Tap to reveal
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
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Q13.Where is Apple Inc. headquartered?Tap to reveal
Answer: Cupertino, California
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Hard geography and language
Obscure capitals, dead languages, geographic curiosities. Where polyglots shine.
Q1.How many calories are in a 355 ml can of Pepsi Cola?Tap to reveal
Answer: 150
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Q2.The word "astasia" means which of the following?Tap to reveal
Answer: The inability to stand up
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Q3.In the MMO RPG "Realm of the Mad God", what dungeon is widely considered to be the most difficult?Tap to reveal
Answer: The Shatter's
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Q4.Originally another word for poppy, coquelicot is a shade of what?Tap to reveal
Answer: Red
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Q5.The word "abulia" means which of the following?Tap to reveal
Answer: The inability to make decisions
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Q6.The Quadrangularis Reversum is best described as which of the following?Tap to reveal
Answer: A percussion instrument
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Q7.To which language family does Kazakh belong?Tap to reveal
Answer: Turkic
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Q8.Roughly how many ingested apple seeds would it take to receive a fatal dose of cyanide?Tap to reveal
Answer: 200
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Q9.Which of these banks are NOT authorized to issue currency notes in Hong Kong?Tap to reveal
Answer: OCBC
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Q10.Xanthophobia is the fear of what color?Tap to reveal
Answer: Yellow
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Q11.Which of the following chemicals are found in eggplant seeds?Tap to reveal
Answer: Nicotine
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Using hard trivia effectively
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