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What term, coined in 2014, applies to hipsters who rock flannel, work boots and full beards?

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Lumbersexual

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In 2011, what kind of surgical, full transplant was performed for the first time in the United States?

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Face

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In what years was Spotify launched in Europe and the US respectively?

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2008 and 2011

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What name was given to the 2015 football scandal that involved a series of text messages and PSI limits?

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Deflategate

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In 2010, which MLB Hall of Fame pitcher became the first to throw a no-hitter in the regular season and post season of the same year?

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Roy Halladay

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Which space shuttler flew the most missions - a record 39 - between its first launch and its retirement, in 2011?

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Discovery

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In 2017, which celestial event was the first since 1918 to follow a path from coast to coast in the United States?

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Total solar eclipse

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What kind of plane is featured in the title of the 2010 hit single from hip-hop group Far East Movement?

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G6 (Like a G6)

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White Sands National Park, designated in 2019, is located in what State?

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New Mexico

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Name two of the ‘Final Five’ who made up the gold-medal winning U.S. gymnastics team in 2016.

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Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Laurie Hernandez

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Which Ariana Grande music video pays homage to classic comedies like Mean Girls and Legally Blonde?

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thank u, next

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What march on Washington happened on January 21, 2017, with sister marches taking place across all 50 States and in over 30 other countries?

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Women’s March

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What American pizza franchise processed the first known commercial Bitcoin transaction, in 2010?

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Papa John’s

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What name was the app TikTok originally launched under, back in 2014?

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Musical.ly

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What was the name of First Lady Melanie Trump’s youth wellness campaign?

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Be Best

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What was the name of the 2012 Hurricane that battered the U.S. East Coast, forcing the New York Stock Exchange to shut down for two days?

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Sandy

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What kind of animal was Lonesome George, who died in 2012 at an estimated 100 years old, and was believed to be the last of his subspecies?

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Tortoise

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Which journalist is the creator and host of the podcast Serial?

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Sarah Koenig

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In the U.S. stock market, the 2010s set a record for which kind of market - bear or bull?

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Bull

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What college baseball team went viral in 2012 for its lip-synching and choreography to “Call Me Maybe”, in a packed van?

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Harvard

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What teenage swimming sensation tied with Michael Phelps for winning the most gold medals at the 2012 London Summer Olympics?

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Missy Franklin

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What company was leasing the offshore drilling rig that exploded off the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, leaking millions of gallons of oil?

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BP

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In 2014, which fast-food chain purchased Pharrell’s oversized ‘Mountain’ hat on eBay for $44,100?

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Arby’s

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What 2017 Ed Sheeran song became Spotify’s most-streamed song of the decade?

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Shape of You

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After selling more than 350 million Doritos Locos Tacos in 2012, what flavour did Taco Bell add to its Doritos shells in 2013?
Cool RanchWh
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What is the title of Rup Kaur's debut collection of poetry and prose, published in 2014?
milk and honey
27
What is the name of the teenage protagonist in Jenny Han's bestseller "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"?
Lara Jean
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What team defeated the San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the 2013 NBA finals, to win its second consecutive title?
Miami Heat
29
After the ruling in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, what became legal in the United States?
Same-sex marriage
30
What online battle arena game is e-sports giant Riot Games best known for developing?
League of Legends
31
Who wrote a memoir titled The Princess Diarist, which topped best-seller charts in late 2016?
Carrie Fisher
32
During which year did Apple introduce the first iPad - 2010, 2013 or 2016?
2010
33
What social networking app, launched in 2014, initially only allowed users to message each other one particular word?
Yo
34
What was Mount McKinley renamed in 2015?
Denali
35
What supermassive space object, showing a bright ring with a dark centre, did scientists photograph for the very first time in 2019?
A black hole
36
What breed of dog did President Obama and his family adopt two of while they lived in the White House?
Portuguese Water Dogs
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In 2017, the US women's national team in which sport threatened to boycott the World Championship over equal pay and working conditions?
Ice hockey
38
Adopted by 195 nations in 2015, what international treaty was created with the goal of reducing emissions that contribute to global warming?
The Paris Agreement
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What scale-covered animal found in Asia and Africa is considered to be the world's most trafficked mammal?
Pangolin
40
In 2013, who became the first African American driver since Wendell Scott to win a NASCAR race?
Bubba Wallace
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Which team lost the 2011 MLB World Series to St. louis after being a strike away from its first title in the 9th and 10th innings of Game 6?
Texas Rangers
42
What sliding-block puzzle game went viral in 2014?
2048
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What hoops star, the first openly gay man in the NBA, retired from the league in 2014 after 13 seasons?
Jason Collins
44
What fast-foot chain was at the centre of a nationwide sandwich shortage, which caused widespread chaos in 2019?
Popeye's
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What did Snoop Dogg change his name to in 2012, prior to the release of his reggae-inspired album Reincarnated?
Snoop Lion
46
On what sports entertainment competition show do contenders take on obstacles such as the Warped Wall, Circuit Board and Jumping Spider?
American Ninja Warrior
47
What does the M stand for in the commonly used gaming abbreviation MOBA?
Multiplayer
48
In which West Coast city was the shutdown of Freeway 405 expected to create such terrible traffic that it was referred to as "Carmageddon"?
Los Angeles
49
The New York Excelsior, Los Angeles Valiant and Boston Uprising teams play in which e-sports league?
Overwatch League
50
What Russian face-aging app blew up in 2017, gaining over 80 million users and generating privacy concerns?
FaceApp
51
Chance the Rapper is known to sport his signature baseball cap emblazoned with what number?
3
52
What signature made-up place is celebrity chef Guy Fieri known to talk about?
Flavortown
53
The disastrous 2014 fan convention DashCon was meant for users of what social networking site?
Tumblr
54
What is the character in a widespread anime-based meme gesturing at as he asks, "Is this a pigeon'?
Butterfly
55
What student-organised demonstration, in March of 2018, became the biggest single-day protest against gun violence in history?
March for Our Lives
56
What country music power couple embarked on the Soul2Soul World Tour in 2017, 10 years after their previous world tour?
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
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According to analytics companies, which social networking app was the single most downloaded app of the 2010s?
Facebook
58
What fruit underwent 'surgery' in an unusual 2018 meme?
Grape
59
What acclaimed artist dropped the album Blonde a day after releasing his visual album Endless in 2016?
Frank Ocean
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What viral video shows a toaster pastry-bodied cat leaving a rainbow trail as it flies through space?
Nyan cat
61
What were the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans called before they changed their name in 2013?
New Orleans Hornets
62
What company faced backlash in 2019 for its unintentionally dystopian ad chronicling the fitness journey of Grace from Boston?
Peloton
63
A ShihTzu named Isabelle, added as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, originates from which video game series?
Animal Crossing
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What bridge, that connects northern Manhattan to Fort Lee, New Jersey, was at the centre of the Bridgegate controversy of 2014?
George Washington Bridge
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What photography app lends its name to a teen-fashion subculture defined by crocs, scrunchies and the phrase " and I oop"?
VCSO
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In which Arctic region of Russia did massive, mysterious craters begin appearing in 2014, raising fears about climate change?
Siberia
67
What TV comedy birthed a popular GIF and phrase when its lead character announced she was 'high-fiving a million angels'?
30 Rock
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What social app introduced an AR filter in the summer of 2017 that featured a dancing hot dog?
Snapchat
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What rocker and artist wrote the 2010 book Just Kids about herself and photographer pal Robert Mapplethorpe?
Patti Smith
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What film-inspired code name did investigators use for the college admissions bribery scandal that became public in 2019?
Operation Varsity Blues
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Where does Celeste Ng's novel Little Fires Everywhere take place - Ohio, Connecticut or Pennsylvania?
Ohio
72
What kind of animal is April, the Internet sensation who gave birth live on YouTube from a New York zoo, in 2017?
Giraffe
73
What Yosemite peak did Alex Honnold reach without ropes in 2017, an incredible feat captured in the documentary Free Solo?
El Capitan
74
After Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, what is the next biggest of the Channel Islands?
Sark
75
What was the monkfish called before it got its more menu-friendly name?
Gooseflesh
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Which heritage railway line runs from Kidderminster in Worcestershire to Bridgnorth in Shropshire?
Severn Valley Railway
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Which English county hosts a contest where people chase a rolling cheese down a steep hill?
Gloucestershire
78
Which building was the tallest in the world for two and a half centuries, until 1549?
Lincoln Cathedral
79
A deficiency of which vitamin can lead to night blindness?
A
80
Which decade had the highest immigration rate ever recorded in US history?
2000-2010
81
What type of cholesterol is known as the 'good' cholesterol?
High-density liboprotein
82
Who wrote "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for three"?
John Donne
83
Which country boasted the first ski-through McDonald's, in the town of Lindvallen?
Sweden
84
Created in 1990, what was the name of the first Internet search engine?
Archie
85
What is the collective noun for a group of frogs?
Army
86
What is the rarest M&M colour?
Brown
87
In which city was rock legend Jim Morrison buried?
Paris
88
What nation is said to have invented hot dogs?
Germany
89
At what temperature Fahrenheit does water freeze?
32 degrees
90
What act did Susan Boyle finish runner-up to in the 2009 series of Britain's Got Talent?
Diversity
91
In which year did Michael Jackson die?
2009
92
In what year was the Blue M&M introduced?
1995
93
How old was the oldest person to have ever lived, as of 2020?
122
94
As an adult, how many adult teeth should you have in your mouth?
32
95
Which two countries have won the second-most World Cups, after Brazil?
Germany and Italy
96
How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win?
23
97
In which year was cocaine finally removed as an ingredient in Coca Cola?
1929
98
In which year were the first Air Jordan sneakers released?
1984
99
In which year was Barbie first introduced to the world?
1959
100
How many times has Rafael Nadal won the French Open?
14
101
About how many tastebuds does the average human tongue have?
10000
102
Who drove for the Ferrari team with Michael Schumacher from 1996 to 1999?
Eddie Irvine
103
According to Australian Geographic, what is the loudest animal on Earth?
The tiger pistol shrimp
104
For approximately how many years did dinosaurs roam the Earth?
165 million
105
IBM released which popular and influential computer on 12 August 1981?
The PC
106
Which Paul Kelly song begins: "How many cabs in New York City, How Many Angels on a Pin"?
Careless
107
The picnic in Joan Lindsay's novel Picnic at Hanging Rock takes place on which day of the year?
Valentine's Day
108
Who holds the record as the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award?
Tatum O'Neal
109
What does the file extension PDF stand for?
Portable Document Format
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What is the Greek name for Greece?
Hellas
111
The bloom of which poisonous ornamental shrub is the official flower of the city of Hiroshima?
Oleander
112
Yolngu rapper Danzal James Baker is known by which stage name?
baker Boy
113
Which close fitting, knee length shorts are named for an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean?
Bermuda shorts
114
Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald played for which two Australian first-class teams?
Victoria and South Australia
115
Which Australian DJ won the 2017 Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album?
Flume
116
Who links the writer Ernest Hemingway with the first modern bra?
Caresse Crosby
117
According to the Hebrew Bible, who was the first King of Israel?
Saul
118
What does the K in Special K cereal stand for?
Kellogg's
119
Drawings created by which American artist in the 1980s were sold in 2023 by Christie's as NFTs?
Keith Haring
120
Who wrote the bestselling 1996 book The Cook's Companion?
Stephanie Alexander
121
Which New Zealand-born Australian actor has appeared in Lord of the Rings, Mad Max, The Matrix, Narnia and Star Wars films?
Bruce Spence
122

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