Scouting: RansomS

Q#	Question Text
1	What article of clothinggot its island-inspired name from its creator Louis Réard's hope in 1946 that it would generate an "explosive" reaction (and it was undoubtedly controversial)?
2	Stephen R. Covey's 1989 blockbuster self-help and personal development book detailed, per its title, the "Seven Habits" ofwhat specific three-word group?
3	The scientific concept that specific microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, are the direct cause of many diseases (as opposed to notions like "bad air") is known commonly as the "[BLANK] Theory of Disease", a name that arose in the second half of the 19th century alongside the work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch.What wordfills in the blank?
4	Beginning with Britney Spears' "…Baby One More Time" in 1999,what Swedish producer and songwriterhas written 29 #1 hits on theBillboardHot 100—more than anyone else in history except Paul McCartney (with 32)? He's also the most successful producer inBillboardhistory, with 27 No. 1 hits in that role.
5	Iran lies on the northern coast of the Strait of Hormuz; the Musandam Peninsula ofwhat other countrylies on the southern coast?
6	Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack were the first names of the founders ofwhat film studio, though Sam died the day before their landmark filmThe Jazz Singerpremiered in 1927?

Category	Fraction	Win %
CLASS MUSIC	14/20	70.0%
SCIENCE	55/81	67.9%
MATH	13/24	54.2%
LIFESTYLE	18/37	48.6%
CURR EVENTS	8/17	47.1%
LANGUAGE	15/32	46.9%
FOOD/DRINK	22/47	46.8%
AMER HIST	14/32	43.8%
POP MUSIC	22/51	43.1%
TELEVISION	20/49	40.8%
GAMES/SPORT	23/66	34.8%
ART	12/38	31.6%
FILM	16/52	30.8%
LITERATURE	20/70	28.6%
BUS/ECON	9/32	28.1%
THEATRE	6/22	27.3%
GEOGRAPHY	15/57	26.3%
WORLD HIST	15/71	21.1%

Event	Date	CA	Finish
New World Warblers	May 9, 2026	10	100 (448)
Age of the Scammer 2: MAHA Edition	Apr 10, 2026	9	120 (1414)
Disney Movie Song One Word Only	Oct 25, 2025	7	759 (1853)
Vanilla	Oct 25, 2025	3	576 (893)
Birdwatching	Oct 18, 2025	9	57 (856)
Medical School Mnemonics	Apr 18, 2025	9	390 (1047)
Raptors	Apr 5, 2025	5	762 (1035)
Bulldogs	Mar 31, 2025	7	559 (965)
Makeup	Mar 22, 2025	8	485 (1459)

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD8	❌	The original Thomasites were a group of about 500 American teachers who set sail from San Francisco in July 1901 aboard the U.S. Army transport ship USATThomaswith the aim of establishing a new public school system in what at-the-time American colony?	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS	N/A
LL109 MD2	❌	What man was the last of the five U.S. Civil War combat veterans (all Union) to serve as president, having enlisted in June 1861 at age 18 in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and ultimately reaching the rank of Brevet Major?	WILLIAM MCKINLEY	N/A
LL108 MD22	✅	Despite having a population of only about 500,000, a U.S. territory was split into two then admitted to the union as two separate states in 1889, in a successful ploy by the Republican Party to gain four additional seats in the Senate. If the states had theoretically been re-joined for the 2020 census, the newly combined state would still just rank #40 in population among all U.S. states. What was the name of this territory?	DAKOTA TERRITORY	N/A
LL108 MD19	✅	At the most recent wedding of a former First Lady who remarried after leaving the White House, who was the bridegroom?	ARISTOTLE ONASSIS	N/A
LL108 MD14	❌	An organization of American Revolutionary War officers was named after a 5th-century BCE Roman farmer-general who briefly took power to save Rome and then returned to his farm. That organization in turn gave its name to what U.S. city?	CINCINNATI	N/A
LL108 MD10	✅	US religious leader Jerry Falwell founded the Thomas Road Baptist Church in 1956 in his hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia, the city where he later founded the political organization Moral Majority, and, in 1971, what university?	LIBERTY UNIVERSITY	N/A
LL108 MD6	❌	What man holds the record as the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history, and was also the second Greek American to be elected a U.S. state governor (after Maryland's Spiro T. Agnew)?	MICHAEL DUKAKIS	N/A
LL108 MD1	✅	In 1790, Thomas Jefferson became the first person to lead what U.S. government department, the oldest cabinet department, established by an early act of Congress in July 1789?	STATE	N/A
LL107 MD22	❌	The Manhattan skyscraper that stood as the world's tallest from 1913, when it surpassed the Met Life Tower, until 1930, when it was overtaken by 40 Wall Street, was built as the 60-story headquarters of what retail store chain?	F. W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY	N/A
LL107 MD18	❌	French fur traders in the late 1700s encountered a river they calledRoche Jaune. This river eventually gave its name to a roughly 3,500-square-mile region of the U.S. that was formally designated in 1872 as the first of its kind in the world. What is this area named?	YELLOWSTONE (NATIONAL PARK)	N/A
LL107 MD10	❌	Who is the most recent U.S. president to have previously served in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives?	RICHARD NIXON	N/A
LL107 MD6	✅	Give either of the last names, both still familiar in business today, of the men who started a carrier service between Buffalo and the West in the mid-1840s. They later launched an express service from New York to San Francisco during the 1849 gold rush, which merged with others in 1850 to form American Express.	WELLS, FARGO	N/A
LL107 MD1	❌	W. T. Sherman, who would become Commanding General of the U.S. Army, was born in 1820, just over six years after the death of what Shawnee leader at the Battle of the Thames in present-day southwestern Ontario during the War of 1812?	TECUMSEH	N/A
LL106 MD21	✅	What structure is depicted on the reverse of the U.S. $5 note, corresponding to the figure on the obverse?	LINCOLN MEMORIAL	N/A
LL106 MD17	✅	On June 17, 1994, an estimated 95 million Americans watched live news coverage that largely centered on what vehicle (make and model required)?	FORD BRONCO	N/A
LL106 MD13	❌	The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery were ships that transported colonists to the first permanent English settlement in North America, which was named after what Virginia river?	JAMES RIVER	N/A
LL106 MD11	✅	"The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here…" This famous and very inaccurate line is from a speech given, per the speech's own math, in what year?	1863	N/A
LL106 MD9	❌	The boom town of Virginia City, in present-day Nevada between Carson City and Reno, was home to a deep vein of silver ore (a "Lode") known by what name, after the eccentric miner who claimed its discovery?	COMSTOCK LODE	N/A
LL106 MD3	✅	Four of the "Five Civilized Tribes" (a historical term for certain Native American nations forcibly moved to Oklahoma in the 1800s) had names beginning with "C": Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee. What was the fifth tribe, a heterogeneous group formed in Spanish Florida from various other tribes a few decades earlier?	SEMINOLE	N/A
LL105 MD25	✅	Clauses known commonly as the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause make up the first section of which Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in July 1868 and the second of the three Reconstruction Amendments?	FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT	N/A
LL105 MD24	✅	"The fundamental business of the country... is on a sound and prosperous basis." This famously and legendarily incorrect statement was made in a radio address by what American?	HERBERT HOOVER	N/A
LL105 MD18	❌	What specific distinction do the losing major-party nominees in the U.S. presidential elections of 1960, 1968, 2000, and 2024 most notably have in common with one another and thewinningcandidate in 1988, but unambiguously with no other major-party nominees of the last century (including, among others, the winners of the 1924 and 1968 elections)?	SITTING/INCUMBENT VICE-PRESIDENT	N/A
LL105 MD14	✅	Nominally speaking, the states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia share a constitutional designation separate from the other 46 states, although this designation actually creates no legal distinction. By what word is this designation represented?	COMMONWEALTH	N/A
LL105 MD11	❌	What four-word phrase, which was popularized by Horace Greeley in an 1865 editorial about opportunities on the American frontier and became his slogan, was originally coined by J. B. L. Soule in 1851?	GO WEST, YOUNG MAN	N/A
LL105 MD7	✅	What American folk hero battled a steam drill in a rock-crushing contest, won, and then died?	JOHN HENRY	N/A
LL105 MD1	❌	The 1836 Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive battle in the revolution that resulted in the creation of what republic?	REPUBLIC OF TEXAS	N/A
LL104 MD24	❌	Beginning in 1778, Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko led the design and construction of fortifications at what site of critical importance during the American Revolution, which remains a key military location today?	WEST POINT	N/A
LL104 MD21	❌	Over the course of the American Civil War, four men held the title of Commanding General of the United States Army, the Army's highest-ranking officer. The last was Ulysses S. Grant. Give the last name of any one of the preceding three.	SCOTT, MCCLELLAN, HALLECK	N/A
LL104 MD16	❌	The US-based website VOTE411.org, which provides candidate and election information based on a user's location, is run by what nonpartisan and nonprofit political organization founded in 1920 (a year which, in a technical sense, one might argue is the earliest this nationwide organization could theoretically have existed)?	LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS	N/A
LL104 MD11	✅	What was the name of the committee of the US House of Representatives established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty and subversion among federal government employees, before finally being abolished in 1975? (Full name or common 4-letter abbreviation acceptable.)	UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE (HUAC)	N/A
LL104 MD8	❌	Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, and Harrison Schmitt are ten members of an exclusive group of twelve. Name either of the two missing members.	NEIL ARMSTRONG, EDWIN/BUZZ ALDRIN	N/A
LL104 MD1	❌	During his one campaign for US president, what long time senator's slogan was "In your heart, you know he's right"—a sentiment apparently shared by only 38.5% of voters?	BARRY GOLDWATER	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD9	❌	The university that resulted from the merger of the Armour Institute and the Lewis Institute in 1940 has long been a center for modern architecture in the United States, with many campus buildings designed by long-time head of the architecture school Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. This university is the Institute of Technology in what state?	ILLINOIS	N/A
LL109 MD7	❌	One of the most famous art parodies in history is Marcel Duchamp'sL.H.O.O.Q., whose title is a vulgar expression (when read aloud in French) referring to what figure, the subject of the parody?	MONA LISA	N/A
LL109 MD5	❌	Influenced by Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, the Chicano Art Movement of the 1960s and 70s embraced what art form, whose name derives from the Spanish word for its customary setting, as a vehicle for political activism and cultural identity?	MURALS	N/A
LL109 MD3	✅	Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who was one of the highest-paid artists in Europe for a time before her death in 1842 at age 86, painted more than 20 portraits of what subject, who herself died in 1793?	MARIE ANTOINETTE	N/A
LL108 MD23	❌	What art term refers to the depiction of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, sometimes with angels, apostles, or holy women, such as in Michelangelo's so-named marble sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica?	PIETÀ	N/A
LL108 MD17	❌	Logos for American Airlines, Lufthansa, Panasonic, Target, Crate & Barrel, and 3M have all used what typeface, developed in 1957 by Swiss designers Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann and long used as the standard for New York City transit signage?	HELVETICA	N/A
LL108 MD13	✅	The Red Vineyard, from 1888, was the only painting sold through an official exhibition by what artist during his lifetime, for about 400 francs?	VINCENT VAN GOGH	N/A
LL108 MD12	❌	"Relief printing" involves carving away unwanted areas from a surface and inking what remains raised (like a rubber stamp). What Italian word refers to the opposite technique, in which the artist cuts into a plate, fills the grooves with ink, and wipes the surface clean before pressing paper onto it?	INTAGLIO	N/A
LL108 MD10	✅	First displayed in 1987 and conceived by Cleve Jones, the largest piece of folk art ever made, at over 54 tons, was created as a memorial to victims of what?	HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC	N/A
LL108 MD6	❌	Sculptor Robert Smithson's 1970 land art installation in Utah's Great Salt Lake used 6,650 tons of rock and earth to create a 1,500-foot-long structure protruding into the water. What type of structure is it, according to its name?	(SPIRAL) JETTY	N/A
LL108 MD2	❌	Four major English art museums—Modern, Britain, Liverpool, and St Ives—are all named after what industrialist and sugar magnate?	HENRY TATE	N/A
LL107 MD24	✅	[REDACTED] Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y [REDACTED]. What are the first and last names redacted from the preceding name, of the individual who became, in celebration of his 90th birthday in 1971, the first living artist to receive a special honour exhibition at the Grand Gallery of the Louvre Museum?	PABLO PICASSO	N/A
LL107 MD20	✅	What auction house, founded in London as a book auctioneer in 1744, became the first major international firm of its kind to be American-owned when purchased by shopping mall magnate A. Alfred Taubman in 1983?	SOTHEBY'S	N/A
LL107 MD17	❌	A company founded by Ernst Leitz in Germany in 1869 released the first widely available 35mm camera in 1925, helping to popularize street photography and the 35mm format. This revolutionary camera established what prestigious brand name, by which the company itself is now known?	LEICA	N/A
LL107 MD14	✅	Though architect Louis Sullivan—the "father of modernism" who is credited with popularizing the phrase "form follows function"—was born in Boston, he is far more closely associated with what other city, where he died in 1924?	CHICAGO	N/A
LL107 MD5	❌	In both the additive RGB color model and the subtractive CMY color model, what is the complementary color to red (meaning that it creates the greatest contrast, and cancels red out when combined)?	CYAN	N/A
LL107 MD3	❌	Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995, a tent appliquéd with the 102 names of everyone the artist had ever shared a bed with (not just sexual partners), which was destroyed in a 2004 warehouse fire, was the first major confessional work of what leading figure of the Young British Artists movement?	TRACEY EMIN	N/A
LL106 MD24	❌	With regard to digital graphics, vector files are images created using mathematical formulas, relying on lines, curves, and anchor points positioned on a grid to define shapes and structures. What other term, associated and often used synonymously with "bitmap" and borrowed from a CRT scan process, refers to graphics represented as a two-dimensional grid of pixels?	RASTER	N/A
LL106 MD22	❌	In architecture, it's the top part of a column, pilaster, or pier, while in business it can refer to financial resources used to acquire assets or generate returns. What is this term?	CAPITAL	N/A
LL106 MD19	✅	Modernist artists and authors who violated accepted conventions to create new artistic forms and styles, and to address unorthodox subject matter, were often described using what term, a French military metaphor used famously in an essay by art critic Clement Greenberg that remains in broad use today?	AVANT-GARDE	N/A
LL106 MD14	❌	Simone Leigh's 16-foot-tall sculptureBrick House, depicting a Black woman whose torso merges into a clay house structure, was the inaugural display on Manhattan's High Line in 2019, and stood on a square block base known as a what? This term denotes a support that is low, broad, and horizontal, unlike a taller and narrowerpedestal.	PLINTH	N/A
LL106 MD8	✅	What is the name of the florid Neoclassical style that was current in England through the first quarter of the 19th century, though its name refers specifically to a period spanning 1811 to 1820, when George IV served in place of his father, King George III?	REGENCY	N/A
LL106 MD7	❌	In the 1857 oil painting "The Gleaners", three peasant women are gleaning stalks of wheat—not what other grain which is a homonym of the last name of the artist who painted it?	MILLET	N/A
LL106 MD2	❌	What eight-letter architectural term refers to the triangular section at the top front of a building (and not at the foot, despite the name)?	PEDIMENT	N/A
LL105 MD20	✅	The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit, which was first held in December 1948 and is the main source of funding for the curatorial department known as the Costume Institute, is more often known by what name?	MET GALA	N/A
LL105 MD19	❌	What word appears both in the name of the comic book series that introduced Superman in 1938, and in the name of a style of painting represented by works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell?	ACTION	N/A
LL105 MD16	✅	What three-word phrase provided the text—and was the title—of a famous antidrug mural created in Harlem by pop artist and activist Keith Haring in 1986? Whitney Houston repeated the phrase when discussing her addiction struggle in a controversial 2002 interview with Diane Sawyer, after which the phrase unfortunately became somewhat associated with the singer.	CRACK IS WACK	N/A
LL105 MD13	❌	What word denotes the pure, fine-grained, and translucent form of gypsum that is used for carving and sculpture? As an adjective, the word can describe something considered white and smooth.	ALABASTER	N/A
LL105 MD9	❌	Sculptures like the Parthenon Marbles and Trajan's Column, where figures are only slightly raised from the background, are examples of "low raised" sculpture known by what name? This name is typically hyphenated but is sometimes expressed as two words without the hyphen.	BAS-RELIEF	N/A
LL105 MD6	❌	In classical architecture, acaryatidis a support column sculpted in the shape of what, in contrast to forms such as atelamon?	FEMALE FIGURE/WOMAN	N/A
LL105 MD4	✅	In photography, the overall brightness of an image is determined by the "exposure triangle" of aperture, shutter speed, and a third factor which is a measure of the sensitivity of the camera's sensor (or the film) to light. This third factor is known as what?	ISO/FILM SPEED	N/A
LL104 MD25	❌	One word is the name of an American automaker founded in the early 1900s. Another describes a playing card discarded from the top of a deck. Together, and separated by "and", they form the name of a classic darkroom technique, now used in digital photo editing, to brighten or darken parts of an image. What is this phrase?	DODGE AND BURN	N/A
LL104 MD22	❌	What is the English title of the 1931 painting often accurately described as "the one with the melting clocks"?	THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY	N/A
LL104 MD21	❌	What word meaning "eye" refers to the circular opening at the top of a dome, such as the one in Rome's Pantheon?	OCULUS	N/A
LL104 MD10	✅	Oslo's National Museum of Norway is home to the most famous version of what 1893 painting, which is widely regarded as the most famous painting by a Norwegian?	THE SCREAM	N/A
LL104 MD9	❌	The bowler-hatted gentleman in 1964'sThe Son of Manis a self-portrait of what Walloon?	RENÉ MAGRITTE	N/A
LL104 MD6	❌	In September 1925, what 18-year-old suffered multiple serious injuries while riding a bus that slammed into a speeding electric trolley car, and revisited the setting in 1929'sThe Bus, a painting currently housed at the Museo Dolores Olmedo.	FRIDA KAHLO	N/A
LL104 MD4	❌	Trieste-born American Leo Castelli spent most of his life in what profession, of which he was perhaps the most influential figure of the 20th century?	ART DEALER	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD8	✅	One of the biggest corporate failures of the 2020s (so far) occurred in 2022, with the spectacular collapse from a peak valuation earlier that year of around $32 billion of what Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange founded by Gary Wang and Sam Bankman-Fried?	FTX	N/A
LL109 MD7	✅	The product known as the Diamond Rio PMP300, launched in 1998, was somewhat groundbreaking, controversial, and popular for a time, but was replaced (and overwhelmed) by what market-dominating product and technological phenomenon three years later? The Diamond Rio's parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003.	IPOD	N/A
LL109 MD4	❌	An Afrikaans name for a type of antelope was chosen for what shoe company at its founding in the UK in 1958, in the English municipality of Bolton?	REEBOK	N/A
LL109 MD1	❌	The original Apple Computer logo, designed by company co-founder Ronald Wayne in 1976, featured an illustration of what individual?	SIR ISAAC NEWTON	N/A
LL108 MD25	✅	The "Brent/WTI spread" is a term used for the price difference between two major benchmarks for what global commodity?	(CRUDE) OIL	N/A
LL108 MD20	❌	Though the term was first introduced into the popular consciousness by Swedish company Ericsson with a 1997 prototype, the IBM Simon released in 1994 is retrospectively considered the first device known by what now-common compound word?	SMARTPHONE	N/A
LL108 MD12	✅	While diamonds are not geologically rare (they're more common than emeralds and rubies), they became artificially scarce due in large part to the actions of what company, which controlled 80-90% of the rough diamond distribution from 1888 to the early 2000s, and essentially created the tradition of diamond wedding engagement rings in America in the 1930s and 1940s?	DE BEERS	N/A
LL108 MD11	❌	What Washington state–based manufacturer and member of the NASDAQ-100 produces the Kenworth and Peterbilt lines of large commercial trucks and owns Netherlands-based DAF Trucks?	PACCAR	N/A
LL108 MD7	❌	What was invented in 1994 by avid Go player Masahiro Hara, while working at Toyota affiliate Denso Wave, for the purpose of tracking car parts in Toyota factories?	QR (QUICK RESPONSE) CODES	N/A
LL108 MD5	✅	In 2004, BP hired advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather to popularize what two-word term for the measure of an individual's personal contribution to climate change? Coined in 1999 but relatively obscure until this campaign, the phrase is now common—though critics argue BP's intent was to shift public focus away from fossil fuel companies and onto consumers.	CARBON FOOTPRINT	N/A
LL107 MD22	❌	The Walt Disney Company made two especially notable acquisitions in the 2010s: the 2012 purchase of Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, and the 2019 completion of a $71.3 billion transaction involving key assets from another media and entertainment giant, which itself had spun off from News Corporation in 2013. Give the precise name of this latter acquisition target (as the name appeared in its logo) at the time of the deal.	21ST CENTURY FOX	N/A
LL107 MD18	❌	In 2023, Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett coined what phrase, derived from a classic 1960 Western, to refer collectively to the influential tech stocks with the ticker symbols AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, META, MSFT, NVDA, and TSLA?	MAGNIFICENT SEVEN	N/A
LL107 MD10	❌	In securities investing, what letter-named measure (i.e., it is named for a letter, but it is not one character) indicates an investment's ability to outperform the overall market? A popular crowd-sourced financial news and investing website takes its name from investors "seeking" this edge.	ALPHA	N/A
LL107 MD7	❌	What two-word Latin term, seven letters in total, is used in business and finance (and elsewhere) to denote a proportionate allocation according to one's share of the whole? One example is in the distribution of dividends to shareholders.	PRO RATA	N/A
LL107 MD4	✅	VIX is an index managed by Cboe Global Markets (formerly the Chicago Board Options Exchange) to measure the market's expectation of what, as represented by the "V"?	VOLATILITY	N/A
LL106 MD24	❌	The formation in 1901 of United States Steel Corporation, regarded as the world's first billion-dollar company, was orchestrated primarily by what powerful American financier?	J.P. MORGAN	N/A
LL106 MD19	❌	Forbesmagazine's 2024 list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women began with four non-American governmental officials (Ursula von der Leyen, Christine Lagarde, Giorgia Meloni, and Claudia Sheinbaum), with the next three spots held by American CEOs (Mary Barra, Abigail Johnson, and Julie Sweet). Name any one of the three companies led by these latter three women.	GENERAL MOTORS, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS, ACCENTURE	N/A
LL106 MD13	❌	Implemented in 1948, what international legal framework—designed to promote cross-border commerce and reduce taxes, quotas, and other barriers—formed the basis of, and was succeeded by, the World Trade Organization in 1995? Either the full name or its four-letter abbreviation is acceptable.	GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE/GATT	N/A
LL106 MD6	✅	What refrigerator brand, founded in the 1910s and so popular in mid-20th-century America that its name was often used generically for any refrigerator, has a name that sounds like what one should expect to find inside a refrigerator?	FRIGIDAIRE	N/A
LL106 MD3	❌	The 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson—the largest corporate merger in U.S. history at the time and an effort to compete with the "Big Three" car manufacturers—begat what new automaker, later a buyer of Kaiser Jeep in 1970 and itself acquired by Chrysler in 1987?	AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION (AMC)	N/A
LL105 MD25	❌	What company is named for the typically most challenging climb of a mountain, and has a logo inspired by Half Dome in California, where the company was founded?	THE NORTH FACE	N/A
LL105 MD22	❌	What Italian luxury brand, best known for its popular high-fashion (and high-price) sneakers that feature its signature five-pointed star, evokes a fowl from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale?	GOLDEN GOOSE	N/A
LL105 MD20	✅	The Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) are four of Canada’s “Big Five” banks. What is the fifth, which like the other four is headquartered in Toronto, but which is named after a province other than Ontario?	SCOTIABANK (BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA)	N/A
LL105 MD16	❌	The Bentayga, Flying Spur, Continental GT, and Mulsanne are current or recent car models manufactured by what British automaker, today a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group?	BENTLEY	N/A
LL105 MD9	❌	"Motorrad" (which translates to "motorcycle" in English, derived from "motor" and "rad" for wheel) is a brand and division of what automaker?	BMW	N/A
LL105 MD3	❌	Among the companies that have been granted trademark protection for signature colors under the Lanham Act are Tiffany & Co.'s proprietary blue, UPS's "Pullman Brown", and Owens Corning, which registered the name for their trademark color with the US Patent and Trademark Office in all caps. What is that color?	PINK	N/A
LL105 MD2	❌	The foundation of modern macroeconomics was established to a significant degree by the 1936 publication of a seminal work by John Maynard Keynes. Its title begins withThe General Theory ofand goes on to list three fundamental economic factors that influence an overall economy. Name any one of those three words.	EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, MONEY	N/A
LL104 MD12	✅	What company, listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen, saw its market capitalization surpass Denmark’s gross domestic product in August 2023?	NOVO NORDISK	N/A
LL104 MD8	❌	November 2021 saw the grand opening of a store in the Metro Manila city of Pasay that encompasses 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), making it the company's largest. It surpassed a 55,000-square-meter facility that first opened in 1965 in a shopping area called Kungens Kurva, which translates to "The King's Bend" in English. What is the company?	IKEA	N/A
LL104 MD5	❌	In early 2002, the euro replaced the schilling, franc (three different ones), markka, deutschmark, drachma, pound, guilder, escudo, and peseta. One currency is missing from this list—what is its name?	LIRA	N/A
LL104 MD3	❌	The retail establishment widely cited as the first legitimate department store opened its doors to provide a "good bargain" to local Parisians in 1838. What was the name of this store?	LE BON MARCHÉ	N/A
LL104 MD1	❌	In 1986,The Economistintroduced a tool for analyzing the purchasing power parity of currencies by comparing the prices in different countries of what food item, after which the "Index" is named, and which is standardized and available worldwide?	BIG MAC	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD8	✅	Due to the primary work by which he is known, 19th-century Austrian Ludwig Ritter von Köchel will forever be inextricably linked with what 18th-century countryman?	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART	N/A
LL109 MD1	✅	Pitched metal bars that are laid out in a keyboard arrangement and struck with a mallet comprise what musical instrument, which is also sometimes known simply as "bells" (and in fact is named from the German for "play" and "bells")?	GLOCKENSPIEL	N/A
LL108 MD21	✅	In medieval musical notation, notes were often written as dots. This gave rise to what musical term, for the practice of combining two or more independent melodic lines "against" each other so that they sound harmonious together?	COUNTERPOINT	N/A
LL108 MD14	❌	What instrument, found across numerous genres and distinctive for its pairs of "zills", has ancient origins but a modern name derived from French?	TAMBOURINE	N/A
LL108 MD8	❌	Und zum Schluß bringt noch einen Gruß / Uns'rer lieben Donau, dem herrlichen Fluß!So begins the final stanza from the lyrics to the less popular choral version of what orchestral work, first performed in 1867?	THE BLUE DANUBE	N/A
LL108 MD3	✅	"The Stars and Stripes Forever", "El Capitan", and "The Liberty Bell" are among the first musical pieces to include what instrument, in no small part because they were composed by the man who originated its design?	SOUSAPHONE	N/A
LL107 MD16	✅	What ancient musical instrument, after which a type of formal poetry is named, consists of a resonator or sound box and two upright arms joined by a crossbar, with gut strings (as many as 12) that are stretched vertically between the resonator and the crossbar and plucked with a plectrum?	LYRE	N/A
LL107 MD14	✅	The 1900 operaThe Tale of Tsar Saltanis only moderately known today, but a short, frantic orchestral interlude from it—an example of aperpetuum mobile("perpetual motion")—remains hugely popular. What is the name of this interlude?	THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE	N/A
LL107 MD1	✅	The sticking pattern RLRR LRLL is the basic form of what drumming rudiment, commonly taught to beginners?	(SINGLE) PARADIDDLE	N/A
LL106 MD23	❌	Name the influential virtuoso classical guitarist born in 1893 in the Andalusian city of Linares (and not the Castilian-Leonese city with which he shares his name).	ANDRÉS SEGOVIA	N/A
LL106 MD17	✅	Tchaikovsky titled his Symphony No. 6 in B minorПатетическая, meaning "emotional" or "moving", but the work is best known by what French word, which is also used for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8?	PATHÉTIQUE	N/A
LL106 MD8	❌	A minimalist and unconventional compositional technique known as "tintinnabuli" ("little bells" in Latin) was developed in the 1970s by what Estonian composer, known for works such asFür AlinaandSpiegel im Spiegel?	ARVO PÄRT	N/A
LL106 MD4	✅	What misnamed musical instrument (actually a woodwind from Central Europe) has a slightly conical bore, a double reed, and a bulb-shaped bell—effectively an alto oboe?	COR ANGLAIS/ENGLISH HORN	N/A
LL105 MD22	✅	Three valves—one which lengthens a tube by 160mm, the second by 70mm, and the third by 270mm—are essential components of what?	TRUMPET	N/A
LL105 MD9	❌	A love triangle of sorts, among the Cowgirl, Head Wrangler, and Rancher's Daughter, provides the storyline for the first section of what 1942 ballet?	RODEO	N/A
LL105 MD3	✅	What 1875 opera by Georges Bizet begins at the Royal Tobacco Factory in Seville, Spain, and ends outside aplaza de toros?	CARMEN	N/A
LL104 MD20	✅	What piano-like instrument, in which metal plates or bars are struck with felt hammers when its keys are pressed, traditionally produces the twinkling sounds that represent the fairy in Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"?	CELESTA	N/A
LL104 MD15	✅	In music, the masculine form of this Italian word denotes a fast or lively tempo. In medicine, the feminine form is a popular brand name for fexofenadine. Give either form of this word in question.	ALLEGRO, ALLEGRA	N/A
LL104 MD10	❌	Hungarian-born conductor George Szell received international acclaim during his time from 1946 until his death in 1970 as the musical director of the symphony orchestra in what US city? At the start of his tenure, the city was near its peak population of 915,000 (today, it's less than half of that).	CLEVELAND	N/A
LL104 MD6	✅	What is the name for the type of musical composition, such as famous works by Frederic Chopin and John Field, that are often languid, meditative, and lyrical, evoking the period of time after which they are named?	NOCTURNE	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD4	❌	What American billionaire and real estate magnate is well known as the owner of multiple professional sports franchises and facilities through his namesake company, including the Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal F.C. and Arsenal W.F.C., and the Colorado Avalanche (and their home venues)? He is also the largest private landowner in the United States, with holdings of about 2.7 million acres, approaching the size of the state of Connecticut.	STAN KROENKE	N/A
LL108 MD23	❌	The two candidates in Ukraine's bitterly contested 2004 election, which triggered the Orange Revolution, shared what first name, which is also the name of the man who has served as Prime Minister of a neighboring country since 2010 (and also from 1998 to 2002)?	VIKTOR	N/A
LL108 MD20	✅	What former President, along with several allies, was convicted by a panel of Supreme Court justices in Brazil on charges including attempting to unlawfully overturn the election result, following his defeat in 2022?	JAIR BOLSONARO	N/A
LL108 MD18	❌	A current list of seven members includes Philip Jefferson, Michelle Bowman, Christopher Waller, Lisa Cook, Michael Barr, and Stephen Miran, with what name missing?	JEROME POWELL	N/A
LL108 MD16	❌	In February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly declined a U.S. government offer of evacuation from Kyiv by saying, "The fight is here; I need [BLANK], not a [BLANK]." What two words fill in the blanks in this quote?	AMMUNITION, RIDE	N/A
LL107 MD23	✅	The Ugandan academic and commentator who is currently a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York, and is known for his influential post-9/11 bookGood Muslim, Bad Muslim, has the first name of Mahmood. What is his last name—a name which has emerged from relative obscurity in the past year?	MAMDANI	N/A
LL107 MD18	✅	In 2024, what Southeast Asian country officially began moving some government functions to its future new capital Nusantara, starting the transition away from the city which has served as capital since its independence in 1945 (and prior to that during its Japanese occupation and Dutch colonial period)?	INDONESIA	N/A
LL107 MD17	❌	Edmundo González claimed victory against Nicolás Maduro and was subsequently recognized by the United States as having received the most votes in the disputed 2024 presidential election in what country?	VENEZUELA	N/A
LL107 MD1	✅	A heist that took all of seven minutes and made international news on October 19, 2025 occurred at what historic site?	LOUVRE	N/A
LL106 MD15	❌	In August 2025, guests staying at Hotel Captain Cook found eight pages of documents in a public printer that revealed information about meetings on the 15th of that month between the presidents of Russia and the United States. In what city is this hotel located?	ANCHORAGE	N/A
LL106 MD3	✅	In June 2025, activists unfurled a newsworthy 30-square-foot banner reading, "If you can rent [REDACTED] for your wedding, you can pay more tax." What city was named on the banner?	VENICE	N/A
LL106 MD2	❌	In May 2025, pro-EU candidate Nicușor Dan defeated nationalist George Simion to become president of what country, after the Constitutional Court annulled the first-round vote in December 2024 over suspected Russian interference.	ROMANIA	N/A
LL105 MD23	✅	Before winning his current position via a special election in 2013, U.S. Senator Cory Booker was elected twice to what office (including jurisdiction)?	MAYOR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY	N/A
LL105 MD8	❌	Since early 2022, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has served as the chairman of what center-right political party, which was led by Angela Merkel for 18 years beginning in 2000?	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU)	N/A
LL105 MD6	✅	Name the two individuals who served as speaker of the United States House of Representatives during Donald Trump's first term as president.	PAUL RYAN, NANCY PELOSI	N/A
LL105 MD3	❌	Identify the economist and politician, a former goalie for Harvard University's ice hockey team, who served as the governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and in the same role for the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.	MARK CARNEY	N/A
LL104 MD21	✅	While he serves as the country's president, Xi Jinping is considered the de facto paramount leader of China because he leads two key entities: the CCP and the CMC. What is the full English name of either of these?	CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION	N/A

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LL109 MD6	❌	IMDb's synopsis for the 1997 neo-noir classicL.A. Confidential(now fossilized across the internet) describes three of the film's central policemen as "one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy". Guy Pearce plays the strait-laced Ed Exley; what actor plays the brutal Bud White?	RUSSELL CROWE	N/A
LL109 MD5	❌	While clearly influenced by French New Wave cinema and Akira Kurosawa'sSeven Samurai, director Arthur Penn claimed that his 1967 film was the first in mainstream American cinema to depict graphic violence using slow motion and rapid, convulsive editing, most famously in its climactic final death scene. What is that film?	BONNIE AND CLYDE	N/A
LL109 MD4	✅	In 1977, film sound designer Ben Burtt combined the hum of an idling film projector with interference buzz picked up when a microphone cable passed too close to a television's CRT to create the iconic drone of what famous cinematic prop?	LIGHTSABER	N/A
LL108 MD24	❌	An influential journal founded in Paris in 1951 which helped develop a critical theory known aspolitique des auteurshas the titleCahiers du [BLANK].Cahiersmeans "Notebooks" in English; what word fills in the blank in the title—and also names the journal's subject matter?	CINÉMA (CINEMA)	N/A
LL108 MD21	❌	While 1969'sEasy Riderfamously used only pre-existing songs in place of an original score, what film two years earlier had already pioneered that novel approach in a non-musical, with over half its soundtrack drawn from the era's most popular musical duo?	THE GRADUATE	N/A
LL108 MD18	❌	What 2025 film was the 13th collaboration between producer Jerry Bruckheimer and composer Hans Zimmer, a movie thematically similar to their first collaboration, 1990'sDays of Thunder?	F1: THE MOVIE	N/A
LL108 MD16	❌	Scicolone was the birth surname of what film actress, a protégée and later wife of producer Carlo Ponti, who starred in Stanley Kramer'sThe Pride and the Passionand won an Oscar for Vittorio De Sica'sLa Ciociara?	SOPHIA LOREN	N/A
LL108 MD14	✅	What term was coined for high-capacity bombs used in WWII by the British Royal Air Force that were powerful enough to destroy a particularly large area of land, and was shortly thereafter adopted by Hollywood publicists and journalists as a metaphor for certain film productions (and remains in common use today)?	BLOCKBUSTER	N/A
LL108 MD11	❌	What 2005 Christopher Nolan film has often been described in reviews and retrospectives as a "grounded reboot", and helped establish the template for franchise reboots in the decades since?	BATMAN BEGINS	N/A
LL108 MD9	✅	On a film set, the daily master schedule created by the assistant director team that outlines who needs to be where, when, and what scenes they're shooting, as well as locations, weather, contacts, safety notes, and other miscellany, is commonly referred to by what two-word term?	CALL SHEET	N/A
LL108 MD7	✅	What two-word phrase ends the names of a hit 2025 film sequel and a 1995 UK #1 and US top-ten hit by Take That, as well as the names of numerous companies' philanthropic and social responsibility initiatives?	FOR GOOD	N/A
LL108 MD5	❌	Don Corleone, G. Gordon Liddy, Dr. Rosenrosen, Arnold Babar, and John Cocktoastin are among the aliases used by the titular investigative reporter in what 1985 comedy?	FLETCH	N/A
LL108 MD4	❌	SinceParasite's Best Picture win at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony in 2020, at least one foreign-language film has been nominated for that same award each year. Which of these nominees was the third adaptation of a 1929 anti-war novel?	ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT	N/A
LL107 MD24	❌	What is the most notable distinction shared by the Best Picture Oscar nomineesToy Story 3,Babe,Beauty and the Beast,Sounder,Fiddler on the Roof,Airport,Hello, Dolly!, andOliver!(the only winner in this list)? It's a distinction they share with no other nominees, and a distinction to which nominee (and winner)Midnight Cowboystands alone in a direct contrast.	RATED G	N/A
LL107 MD21	❌	What 1995 movie earned the nicknames "Fishtar" and "Kevin's Gate" due to its troubled production and record-breaking $175 million budget?	WATERWORLD	N/A
LL107 MD19	❌	A U.S. Senate aide, who prepares Lewis Strauss for his confirmation hearing in 1959 as Secretary of Commerce under President Eisenhower, is purportedly the only invented character in what critically acclaimed and award-winning biopic?	OPPENHEIMER	N/A
LL107 MD17	❌	Duke Leto Atreides, Poe Dameron, Dante Alighieri, and Victor Frankenstein are among the characters portrayed on film by what Guatemala-born actor?	OSCAR ISAAC	N/A
LL107 MD13	✅	While the first Patty Jenkins/Gal GadotWonder Womanfilm was set at the end of World War I, its sequel was set in what year?	1984	N/A
LL107 MD12	✅	The 2020 Disney+ shortOnce Upon a Snowmantells the origin story of a character first introduced in what 2013 film?	FROZEN	N/A
LL107 MD10	❌	"Get ready for rush hour" was the movie poster tagline for what film, directed by Jan de Bont and released widely in the US in 1994 one week before O.J. Simpson's low-velocity freeway chase in Los Angeles?	SPEED	N/A
LL107 MD7	✅	The "Deep Note", a distinctive synthesized and deeply resonant crescendo that glissandos from a low rumble to a high pitch, was composed in 1983 by Lucasfilm sound engineer Dr. James A. Moorer. It serves as the audio trademark for what three-letter sound system certification?	THX	N/A
LL107 MD5	❌	Denzel Washington has starred in five films directed by Spike Lee, withHighest 2 Lowestthe most recent andMalcolm Xthe most notable. Name any one of the other three.	MO' BETTER BLUES, HE GOT GAME, INSIDE MAN	N/A
LL107 MD3	❌	A complex at 1820 E. Thomas St. in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood serves as the central setting of what 1992 film and grunge-era Gen X classic?	SINGLES	N/A
LL106 MD25	❌	What is the rather concise full name (first and last) shared by Jon Voight's would-be gigolo inMidnight Cowboyand the television play-by-play announcer for most MLB World Series games from 1996 to 2021?	JOE BUCK	N/A
LL106 MD21	❌	The 1931 filmThe Front Pagewas the first big-screen adaptation of the 1928 play of the same name, but the second, a breakneck-paced 1940 adaptation, had what other title—reflecting the change in gender of the reporter character (played in 1940 by Rosalind Russell)?	HIS GIRL FRIDAY	N/A
LL106 MD19	✅	The unorthodox golf swing characterized by a running approach before striking the ball, somewhat reminiscent of a slap shot in ice hockey, is commonly named after what 1996 comedy film that popularized it?	HAPPY GILMORE	N/A
LL106 MD18	✅	A 1975 film described byEntertainment Weeklymagazine in 2017 as a "feminist horror classic" and contemporaneously by Betty Friedan as "a rip-off of the women's movement" was, along with the 1972 novel on which it was based and its 2004 remake, set in what fictional Connecticut town?	STEPFORD	N/A
LL106 MD12	❌	In a 1997 action thriller starring Harrison Ford, his character instructs Gary Oldman's Ivan Korshunov to deboard from the titular conveyance (and then assists him in doing so) using what precise four-word statement?	GET OFF MY PLANE	N/A
LL106 MD10	❌	Stacee Jaxx, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, Mitch McDeere, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, and Cole Trickle are among the film characters played by what actor?	TOM CRUISE	N/A
LL106 MD7	❌	In a 2024 animated film, "Roz" is a character who becomes guardian of a gosling on a deserted island. Per the film's title, what is Roz?	(WILD) ROBOT	N/A
LL106 MD5	❌	Who starred unsmilingly in the comediesThe Navigator(1924),The General(1926), andThe Cameraman(1928)?	BUSTER KEATON	N/A
LL106 MD2	✅	From 2005 to 2012, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp both appeared in five different films directed by whom?	TIM BURTON	N/A
LL106 MD1	❌	Which Best Picture Oscar nominee, released widely in the U.S. in October 2024 (and in Italy that December), foreshadowed real-world events that occurred seven months later?	CONCLAVE	N/A
LL105 MD23	❌	In a 2025 science fiction film directed by Bong Joon Ho, Robert Pattinson plays version 17 (and all previous and subsequent versions) of an "Expendable" with what first name?	MICKEY	N/A
LL105 MD17	✅	What somber 1961 Stanley Kramer drama set in postwar Bavaria featured a star-studded cast including Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Marlene Dietrich, Werner Klemperer, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, and William Shatner?	JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG	N/A
LL105 MD14	❌	François Truffaut's 1962 celebration of bohemian life features two artists, played by Oskar Werner and Henri Serre, whose peaceful friendship is catalyzed by the presence of Jeanne Moreau's wily and independent Catherine. What iseitherof the men's names, which together form the film's title?	JULES ET JIM	N/A
LL105 MD12	❌	Among the approximately three dozen feature films directed by Steven Spielberg, nine have one-word titles. Which one of those nine films is named after a city, one of the many cities in which that particular film's action is set?	MUNICH	N/A
LL105 MD10	✅	A film franchise with six installments from 2010 to 2024, including two prequels that focus on a set of side characters and on the main character's path to villainy, has become by some measures the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time. What is the franchise (or its first film, which gives the franchise its name)?	DESPICABLE ME	N/A
LL105 MD7	❌	What tagline was used as the title of the Oscar-winning 1952 Cecil B. DeMille film set in a circus, and starring Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, and James Stewart?	THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH	N/A
LL105 MD4	❌	Everything Everywhere All at Once,Civil War,Uncut Gems, andLady Birdare among the top-grossing films of what independent film and television production company, whose alphanumeric name derives from an Italian motorway?	A24	N/A
LL105 MD1	❌	What two long-time friends and acting legends (and recipients of the Order of the British Empire) starred together in the firstX-Menfilm in 2000 and later reunited on stage inWaiting for Godotproductions in both the West End and on Broadway?	IAN MCKELLEN, PATRICK STEWART	N/A
LL104 MD24	✅	What is the name of the famous Hollywood stock sound effect first recorded for the 1951 filmDistant Drums? Named after a character who was shot with an arrow in the 1953 filmThe Charge at Feather River, this "Scream" has been used in countless movies, includingStar Wars,Raiders of the Lost Ark,Pirates of the Caribbean, andToy Story.	WILHELM SCREAM	N/A
LL104 MD22	❌	The 2020 film subtitledMugen Trainis based on a popular Japanese anime and manga series and became the highest-grossing anime film of all time. In the story, Tanjiro adopts what two-word role after the slaughter of his family and transformation of his sister? This role is also the primary title of the film and series.	DEMON SLAYER	N/A
LL104 MD21	❌	In his Oscar-winning role inThe French Connection(1971), Gene Hackman played a character with what nickname—also shared by a famous comic strip character who first appeared in 1929 before becoming popular in animated shorts and other media?	POPEYE	N/A
LL104 MD20	✅	Young Mr. Lincoln(1939),The Grapes of Wrath(1940),My Darling Clementine(1946), andFort Apache(1948): Combining the first name of a star of all of these films with the last name of the director of these films results in the name of what industrialist? (First and last name required.)	HENRY FORD	N/A
LL104 MD19	❌	While four of the five films (so far) in the Rambo series include the name "Rambo" in the title, the first film did not—though its title proved fitting nonetheless. What was the title of that first film?	FIRST BLOOD	N/A
LL104 MD18	❌	George Burns (as Mr. Kite), Frankie Howerd (Mean Mr. Mustard), Peter Frampton (Billy Shears), and Sandy Farina (Strawberry Fields) appeared in what poorly received 1978 musical pastiche film?	SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND	N/A
LL104 MD17	✅	Exploring the aftermath of King T'Challa's death, the 2022 sequel toBlack Pantherwas one of that year's top-grossing films. By what two-word subtitle is this film commonly known?	WAKANDA FOREVER	N/A
LL104 MD15	❌	What film series saw releases in 1979, 1981, 1985, 2015, and 2024, with the first film made on a budget of approximately $350,000 and the most recent costing $168 million?	MAD MAX	N/A
LL104 MD9	✅	What word appears in the titles of a 2025 film based on a bestselling graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, a 2021 Western drama directed by Jane Campion, and a 1975 crime drama classic directed by Sidney Lumet?	DOG	N/A
LL104 MD4	❌	Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are the inspiration for what film series, whose namesake debut introduced the duo in 2013 and whose latest installment, released in 2021, is subtitledThe Devil Made Me Do It?	THE CONJURING	N/A
LL104 MD2	❌	Hollywood legend and multiple-Oscar winner Rick Baker has been credited with several "below-the-line" roles in films. A typical one is the following, from 1981'sAn American Werewolf in London, in which one word is redacted: Special [REDACTED] effects designer and creator. What is that redacted word?	MAKEUP	N/A

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LL109 MD9	❌	A traditional Polish "hunter's stew" consisting of sauerkraut, fresh cabbage, and assorted meats such as beef, pork, and kiełbasa, which is cooked slowly at a simmer for several hours and is widely considered the national dish of Poland, is known by what five-letter name?	BIGOS	N/A
LL109 MD5	✅	Ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard (and sometimes salami) on pressed bread: This is a quintessential recipe for what sandwich? Though its origins are unknown, the sandwich's name also very likely describes the individual who made the first one.	CUBANO	N/A
LL109 MD3	❌	Friendly debates among people in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and other West African nations center on whose version of what tomato-based rice dish is best? Typically cooked in one pot with onions, peppers, and spices, it descends fromThieboudienneand takes its name from a powerful historical West African state.	JOLLOF RICE	N/A
LL109 MD2	❌	Dr. Samuel W. Francis of Rhode Island received U.S. patent 147,119 on February 3, 1874, for what hybrid, whose common name was trademarked by Hyde W. Ballard in 1951 and the Van Brode Milling Company in 1970, and which was popularized in large part by KFC beginning in the 1970s?	SPORK	N/A
LL108 MD25	✅	The 15th-century arrival of chili peppers in North Africa led to the creation of what condiment, often compared to sriracha though typically thicker and less sweet, and made from rehydrated dried chilies blended with garlic, caraway, coriander, and olive oil? Popular across the region and its diaspora communities, it is widely considered the national condiment of Tunisia.	HARISSA	N/A
LL108 MD23	❌	"Pie and mash" shops are traditional English eateries that proliferated in 19th-century East London, serving working-class customers minced beef pies, mashed potatoes with a green parsley sauce called "liquor", and often what fish?	EELS	N/A
LL108 MD17	❌	What is the most common name for the cut of steak that includes two muscles, thelongissimus dorsiand thespinalis dorsi, with the latter widely considered by chefs and butchers the most flavorful muscle on the cow? Thelongissimus dorsialone, when instead cut from the short loin, is commonly known as a New York Strip.	RIBEYE	N/A
LL108 MD16	✅	What vegetable took on its now-familiar color around the 16th and 17th centuries, largely due to Dutch cultivation efforts (though likely not in honor of the Dutch royal house, despite popular claims)?	CARROT	N/A
LL108 MD13	❌	Margarinetakes its name from the Greek word for "pearl", and originally had that name with what prefix, referring to one of the primary ingredients with which it has been made?	OLEO	N/A
LL108 MD10	❌	What Spanish product, whose name refers to where it is aged, is the closest equivalent to the FrenchChampagneand the ItalianProsecco?	CAVA	N/A
LL108 MD7	✅	What fruit is the primary commercial source of bromelain, an enzyme that breaks down proteins and can begin breaking down the soft tissues of the mouth, tongue, and lips when eaten raw? This enzyme is deactivated by cooking or canning, which is common with the fruit but not required.	PINEAPPLE	N/A
LL108 MD5	✅	What chicken finger purveyor began in 1996 with a single location near the campus of Louisiana State University and, by the end of 2025, had grown to nearly 1,000 locations and more than $5 billion in annual sales?	RAISING CANE'S	N/A
LL108 MD3	❌	The Mexican state of Jalisco's various claims to fame include its status as the primary source of whattrago, whose birthplace and namesake is a city approximately 40 miles northwest of the state capital, Guadalajara?	TEQUILA	N/A
LL107 MD25	❌	YO! Sushi, founded in 1997 in London's Soho district, introduced many Western diners to a concept invented in Osaka in 1958 by Yoshiaki Shiraishi calledkaiten-zushi, which involves the serving of sushi using what device?	(ROTATING) CONVEYOR BELT	N/A
LL107 MD23	❌	A popular sandwich was reportedly invented in New Orleans in 1929 by restaurant owners and former streetcar workers Bennie and Clovis Martin, who served it free of charge to striking streetcar workers who were low on funds. What name is used for this sandwich (influenced by the strikers themselves)?	PO' BOY	N/A
LL107 MD20	❌	What familiar name for a spice common in Middle Eastern and Jamaican cuisine (which is also known as pimento, myrtle pepper, or Jamaica pepper, and which is not actually a blend) refers to its flavor, resembling cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg combined?	ALLSPICE	N/A
LL107 MD15	✅	The appropriately namedcommon wheataccounts for about 95% of global wheat production. In second place is what hard variety, milled to make semolina flour and the source for nearly all commercially produced pasta?	DURUM	N/A
LL107 MD13	✅	The Chinese dim sum dishturnip cakeis not actually made with turnips, but with what variety of radish, also common in Japanese cuisine (the name is Japanese for "big root") where it is served raw, pickled, or as atsumagarnish?	DAIKON	N/A
LL107 MD10	❌	A trademark feature of what German chocolate brand is its 3.5-ounce square bar, divided into sixteen smaller squares in a 4×4 grid? Popular varieties include milk chocolate with hazelnuts (brown wrapper), milk chocolate with almonds (green), and dark chocolate with marzipan filling (red).	RITTER (SPORT)	N/A
LL107 MD8	❌	What four-letter Scottish term, from Scottish Gaelic meaning "valley", is used as a prefix in the names of dozens of Scotch whiskies?	GLEN	N/A
LL107 MD4	✅	Smuckers has sued Trader Joe's, alleging that the grocer has copied its popular thaw-and-eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. What is the brand name of Smuckers' version?	UNCRUSTABLES	N/A
LL107 MD1	✅	An artistic rendering of a fruit from theCapsicum annuumplant makes up most of the logo for what casual-dining restaurant chain, founded in Texas in 1975?	CHILI'S (GRILL & BAR)	N/A
LL106 MD24	✅	What name for a signature beverage of the protagonist from a 1998 comedy film could perhaps evoke a resident of Minsk and environs?	WHITE RUSSIAN	N/A
LL106 MD18	❌	All-purpose flour, salt, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, and chopped nuts (optional). These are the officially listed ingredients in Nestle's recipe for toll house chocolate chip cookies, with what one ingredient missing?	BAKING SODA (SODIUM BICARBONATE)	N/A
LL106 MD15	❌	What is the term for the cooking technique, a method of butterflying, in which a bird (usually a chicken) is split and flattened, with the backbone removed (and also sometimes the sternum)?	SPATCHCOCK	N/A
LL106 MD13	❌	While the wordpizzais familiar for the dish globally, the dialectical variantapizzausually refers specifically to a coal-fired Neapolitan style associated with what New England city?	NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT	N/A
LL106 MD12	❌	What staple of menus at Chinese restaurants in North America (but rare to non-existent in China) is a sweet variation of General Tso's reportedly developed at a Panda Express in Hawaii in 1987?	ORANGE CHICKEN	N/A
LL106 MD8	✅	The drink of the gods that conferred immortality in Greek mythology gives its name to what fruit andPrunus persicacultivar?	NECTARINE	N/A
LL106 MD6	✅	In the popular Indian dish saag paneer, "saag" refers to spiced, pureed leafy greens such as spinach or mustard greens. What is "paneer"?	CHEESE	N/A
LL106 MD1	✅	The USDA recognizes three official grades for ketchup, with the lowest being "Standard" and the middle "Extra Standard." What word, which outside the ketchup-sphere suggests something ornamental or extravagant, is used for the highest grade, having the thickest texture and most tomato solids?	FANCY	N/A
LL105 MD20	✅	In the following luxurious and delectable list of terms, what word would most typically fill in the blank?Aperitivo, [BLANK],primo,secondo,contorno,insalata,formaggi e frutta,dolce,caffè,digestivo.	ANTIPASTO	N/A
LL105 MD19	✅	A Japanese term for a tea made from edible kelp is likely the misapplied source of the name of a popular fermented tea drink that originated in China. Give the name of either of these two otherwise unrelated drinks.	KONBU-CHA/KOMBUCHA	N/A
LL105 MD16	✅	The small ball of vinegared rice topped with a piece of fresh raw fish, seafood, or another ingredient is often generally referred to as sushi, but is actually a specific type of sushi known by what name?	NIGIRI (NIGIRIZUSHI)	N/A
LL105 MD12	✅	In southern-US cuisine, what word is both a verb for a method by which a large amount of shellfish, corn, potatoes, and seasoning is prepared, and a noun for a gathering at which such a feast is served?	BOIL	N/A
LL105 MD11	❌	Although it was founded in 1971, on Piccadilly near Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park, what chain began its themed décor motif in 1979, by way of gifts from Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend?	HARD ROCK CAFÉ	N/A
LL105 MD8	❌	What "king of chefs and chef of kings" created the kitchen brigade system and is widely credited with modernizing French haute cuisine?	AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER	N/A
LL105 MD6	✅	Spent brewer's yeast, a byproduct of beer production, has a number of applications, including nutritional supplements, livestock feed and pet food, soil fertilizer, cosmetics, biofuel, and what food product manufactured by Australia's Bega Group?	VEGEMITE	N/A
LL105 MD2	❌	Three pounds of cut-up, bone-in chicken, four ounces of lean bacon cut into lardons, and three cups of Burgundy, Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône, or Chianti are among the ingredients called for in Julia Child's classic recipe for what dish, fromMastering the Art of French Cooking?	COQ AU VIN	N/A
LL104 MD25	❌	The most recent iteration of what fictional character, first created in 1921 by the company known today as General Mills, is a composite based on 75 real women of various demographics?	BETTY CROCKER	N/A
LL104 MD22	❌	The tangy brown pulp extracted from the pods of what tropical tree is a staple in South Indian and Goan cuisine—flavoring curries, chutneys, and lentils—and is produced in greater quantities by India than any other country in the worldby far?	TAMARIND	N/A
LL104 MD19	✅	Gianduja, a creamy and smooth confection from Italy's Piedmont region, traditionally blends chocolate with what other ingredient, which also provides the primary flavor in the Piedmontese liqueur Frangelico?	HAZELNUTS/FILBERTS	N/A
LL104 MD16	✅	On the weekend of the first Saturday every May, revelers in Louisville, Kentucky, ritualistically consume over 1,000 pounds of fresh foliage from what perennial?	MINT	N/A
LL104 MD13	❌	Laverie Automatique, located on Place du Marché Saint-Honoré in Paris's First Arrondissement near the Jardin des Tuileries, is one of many places that could reasonably be described using the name of what renowned restaurant in Napa Valley's wine country?	FRENCH LAUNDRY	N/A
LL104 MD11	✅	Sticks of dough that are fried, coated in sugar, and sometimes dipped in chocolate — this describes numerous desserts all over the world, but in Spain and Latin America, they're often known by what name, purportedly after a breed of Spanish sheep with ridged horns?	CHURROS	N/A
LL104 MD6	❌	Despite holding his current rank since his introduction in 1963, what seafaring brand mascot with disembodied eyebrows only began wearing sleeves with the appropriate four bars in July 2023?	CAP'N CRUNCH	N/A
LL104 MD5	❌	The sturdy-heeledDeba, the versatileSantoku, the delicateUsuba, and the narrowYanagibaare all different Japanese types of what?	KNIVES	N/A
LL104 MD3	✅	A popular but surely false etymology for the name of what cut of beef, taken from between the lower ribs of the animal and the rump, regards England's King James I, who appreciated the cut so much he elevated it to knighthood?	SIRLOIN	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD6	❌	"Little Mo" was the nickname of what American tennis champion, who in 1953 became the first woman to win all four major singles titles in one year?	MAUREEN CONNOLLY	N/A
LL109 MD5	❌	One of the least consequential goals in FIFA World Cup history came in the 90th minute of the July 8, 2014 semifinal, when Brazil's Oscar scored to avoid a shutout against what country, which by that point had already scoredseven?	GERMANY	N/A
LL109 MD3	❌	What sport has existed in England since at least the 12th century and has enjoyed—particularly in Ascot, Berkshire—long royal patronage, hence its popular nickname?	HORSE RACING	N/A
LL108 MD25	❌	A detailed analysis of newspaper front pages during the 1930s by Alfred Mosher Butts reportedly informed an integral element of what board game, which was trademarked under this current name in 1948?	SCRABBLE	N/A
LL108 MD23	✅	What 1995 board game is widely credited with sparking the modern board game movement by introducing international audiences to European-style games with features like non-elimination gameplay and a 'robber' mechanic? For its 20th anniversary, the game was rebranded to simply the original title's final word, which is also the game's fictional setting.	(THE SETTLERS OF) CATAN	N/A
LL108 MD22	❌	A 2012 event dubbed the "Miracle at Medinah" has nothing to do with Islam, but rather with a dramatic turn of events in late September of that year that occurred seven miles west of Chicago's O'Hare Airport in what game?	GOLF (RYDER CUP)	N/A
LL108 MD18	✅	What word belongs on a certain list that also includeslead pipeandrope, and also belongs on a certain list that includesA Hard Day's NightandHelp!?	REVOLVER	N/A
LL108 MD17	❌	Ipponandwaza-ariare the two types of scores in what sport, which made its Olympic debut for men in 1964 (appropriately)?	JUDO	N/A
LL108 MD15	✅	In baseball, one of the statistics that measures a pitcher's performance, essentially how many baserunners a pitcher allows, is abbreviated WHIP. What do the letters in WHIP stand for?	WALKS + HITS (PER) INNING PITCHED	N/A
LL108 MD14	✅	What game for the original Wii console in 2006 served an equivalent role to the Atari 2600'sCombat, the Intellivision'sLas Vegas Poker & Blackjack, the ColecoVision'sDonkey Kong, the NES'sSuper Mario Bros., and the Sega Genesis'sAltered Beast(and subsequentlySonic the Hedgehog)?	WII SPORTS	N/A
LL108 MD12	❌	With a media-rights deal beginning in 2023 worth more than ₹48,000 crore (over $6 billion USD), the Indian Premier League is one of the richest sports leagues in the world (certainly on a per-game basis), and definitely the richest in what sport?	CRICKET	N/A
LL108 MD9	✅	Name the hypercasual and massively popular sliding number puzzle game created in 2014 by Gabriele Cirulli, whose objective is to combine numbered tiles on a 4×4 grid to reach a tile containing the game's name itself (or beyond).	2048	N/A
LL108 MD7	✅	Since the relaxation of numbering rules in the National Football League in recent years, nowadays the majority of players who have 2-digit jersey numbers beginning in 8 (such as Travis Kelce, #87 for the Kansas City Chiefs) play what position?	TIGHT END	N/A
LL108 MD6	✅	Originating in 14th-century Middle Dutch, what word is used as a general term for equipment used in fishing, particularly for recreational use? It has a very different meaning when applied in other areas of sport.	TACKLE	N/A
LL108 MD3	✅	The Philadelphia Eagles' 34-29 Week 1 win over the Green Bay Packers in 2024 was the first NFL regular season game played in what country, the third country to host one outside North America and the first south of the equator?	BRAZIL	N/A
LL108 MD1	❌	Spain's Conchita Martínez won the Ladies' Singles title at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships. In every other year from 1982 to 1996, the title was won by one of just two other women. Name both of them.	MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, STEFFI GRAF	N/A
LL107 MD24	❌	The city of Leverkusen, which sits on the Rhine between Cologne and Düsseldorf, is home to the champions of the German Bundesliga from the 2023-24 season, and is also (relatedly) the headquarters of what multinational corporate giant?	BAYER	N/A
LL107 MD22	❌	In July 2021, what sun-drenched city was awarded hosting rights for the 2032 Summer Olympics, becoming the third city in its country to host the Summer Games?	BRISBANE	N/A
LL107 MD21	✅	On nationally televised broadcasts of NFL games in the 2025 season, Tracy Wolfson, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi, Melissa Stark, Lisa Salters, and Pam Oliver all hold the same position. What is the standard, two-word title commonly used across all networks (and most commonly overall) for this role, which is believed to have been first officially designated to ABC's Jim Lampley and Don Tollefson in 1974?	SIDELINE REPORTER	N/A
LL107 MD19	❌	Elizabeth, the wife of Henry VII of England, and the biblical Judith are among the possible inspirations for what suited, two-dimensional figure, who was also a character in an 1865 children's novel?	QUEEN OF HEARTS	N/A
LL107 MD16	✅	At age 13, at July 2010's Potomac Valley Championships held at the University of Maryland, she finished second behind 17-year-old Kaitlin Pawlowicz in the 1500m freestyle (in a race some eyewitnesses say she lost because her cap came off mid-race). It remains today the last time she failed to win at that distance in any competition. Name this athlete.	KATIE LEDECKY	N/A
LL107 MD12	❌	While Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel became known as "Johnny Football", what longtime player for the New York Yankees from the 1980s and 1990s was given a moniker with the surname "Baseball"?	DON MATTINGLY	N/A
LL107 MD11	❌	What is the team name of Portland's National Women's Soccer League franchise, a pointed nod to the city's nickname dating back to the late 19th century?	THORNS (PORTLAND THORNS FC)	N/A
LL107 MD7	❌	The smash 2025 hitWildsis the fastest-selling entry in what Capcom action RPG series, surpassing 2018'sWorldand 2021'sRise?	MONSTER HUNTER	N/A
LL107 MD6	❌	6.75 meters is the international standard for what sporting distance, used in the Olympics and other international competitions, NCAA men's and women's play, andmostprofessional leagues (with one notable American exception)?	BASKETBALL THREE POINT LINE	N/A
LL107 MD3	❌	Name the woman, arguably the greatest player in women's basketball history, who in 2025 won her fourth WNBA Most Valuable Player award, along with Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP honors, as she led the Las Vegas Aces to their third title in four years.	A'JA WILSON	N/A
LL107 MD1	❌	For many years in the early days of the genre, first-person shooter video games were often categorized as "clones" of what pioneering and influential game that debuted in 1993?	DOOM	N/A
LL106 MD25	✅	After a series of high-profile incidents, in 2001 a table replaced a horse for future competitions in what Olympic event, per the broader sport's international rules federation?	VAULT	N/A
LL106 MD23	❌	In Week 2 of the 2024 season, what franchise, despite playing its home games in the smallest major league professional sports market in North America, became the first in NFL history to win 800 games? (Location and team name required.)	GREEN BAY PACKERS	N/A
LL106 MD22	❌	While the center of a dartboard is called a "bullseye", in Olympic archery the innermost scoring rings (9 and 10) are often referred to—and officially designated by the World Archery Rulebook—by one of two similar color names. Identify either color.	GOLD, YELLOW	N/A
LL106 MD18	✅	Toad Harbor, Rainbow Road, Shy Guy Falls, Moo Moo Meadows, Sherbet Land, and Yoshi Valley are locales on the all-time best-selling game for the Nintendo Switch console. This game is an installment of what franchise that launched in 1992?	MARIO KART	N/A
LL106 MD16	❌	What woman, widely considered the greatest tennis player in Belarusian history, ended 2024 as the WTA world No. 1 after winning both the Australian Open and U.S. Open that year?	ARYNA SABALENKA	N/A
LL106 MD15	❌	Entering 2025, five players had won all four major professional men's golf championships in their careers—Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. Who is now the sixth?	RORY MCILROY	N/A
LL106 MD14	❌	The word "Sparrow" often appears in the names of social clubs organized around what game, as its name roughly translates to sparrow in English and the sounds of the game are said to evoke the birds' sounds?	MAHJONG	N/A
LL106 MD12	❌	The current coach of the Chicago Bears shares a name with the Canadian sprinter who was stripped of the gold medal in the 100m dash at the 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as the man who served until March 2025 as the coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team. What is that full name (first and last)?	BEN JOHNSON	N/A
LL106 MD10	❌	In golf, a term for three under par on a single hole is "double eagle", or what other bird?	ALBATROSS	N/A
LL106 MD8	✅	In the American version of a game of chance similar to those known as tombola or housey-housey, the numbers one through fifteen are associated with whatletter?	B	N/A
LL106 MD7	❌	In competition with cross-sport brands like Nike and Adidas, the sportswear brands Arena, TYR, Finis, and Jaked specialize in apparel and accessories for what sport?	SWIMMING/TRIATHLON	N/A
LL106 MD5	❌	Identify the professional football (soccer) club, historically one of the most successful in Europe, that was founded by a group of students in Turin in 1897.	JUVENTUS FC	N/A
LL106 MD2	✅	Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?	(THE CHECKERED GAME OF) LIFE	N/A
LL105 MD25	❌	In tennis, the extra side lanes used in doubles play (which are out of bounds in singles play) are referred to by what term, which is also used for the type of facility where an unrelated sport is played?	ALLEY	N/A
LL105 MD24	✅	What is the only U.S. city with at least three major pro sports franchises across the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB, in which all of its teams share the same colors? The colors are drawn from the coat of arms of the city's eponym.	PITTSBURGH	N/A
LL105 MD22	❌	In the darts game 501, a "perfect game" is achieved with nine darts. By far, the most popular perfect nine-dart sequence in professional darts (and most likely in recreational darts as well) begins with seven triple-20s (T20) and ends with what ninth and final dart?	DOUBLE 12 (D12)	N/A
LL105 MD21	❌	The name of what popular parlor game comes from 18th-century France, where it originated as a riddle-based game that was rather different from its current version?	CHARADES	N/A
LL105 MD20	❌	Former University of Connecticut star Paige Bueckers, the #1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, was selected by what team (location and team name are required)?	DALLAS WINGS	N/A
LL105 MD18	❌	In craps, what two-word term (or three-word term, if "Bet" is included) names the game's most common and fundamental bet, which often has one of the lowest house edges of any bet in a casino, and also refers to the labeled area where the bet is placed on the table?	PASS LINE	N/A
LL105 MD16	❌	The Colonels, Squires, and Spirits were team names of franchises that folded after their league's 1975–76 season. Give the team name of any one of the other four franchises that survived and still exist to this day.	NETS, NUGGETS, PACERS, SPURS	N/A
LL105 MD14	❌	Although countless teams in England's Football Association are linked to the color red in some way, what team most famously has the simple nickname "The Reds", and has had it since its switch to an all-red kit in 1965?	LIVERPOOL	N/A
LL105 MD12	❌	The Six Nations Championship is an annual rugby union tournament featuring teams representing England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and what sixth European nation (which is the tournament's latest addition)?	ITALY	N/A
LL105 MD10	✅	Sixteen dice, arranged in a 4×4 grid, and each with a unique set of six letters (or in one case, "QU"), are distinctive characteristics of what game first published by Parker Brothers in 1972?	BOGGLE	N/A
LL105 MD9	❌	Of the myriad curses that have existed in sports history, one of the more famous lasted from December 1919 until October 2004 and is best known by what name (a phrase not actually popularized until 1990, in a namesake book by Dan Shaughnessy)?	CURSE OF THE BAMBINO	N/A
LL105 MD7	✅	In the 2D platformer video gameCeleste, the game's heroine is actually named Madeline. What is Celeste? Other games' equivalents include Gagazet inFinal Fantasy X, Chiliad in theGTAseries, and Coronet inPokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.	A MOUNTAIN	N/A
LL105 MD4	❌	Name either of the teams that officially joined the Southeastern Conference for the 2024 college football season.	TEXAS, OKLAHOMA	N/A
LL105 MD2	❌	Name the former MLB star who is currently tied for fourth all-time in home runs in Los Angeles Angels history, and is also second all-time in home runs in St. Louis Cardinals history.	ALBERT PUJOLS	N/A
LL104 MD23	✅	Mario, Pikachu, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Ryu, Sora, Link, Pac-Man, and Wii Fit Trainer are among the characters that have appeared in what Nintendo fighting game series?	SUPER SMASH BROS.	N/A
LL104 MD20	❌	In the world of professional sports, Doug Harvey, Bill Klem, Joe West, Jim Joyce, Bruce Froemming, Don Denkinger, and Ángel Hernández all held what occupation?	(BASEBALL) UMPIRE	N/A
LL104 MD19	✅	On a standard traditional Scrabble board, what words appear in the bonus squares on the outer edges positioned at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock? (Note, this three-word phrase appears in multiple locations on the board.)	TRIPLE WORD SCORE	N/A
LL104 MD18	❌	What distinctively odorous substance, invented in the 1930s to clean coal residue from wallpaper, has been manufactured since 1991 by Hasbro, who trademarked its scent in 2016?	PLAY-DOH	N/A
LL104 MD14	✅	The historical gamejeu de paume, which originated in France and evolved over centuries, is today known as the "court", "royal", or "real" version of what sport?	TENNIS	N/A
LL104 MD12	❌	Justin and Trent are the first names (though they don't go by those names) of brothers and multi-year NFL All-Pro defensive players whose last name is what?	WATT	N/A
LL104 MD11	✅	In competitive platform and springboard diving, there are diving positions based on four distinct shapes of the body, categorized by the letters A through D. A is "Straight" position and D is "Free" position—what positions do B and C represent? (Two answers required, in either order.)	PIKE, TUCK	N/A
LL104 MD9	✅	What Major League Baseball franchise modified its team name in 2008? The change may not have been due to criticism from Christian groups, but it was immediately followed by a dramatic change in the team's results. Note, location and team name (current or former) required.	TAMPA BAY (DEVIL) RAYS	N/A
LL104 MD7	❌	In September 2024, Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino was named the new head coach for a team widely known by what five-letter abbreviation/initialism?	USMNT	N/A
LL104 MD6	✅	In 1972, Atari released an arcade version of a simple game similar to one originally invented by William Higinbotham, an Instrumentation Head at Brookhaven National Laboratory who (maybe foolishly) did not patent it when he created it 14 years earlier. What was the name of this revolutionary and lucrative Atari game, which was even more directly inspired by a similar game on the Magnavox Odyssey?	PONG	N/A
LL104 MD2	❌	"The Drive", "The Fumble", a controversial 1996 relocation drama, and a 17-year playoff drought beginning in 2003 are among the countless heartaches suffered by fans of what NFL franchise (location and team name required)?	CLEVELAND BROWNS	N/A
LL104 MD1	❌	Although it occurs at least once (and often many times) in many Division I games today, what was officially banned in NCAA college basketball prior to the 1967–68 season (after Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sophomore year at UCLA) until 1976?	SLAM DUNK	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD9	❌	Municipalities on Great Bermuda, in Ontario, Canada, and on New Zealand's North Island all share what name, though each is named after a different individual, none of whom was a U.S. Founding Father?	HAMILTON	N/A
LL109 MD8	❌	A holiday celebrated on 1 July, named Dominion Day beginning in 1879, has been officially known by what other name since 1982 (English or French name acceptable)?	CANADA DAY/FÊTE DU CANADA	N/A
LL109 MD6	✅	What is the name of the most populous city in the United States that borders a city with the same name in another state?	KANSAS CITY	N/A
LL109 MD2	✅	The Diomede Islands are shared by two countries, with 2.4 miles separating Big Diomede to the west (or perhaps technically, far far east) from Little Diomede. These islands serve as the closest points between what two countries?	RUSSIA, UNITED STATES	N/A
LL108 MD22	❌	What city and gastronomic capital, which sits at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers about 65 miles from the Swiss border, is France's third-most populous city and the hub of the country's second-most populous metropolitan area?	LYON	N/A
LL108 MD21	✅	What legendary football coach, who was actually born over in Brooklyn, belongs on a geographical list that includes Thomas Edison, Molly Pitcher, James Fenimore Cooper, Joyce Kilmer, and Richard Stockton?	VINCE LOMBARDI	N/A
LL108 MD19	❌	Octagonal city blocks with chamfered (cut) corners, designed by Ildefons Cerdà in the mid-19th century to improve visibility, airflow, sunlight, and public spaces, are an iconic feature of the Eixample district in what city?	BARCELONA	N/A
LL108 MD15	✅	In 1859, the former independent principality of Wallachia united with Moldavia under Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to form the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. This union became the basis for what modern-day country?	ROMANIA	N/A
LL108 MD12	❌	At 3.3 million square miles, the Sahara is the world's largest hot desert by far. What other desert, which at 900,000 square miles covers the majority of the peninsula with the same name, is second largest?	ARABIAN	N/A
LL108 MD11	✅	Of the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland, name any one of the three that begin with the letter "K".	KERRY, KILDARE, KILKENNY	N/A
LL108 MD8	❌	While Hausa communities are scattered throughout much of Africa, the ethnic group is primarily concentrated in two bordering countries. Identify either country.	NIGERIA, NIGER	N/A
LL108 MD7	❌	What is the English meaning of the Gaelic wordbeinn, which appears in the Anglicized names Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond, Ben Hope, and Ben Macdui?	MOUNTAIN/PEAK	N/A
LL108 MD5	❌	Among the world's cities that currently share their name with the country in which they are located (such as the city of Luxembourg), which one served as the official port of Ethiopia beginning in 1897?	DJIBOUTI	N/A
LL108 MD2	❌	The official "reporting mark" (an identifying code used on locomotives and freight cars) of the Canadian National Railway Company is familiar via its use in the name of what iconic (and once superlative) structure?	CN TOWER	N/A
LL107 MD25	❌	Two opposing border towns, which sit approximately 125 miles (200km) east of San Diego, are distinctive for their portmanteau (and sort of reciprocal) names. Identify either of these cities.	CALEXICO, MEXICALI	N/A
LL107 MD23	❌	What is the fitting name of the largest island in the archipelago known as the Balearic Islands?	MALLORCA/MAJORCA	N/A
LL107 MD21	❌	Sailing from the Gulf of Oman into the Persian Gulf, around the extreme northern tip of Oman, ships pass through what strait?	STRAIT OF HORMUZ	N/A
LL107 MD19	✅	New York's Richmond County is coextensive with an area better known by what name?	STATEN ISLAND	N/A
LL107 MD15	❌	The name of the highest peak in suburban Atlanta is notable in its relation to the name of Major League Baseball's controversial first Commissioner. What is that peak's name?	KENNESAW MOUNTAIN	N/A
LL107 MD13	❌	What West African capital, a city of around half a million near the Atlantic coast, has been included in the official name of its country since independence to distinguish it from its neighbor to the southeast?	BISSAU	N/A
LL107 MD7	❌	What location with roughly 6,500 permanent residents is the functional American institutional equivalent to Britain's Sandhurst and France's Saint-Cyr?	WEST POINT	N/A
LL107 MD6	❌	The first Europeans to encounter the islands of New Zealand (Aotearoa) in 1642 were led by what Dutch navigator, after whom the (relatively) nearby island of Lutruwita is now also named (as well as the sea that separates them)?	ABEL TASMAN	N/A
LL107 MD3	❌	At 9,554 feet, Corno Grande in the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif is the highest peak in what mountain range?	APENNINES	N/A
LL107 MD2	❌	The ancient Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Tashkent are located in what modern-day nation, which was the center of the empire of Tamerlane (the Timurid Empire)?	UZBEKISTAN	N/A
LL106 MD23	❌	What city, the capital of Gabon, was founded by the French in the 19th century as a settlement for freed enslaved people (thus its name)?	LIBREVILLE	N/A
LL106 MD21	✅	The island of Anglesey is the largest in the Irish Sea by area. What Irish Sea island is the most populous?	ISLE OF MAN	N/A
LL106 MD20	❌	What city of roughly 200,000 in the Basque region of northeast Spain swells to well over one million during the Festival of San Fermín every July?	PAMPLONA	N/A
LL106 MD19	❌	One U.S. state has a two-letter postal abbreviation that is the same as the official postal abbreviation of an Australian state. Name the U.S. state.	WASHINGTON	N/A
LL106 MD15	❌	The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads that runs for around 19,000 miles from Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America, northward to near the shore of Prudhoe Bay in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea. This "highway" is continuous except for a 66-mile gap at the border of whattwocountries? (Note, two answers required.)	COLOMBIA, PANAMA	N/A
LL106 MD14	✅	In the geographical mnemonic HOMES, what does the "H" stand for?	HURON	N/A
LL106 MD11	❌	Of the eight or so nations of Asia that are entirely island nations, which of them is located in the Persian Gulf?	BAHRAIN	N/A
LL106 MD9	❌	The highest point in a small range of summits just east of Jerusalem is a Mount named after what food? The mountain gives its name to numerous towns in the U.S., including one in North Carolina famous for its pickles.	OLIVE	N/A
LL106 MD6	✅	While there are numerous larger islands in Alaska, as well as the islands of Hawai'i and Puerto Rico, what is the largest island that is part of one of the contiguous 48 U.S. states?	LONG ISLAND	N/A
LL106 MD4	❌	The Christian belief that the Virgin Mary was taken up to heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life provides the name for which South American capital city?	ASUNCIÓN	N/A
LL106 MD3	❌	Serengeti National Park and the adjoining Ngorongoro Conservation Area together cover nearly 9,000 square miles (roughly 23,000 km2or 5.7 million acres, larger than the state of New Jersey), in what country?	TANZANIA	N/A
LL105 MD25	❌	One US state capital city has a name which is cognate with one of the most populous cities in South America. Name either city.	ST. PAUL/SÃO PAULO	N/A
LL105 MD22	❌	What is the dominant ethnic group of Sri Lanka, comprising nearly 75% of the population? The group’s name is also sometimes used to denote its native language.	SINHALESE	N/A
LL105 MD21	✅	The gradual and relentless subduction of the tectonic plate known as the Nazca Plate is largely responsible for the creation of what mountain system?	ANDES MOUNTAINS	N/A
LL105 MD19	❌	A US college town founded in 1818 and named by settlers inspired by the area's "haven of blooms" has since 1820 been home to what university?	INDIANA UNIVERSITY	N/A
LL105 MD18	❌	Identify any one of the three countries that occupy land on Europe's Istrian Peninsula.	CROATIA, ITALY, SLOVENIA	N/A
LL105 MD15	✅	Of the nine European countries that share a land border with Germany, only one shares a land border in Europe withonlyGermany. What is that country?	DENMARK	N/A
LL105 MD14	❌	What US city, roughly a three-hour drive from the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, has been dubbed "Air Capital of the World" because it's the birthplace of the aviation brands Beechcraft, Cessna, Learjet, and Stearman, and is reportedly the location where as much as one-fourth of all the aircraft in the United States have been built?	WICHITA, KANSAS	N/A
LL105 MD11	❌	Bodensee, a lake on the Rhine River that borders Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is known in English by what other name, which derives from the city that sits on the lake's western end?	LAKE CONSTANCE	N/A
LL105 MD9	✅	The two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea by land area, by a large margin, are Sicily and Sardinia. Name any one of the next three largest, which are similar in size to one another and which all begin with the same letter.	CYPRUS, CORSICA, CRETE	N/A
LL105 MD7	❌	O.R. Tambo International Airport, recently surpassed by Cairo International Airport as Africa's busiest, is located near what city—its country's largest city and, by many measures, the continent's wealthiest?	JOHANNESBURG	N/A
LL105 MD6	❌	The West Indies are generally considered to include three island groups: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago. The Lucayan Archipelago, located north of the Greater Antilles, includes the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the islands of what independent country?	THE BAHAMAS	N/A
LL105 MD5	✅	Allegheny, Augusta, Vandalia, and Kanawha were among the names considered (and discarded) for what US state, which eventually became the 35th to be admitted to the union in 1863?	WEST VIRGINIA	N/A
LL104 MD25	✅	The first battle of the Mexican-American War was fought in May 1846 among the "tall timber" (or in the "high stick" area) near present-day Brownsville, Texas—not near what northern California city the battle's name might evoke?	PALO ALTO	N/A
LL104 MD18	❌	Give the modern name ofeitherof the straits that lie at opposite ends of the sea known in classical antiquity as Propontis.	BOSPORUS, DARDANELLES	N/A
LL104 MD17	❌	The approximately 10,000-foot mountain known as Haleakalā rises near the center of—and forms the majority of the land area of—what island?	MAUI	N/A
LL104 MD15	✅	Often compared to Ellis Island in the U.S., the historic site Pier 21 is located in what Canadian city and provincial capital, known for having one of the world's largest and deepest natural harbors?	HALIFAX	N/A
LL104 MD14	❌	What is the name of the Monegasque district on the Mediterranean coast founded in 1856 by and named after Charles Grimaldi (Prince Charles III)?	MONTE CARLO	N/A
LL104 MD11	❌	What microstate is notable for having Europe's highest capital city in elevation, for having no airport or railway station, and for being the only country in the world to have Catalan as its sole official language?	ANDORRA	N/A
LL104 MD9	❌	What landlocked country located at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley shares its name with the lake that forms much of its eastern border?	MALAWI	N/A
LL104 MD4	❌	What is the name of the airline that serves as Spain's flag carrier (but, notably, and perhaps counterintuitively, not Portugal's, which is TAP)?	IBERIA	N/A
LL104 MD3	❌	Excluding accent marks, exactly one independent continental South American country's common one-word name is spelled differently in English and its prevailing official language. What is that country?	BRAZIL/BRASIL	N/A
LL104 MD2	❌	Identify (in English) the lake, the largest of the European Alpine lakes, which straddles the border between southwest Switzerland and southeast France, and is known in French as Lac Léman?	LAKE GENEVA	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD9	❌	In the sentences "I wish I were in love again" and "The rule requires that he be present", the verbswereandbeare examples of what grammatical mood?	SUBJUNCTIVE	N/A
LL109 MD6	❌	The British accent often regarded as the most socially prestigious, and sometimes associated with the "King's (or Queen's) English", is known to linguists by the abbreviation RP. What does RP stand for?	RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION	N/A
LL109 MD4	✅	While today it refers to a specific fruit, what word in Old and Middle English (and many cognates in other languages) once referred to fruit more generally?	APPLE	N/A
LL108 MD25	❌	In an example of the occasional inscrutability of grammatical gender in the German language, what definite article is used for the singular nounMädchenin the nominative case?	DAS	N/A
LL108 MD20	✅	What noun, derived from the Greek verb for "to scatter" or "spread about", first appeared in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew bible), and first appeared in English in the 16th century to denote "a scattering abrode of the Iewes" before the expansion of the concept in the mid-20th century?	DIASPORA	N/A
LL108 MD12	❌	What three-letter Spanish word translates to English as "even", "including", or "also", but becomes a synonym oftodavíameaning "still" or "yet" when its u gains an accent mark (ú)?	AUN	N/A
LL108 MD11	❌	What word for a person who challenges or rebels against widely accepted beliefs originates from a religious term for the extreme rejection of the veneration of images?	ICONOCLAST	N/A
LL108 MD4	✅	What word, which entered the English lexicon after British expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s and 1930s, is believed by some linguists to come from a Tibetan word loosely interpreted as "rocky place bear", related to terms meaning "little Rock creature" and "man-bear snow thing"?	YETI	N/A
LL108 MD1	✅	A writing system created in the 15th century is notable for being "phonographic", meaning its letters represent the sounds of the language. Its basic consonants ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, and ㅇ were designed to mimic how the tongue, lips, and throat shape those sounds. Name this script, or the language spoken by roughly 80 million people that uses it.	HANGUL/KOREAN	N/A
LL107 MD25	✅	What word used in oil painting and pottery for a particular substance (or the use of that substance) is today a Gen Z slang term for giving praise to an excessive and cringeworthy degree?	GLAZE	N/A
LL107 MD20	✅	"I [BLANK] I Dwelt in Marble Halls" and "I [BLANK] We Spoke Again". What word, whose ending is unique in the English language (or very nearly so), is redacted from these song titles?	DREAMT	N/A
LL107 MD19	✅	Albanian, Ukrainian, Irish, English, Greek, Hindi, Persian, French, Icelandic, and Katë are all languages descended from a reconstructed language known as PIE. What do the letters in PIE stand for?	PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN	N/A
LL107 MD18	❌	"To ornament (metal or other surface) by inlaying or encrusting it with stones or gems" is one of the many definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary for what word, which had a Guinness-record 430 separate definitions in the OED's 1989 version?	SET	N/A
LL107 MD17	❌	A glottal stop known asʻokinais one of the eight consonants in the alphabet of what language?	HAWAIIAN	N/A
LL107 MD4	✅	Perro salchichais an informal name in many Spanish-speaking areas for what dog breed?	DACHSHUND	N/A
LL106 MD25	✅	What metal, known (and transacted) from ancient times, is named after the large Mediterranean island that served as its principal source during the Roman era?	COPPER	N/A
LL106 MD21	✅	American academic and civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw is credited with coining what 17-letter word, in a 1989 paper in which she describes the overlap in various forms of inequality (such as race, gender, social class, immigrant status, and sexuality) and how they can have cumulative and exacerbating effects?	INTERSECTIONALITY	N/A
LL106 MD17	❌	What four-word phrase (precisely, an adjectival phrase built around a prepositional phrase), from Act 1, Scene 4 ofHamlet, is now used to describe someone seemingly destined by privileged birth to adopt the genteel habits and tastes of the upper class?	TO THE MANNER BORN	N/A
LL106 MD11	✅	What is the most common binomial Latin translation of the English phrase "upright man"?	HOMO ERECTUS	N/A
LL106 MD8	❌	The English language has twelve major verb tenses, combining three time periods (past, present, and future) with four aspects (simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous). What words form the verb "eat" as it appears in thepast perfect continuoustense?	HAD BEEN EATING	N/A
LL106 MD4	❌	In typography, a symbol called a "pilcrow" indicates what?	PARAGRAPH (BREAK)	N/A
LL105 MD23	❌	What term once referred specifically to a gold-rich, 120-mile long region running from the northwest to the southeast in the Sierra Nevada foothills during the California Gold Rush, and now broadly describes any abundant source?	MOTHER LODE	N/A
LL105 MD16	❌	What phrase for a judiciary proceeding that ignores principles of justice likely originated in Britain or the United States, despite sounding like it might come from another country that the term strongly evokes?	KANGAROO COURT	N/A
LL105 MD12	❌	What term, sourced from a French word forfence, refers to a parliamentary procedure used to end debate and bring a legislative issue to a vote?	CLOTURE	N/A
LL105 MD6	✅	In the Middle Ages, this term referred generally to townspeople who were neither peasants nor nobles, while in Marxism it refers specifically to individuals who control the means of production, and do not live directly by the sale of their labor. What is this term?	BOURGEOISIE	N/A
LL105 MD5	❌	Which of the 24 official languages of the European Union is unique for being in the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family (the other 23 are Indo-European or Uralic), though it's written in the Latin alphabet and heavily influenced by English and Italian?	MALTESE	N/A
LL104 MD25	✅	If 1,000 millivanilli equal one vanilli, and 1,000 vanilli equal one kilovanilli, then one trillion (1012) vanilli equal one what?	TERAVANILLI	N/A
LL104 MD23	✅	The prefix "petro-", used in words such as petroleum and petrology, comes from Latin and earlier Ancient Greek words for what?	STONE/ROCK	N/A
LL104 MD16	❌	What seven-letter mnemonic acronym related to coordinating conjunctions is also, unrelatedly, the title of a 2009 movie about a group ofStar Warsenthusiasts (and a word that describes them)?	FANBOYS	N/A
LL104 MD12	✅	What word, derived etymologically from Latin and earlier Greek words relating to turning, refers to a terrestrial boundary where the sun appears to "turn back" after reaching its maximum distance from Earth's equator?	TROPIC	N/A
LL104 MD8	❌	Mkhedruli is the name of a writing script used primarily for a language which belongs to the Kartvelian family of languages, which are primarily spoken in what country?	GEORGIA	N/A
LL104 MD7	❌	What is the honorific in Sanskrit—rendered in the Devanagari script as श्री and perhaps familiar in a geographic context—that roughly corresponds to the English "Mr.", and is more accurately translated as "Honorable" or "Respected"?	SRI	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD7	❌	What three-letter word, taken directly from the Greek alphabet, is used in parapsychology as a catchall for alleged paranormal abilities such as extrasensory perception (ESP)?	PSI	N/A
LL109 MD3	✅	Glossolalia, practiced in several Christian traditions including Pentecostal and charismatic Catholic communities, as well as in some Sufi and Afro-Caribbean religious practices, is commonly known by what three-word phrase?	SPEAKING IN TONGUES	N/A
LL108 MD21	❌	What word refers to the Christian doctrine regarding the "last things", i.e., the final consummation of God's creation and final destiny of humanity? It's not to be confused with the scientific study of feces.	ESCHATOLOGY	N/A
LL108 MD20	✅	A Japanese word for a traditional bedding setup consisting of a cotton-filled mattress and quilt stored during the day and laid on the floor at night for sleeping has taken on a related meaning in the West for a piece of furniture that is sometimes (but not always) used for sleeping. What is that word?	FUTON	N/A
LL108 MD13	❌	The Neumann U87, Shure SM7B, AKG C414, and Blue Yeti are all various models of what type of device? Ronco sold a "Mr." one in the late 1970s.	MICROPHONE	N/A
LL108 MD9	✅	What breed of dog was developed in France in the 16th century, and has a long, fine coat, and ears with fringes of hair nominally resembling a butterfly's wings?	PAPILLON	N/A
LL108 MD4	❌	A notorious TV legal pundit, a first baseman for the Chicago Cubs in the 1990s, and the actress who plays the daughter in theTakenmovies can be referred to collectively by a name that also belongs to the mythological figures Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia. What is that name?	THE GRACES	N/A
LL108 MD2	✅	An early internet bait-and-switch meme called "duckrolling", which originated with a filter that replaced the word "egg" with the word "duck" (hence the name), eventually evolved into an even bigger meme involving what pop song?	NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP	N/A
LL107 MD24	✅	Identify the fast fashion e-commerce platform that was founded in Nanjing, China, in 2008 as ZZKKO, and took its current name in 2015 after dropping the letters "side" from the end of an intermediate name it had adopted in 2011?	SHEIN	N/A
LL107 MD21	❌	What carmaker, whose eponymous founder was born under the zodiac sign Taurus, has named many of its models after famous fighting bulls, includingMurciélago,Aventador,Diablo, andHuracán?	LAMBORGHINI	N/A
LL107 MD18	❌	What town on the River Thames in England, home to the Royal Regatta, lent its name to the collarless shirt with a short buttoned placket that provided ideal ventilation for rowers? Today it's a menswear staple as a casual T-shirt alternative, undershirt, or layering piece.	HENLEY	N/A
LL107 MD17	✅	A bestselling book that first appeared on theNew York TimesAdvice, How-To & Miscellaneous list in 2003 was written by cardiologist Arthur Agatston, who described a diet he created with nutritionist Marie Almon while they worked at Greater Miami's Mount Sinai Medical Center. What name did they give this diet (and book), taken from a fashionable neighborhood near Agatston's practice?	THE SOUTH BEACH DIET	N/A
LL107 MD12	❌	In England, the two years of study following the GCSE exams during which students prepare for A-levels are known as what "form"?	SIXTH FORM	N/A
LL107 MD5	❌	In Buddhism and Hinduism, what term refers to a sacred word, phrase, or syllable believed to focus the mind and foster the development of spiritual power when repeated in meditation?	MANTRA	N/A
LL107 MD2	❌	What single word provides the title of a 1992 Toni Morrison novel, an apple cultivar bred from Royal Gala and Braeburn, the name of a major North American sports franchise, and an iconic design for disposable cups?	JAZZ	N/A
LL106 MD20	✅	In a car's suspension system, shock absorbers ("shocks") provide damping. What similar component also provides damping but, unlike shocks, is a structural part of the suspension?	STRUTS	N/A
LL106 MD16	❌	Identify the religious movement, founded in South Korea in 1954, which teaches in theDivine Principlethat a sinless man could redeem the world and establish God's kingdom on Earth. (Note, the question asks for the name of the church, not the popular term for its adherents.)	UNIFICATION CHURCH	N/A
LL106 MD13	✅	A.J. and Big Justice are "Guys" who post TikToks about their love for the Chicken Bake and "double chunk chocolate cookie" sold at what store, whose name they use for their channel?	COSTCO	N/A
LL106 MD7	❌	What energetic small dog breed, named for the English clergyman who developed it in the 19th century from the fox terrier, was bred to drive foxes from their dens?	JACK RUSSELL TERRIER	N/A
LL106 MD5	✅	What is the name of the most famous baby pygmy hippopotamus probably ever, most certainly at Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo?	MOO DENG	N/A
LL106 MD3	✅	The affable-looking anthropomorphic dog created by American artist Phillip Banks, who wears a grey crew neck sweater, blue jeans, and red Converse sneakers, and who lowkey DGAF, has what two-word name?	CHILL GUY	N/A
LL105 MD23	✅	Scottish Fold, Ragdoll, Russian Blue, and Turkish Van are all different types of what?	CATS	N/A
LL105 MD17	❌	Although pencils can be made from a myriad of woods and wood-like materials, since the mid-twentieth century, most wooden pencils have traditionally been made from the "incense" variety of what coniferous tree native to western North America?	CEDAR	N/A
LL105 MD13	❌	Salva Kiir Mayardit, who in 2011 would become the first president of South Sudan (a position he still holds today), was gifted what item by George W. Bush while visiting the White House in 2006? He has been seen with it (or a similar item) in most of his public appearances over the course of the nearly two decades since.	(STETSON/COWBOY) HAT	N/A
LL105 MD9	❌	A knee kicker, seam iron, tack strips, and special utility knife are all tools often used for the installation of what?	CARPET	N/A
LL105 MD5	✅	"Times Gone By" is an idiomatic translation of the Scots-language title of what poem by Robert Burns, written in 1788 and popularized in a new context by Guy Lombardo in the 1920s?	AULD LANG SYNE	N/A
LL105 MD1	❌	Cup, flange, accordion, beehive, and tiered are different types of what tool that is commonly found in many households?	PLUNGER	N/A
LL104 MD24	❌	What magazine, once the most widely read in the U.S. by some measures, was a nationwide Sunday newspaper supplement known for features like James Brady's celebrity interviews, Marilyn vos Savant's "Ask Marilyn" column, and its annual "High School All-American" teams? It published its final print edition in November 2022.	PARADE	N/A
LL104 MD22	✅	In 1970,Women's Wear Dailycoined what two-word term (originally written as one word) for a fashion item the magazine later described as "tight-fitting short shorts made from a variety of fabrics, including velour, corduroy, and leather"?	HOT PANTS (HOTPANTS)	N/A
LL104 MD20	❌	According to a UK Parliament act from July 1993, only a tweed that is "handwoven by the islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides" can have what name, taken from an island in (unsurprisingly) the Outer Hebrides?	HARRIS TWEED	N/A
LL104 MD18	✅	A viral four-word phrase that originated in August 2024 in a satirical video by TikTok content creator Jools Lebron has "very" as its first and third words. What arebothof the other two words in this phrase?	DEMURE, MINDFUL	N/A
LL104 MD17	✅	Viber, Telegram, WeChat, and iMessage are all global competitors in a certain market category, but what service leads them all with well over two billion active users—more than four times the number it had when Facebook (now Meta) acquired it in 2014?	WHATSAPP	N/A
LL104 MD14	✅	A certain marmot named Phil is linked to a tradition that may or may not involve three fortnights. In what US state does this soothsayer reside?	PENNSYLVANIA	N/A
LL104 MD13	❌	What word refers to the highest category of roads in the UK's "Strategic Road Network"? Roads in this category are designated with a prefix or suffix that matches this word's first letter.	MOTORWAYS	N/A
LL104 MD10	✅	The year 622 CE marks the beginning of what lunar 12-month calendar? This calendar follows a cycle of each year having 354 or 355 days, with (in its tabular variation) leap years that include the additional day in 11 out of 30 years.	ISLAMIC (HIJRI) CALENDAR	N/A
LL104 MD6	✅	Marshall McLuhan, the 20th-century media theorist and author ofThe Gutenberg GalaxyandUnderstanding Media, is credited with coining in the first chapter of that latter work the expression "the medium is the [BLANK]" (fill in the blank).	MESSAGE	N/A
LL104 MD5	❌	What term is used for the religious movements, primarily found in Melanesia since the late 1800s and during the period of Western colonization, in which adherents believe that the arrival of a supernatural shipment of goods sent by spirits will signal a new paradise?	CARGO CULTS	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD8	❌	In hisArs Poetica, written around 19 BCE, Horace praises Homer for beginning his epics in the middle of the action rather than at the story's beginning. In doing so, Horace used what precise three-word Latin phrase, now a common literary term, for this starting in the middle of things?	IN MEDIAS RES	N/A
LL109 MD5	❌	In a 1933 ruling and milestone in the history of literary censorship, Judge John Munro Woolsey of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York wrote that "whilst in many places the effect of [REDACTED] on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac." This ruling allowed for the publication in the U.S. of what Irish novel, first published by Sylvia Beach at Paris's Shakespeare and Company in 1922?	ULYSSES	N/A
LL109 MD4	❌	A teenage girl named Cassia lives in a rigidly controlled dystopian state where Officials from the Society determine citizens' jobs, spouses, and death dates. Cassia is paired with one boy but begins to develop feelings for another, which threatens the system's foundations. This is the premise of what 2010 YA novel by Ally Condie?	MATCHED	N/A
LL109 MD1	✅	Early 20th-century magazines such asThe Crisis,Opportunity,Fire!!, andThe Messenger, some short-lived and most now defunct, are all associated with what cultural and artistic Renaissance?	HARLEM RENAISSANCE	N/A
LL108 MD25	✅	The cover of the 1941 debut issue of a comic created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon famously depicts Adolf Hitler getting massively punched by whom?	CAPTAIN AMERICA	N/A
LL108 MD25	✅	A Court of Thorns and Rosesby Sarah J. Maas,Fourth Wingby Rebecca Yarros, andFrom Blood and Ashby Jennifer L. Armentrout are often cited as prototypical examples of a literary subgenre combining magical or supernatural settings with a central love story. Popularized through discussions on BookTok and Goodreads in the late 2010s and early 2020s, this subgenre is best known by what portmanteau name?	ROMANTASY	N/A
LL108 MD24	❌	One of the greatest-selling novels in Japanese literary history is Osamu Dazai's harrowing 1948 first-person account of alienation and postwar despair, published shortly after Dazai's death in a double suicide by drowning at the age of 38. Its titleNingen Shikkakuis commonly translated to English asNo Longerwhat?	HUMAN	N/A
LL108 MD19	❌	What term is most commonly used in English for the professional oral historians and storytellers of West Africa who preserve epics and traditions through memorized performance? Alternative regional names includejali,djeli,gewel, and others.	GRIOT	N/A
LL108 MD18	✅	A possibly apocryphal 1807 story by English journalist William Cobbett about using a pungent fish to divert hunting hounds is widely credited (and widely questioned) as the source for the name of what literary device?	RED HERRING	N/A
LL108 MD17	✅	British author A.A. Milne achieved widespread fame in 1924 with his book of verseWhen We Were Very Young, written for his son. What was his son's name? (Note, his last name of Milne is not required or sufficient.)	CHRISTOPHER ROBIN	N/A
LL108 MD14	❌	The limerick, it would appear,Is a verse form we owe [REDACTED];Two long and two shortLines rhymed, as was taught,And a fifth just to bring up the rear.What is the full name (first and last) of theBook of Nonsenseauthor redacted from the preceding verse?	EDWARD LEAR	N/A
LL108 MD13	❌	What word meaning "to bully or domineer" comes from the Trojan hero, son of Priam and husband of Andromache, who encouraged his fellow Trojans to stand and fight against Greece (but eventually succumbed to Achilles)?	HECTOR	N/A
LL108 MD11	✅	The 2009 novels8th Confession,Swimsuit,Alex Cross's Trial, andI, Alex Crossare among the record 67 (and counting)New York Times#1 bestsellers from what author, whose credited bibliography approaches 500 unique titles?	JAMES PATTERSON	N/A
LL108 MD10	✅	An innovative line of books calledIndestructibles, made with synthetic material made from flashspun high-density Tyvek-like polyethylene fibers, was released in 2009 by Workman Publishing specifically for what market segment?	BABIES/INFANTS	N/A
LL108 MD9	❌	Jean M. Auel's popular six-book historical fictionEarth's Childrenseries about Ice Age humans, combining scrupulous archaeological research with dramatic storytelling, began in 1980 withThe Clan of thewhat?	CAVE BEAR	N/A
LL108 MD6	❌	The work often cited as the first modern detective story (though it predates the use of "detective" as a profession) is an 1841 tale that involved, per its title, crimes against Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter Camille on what thoroughfare?	RUE MORGUE	N/A
LL108 MD3	✅	Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;[REDACTED]; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the worldWhat phrase is redacted from this opening of William Butler Yeats's 1919 poem, and provides the title of what is often considered the most widely read book in modern African literature?	THINGS FALL APART	N/A
LL108 MD1	✅	Helen ("Nell") Huntingdon, Bertha Mason, and Catherine Earnshaw are names of literary characters created by novelists who share what last name?	BRONTË	N/A
LL107 MD25	✅	The American farmer, the American factory worker, and William Jennings Bryan (the last more loosely) are represented by a set of characters in a populist and bimetallist interpretation of what 1900 novel and its many stage and film adaptations?	THE (WONDERFUL) WIZARD OF OZ	N/A
LL107 MD23	❌	An 1895 novel by H.G. Wells introduced (and in fact used in its title) a term that later became commonplace in science fiction and fantasy. Identify this two-word term.	TIME MACHINE	N/A
LL107 MD20	✅	The 2005 novelTwilightis the first novel in the four-novel vampire romance series written by American author Stephenie Meyer, and gives the series its name. Give the name of any one of the other three books in this series, released one per year beginning in 2006?	NEW MOON, ECLIPSE, BREAKING DAWN	N/A
LL107 MD19	❌	The "oceanic pole of inaccessibility", the spot on the earth farthest from any land (often nearer to astronauts on the ISS than to any humans on the earth's surface), is a Point named fittingly after a character from 1870s adventure novels who traveled in a submarine for a distance two times Earth's circumference. What is his name?	NEMO	N/A
LL107 MD16	❌	On February 24, 1852, during an episode of mental instability, Russian author Nikolai Gogol burned the presumably completed manuscript for thePart IIof what novel, before his death just over one week later?	DEAD SOULS	N/A
LL107 MD15	❌	"A Perfect Day for Bananafish", "For Esmé—With Love and Squalor", and "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" are three tales that, along with six others, make up a 1953 J.D. Salinger collection published with what two-word name?	NINE STORIES	N/A
LL107 MD13	❌	The MLS team New York Red Bulls is often abbreviated RBNY, probably most likely because the team's formal name is Red Bull New York, and also perhaps because NYRB has been in use since 1963 as the initialism for what literary periodical?	NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS	N/A
LL107 MD11	❌	F. Scott Fitzgerald's character Monroe Stahr, said to be based on "boy wonder" producer Irving Thalberg, is described by the author as "The Last" what, in the title of his unfinished novel from 1941?	TYCOON	N/A
LL107 MD7	❌	Makura no Sōshi, a miscellaneous literary collection detailing court life in 10th-century Japan by lady-in-waiting Sei Shōnagon, is most often translated asThe [REDACTED] Book, indicating its origin as a personal bedside book, like a diary. What word is redacted?	PILLOW	N/A
LL107 MD5	❌	Notorious nobleman and writer Donatien Alphonse François, whose body of work includes a depraved story he himself described as "the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began", is best known as whom?	MARQUIS DE SADE	N/A
LL107 MD3	✅	The English imprint that, since its founding as a publishing house in 1935, has aimed to produce and market high-quality paperbacks that are affordable and accessible to the general public, was named by co-founder Allen Lane (hat-tip to secretary Joan Coles) after what bird?	PENGUIN	N/A
LL107 MD1	❌	Robert Graves's 1934 historical novel explores the drama of political scheming and the workings of imperial power in 1st-century Rome during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula, as told by whom?	CLAUDIUS	N/A
LL106 MD25	❌	preponderatingly because / unless statistics lie he was / more brave than me:more blond than you.So goes the final stanza from "i sing of Olaf glad and big", by what poet?	E.E. CUMMINGS	N/A
LL106 MD23	❌	American author Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about a Midwestern doctor and medical researcher shares a pronunciation with the name of a legendary rock band from Boston. Give either name.	ARROWSMITH/AEROSMITH	N/A
LL106 MD21	❌	What poetic form, once defined in ancient Greece and Rome by its specific meter and alternating hexameter and pentameter lines, by the 17th century came to describe a formal verse lament for someone who had died?	ELEGY	N/A
LL106 MD19	❌	What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem fromLeaves of Grassin which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?	ELECTRIC	N/A
LL106 MD17	❌	Identify the American author who is a two-time winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, forSalvage the Bones, her 2011 novel about a working-class family during the days surrounding Hurricane Katrina, andSing, Unburied, Sing, her 2017 novel that blends realism and Southern gothic supernatural to explore race and poverty?	JESMYN WARD	N/A
LL106 MD15	❌	Recent best-selling children's picture books by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton—featuring mermaids, unicorns, dinosaurs, turkeys, leprechauns, the Easter Bunny, and others—are written as playful instruction manuals. Each title begins with the same three words that describe what the books teach readers to do to these characters. What are those three words?	HOW TO CATCH	N/A
LL106 MD14	❌	The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded in 2025 to Percival Everett for his reimagining ofAdventures of Huckleberry Finntold from the perspective of the book's central enslaved character. What proper name provides the one-word title of this novel?	JAMES	N/A
LL106 MD12	❌	A wildly popular 2018 self‑help book by James Clear is subtitled "An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" and features the cover line "Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results." What single word does Clear use in the title to describe theseHabitsand emphasize their smallness?	ATOMIC	N/A
LL106 MD10	❌	What literary term is applied to a work that blames the misfortunes of an era on its moral and social failings, taking its name from the Old Testament prophet known for such lamentations?	JEREMIAD	N/A
LL106 MD9	❌	An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lessonis the subtitle of a 1997 memoir in which an author and sports columnist visits his old sociology professor. Per the title, when did these visits take place?	TUESDAYS	N/A
LL106 MD7	❌	What word did Jean Cocteau use most famously to describeles enfantsElisabeth and Paul in his 1929 novel?	TERRIBLES	N/A
LL106 MD4	✅	"En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor." So begins what novel?	DON QUIXOTE	N/A
LL106 MD3	❌	The Good Soldier(1915) and theParade's Endtetralogy (1924-28) are works from what British novelist, a founder and first editor of theEnglish Reviewwhose middle name was Madox and whose first and last names were the same?	FORD MADOX FORD	N/A
LL105 MD24	✅	What was the tripartite title that described the activities of memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert during her year-long post-divorce journey of transformation and self-discovery through Italy, India, and Indonesia?	EAT, PRAY, LOVE	N/A
LL105 MD22	✅	"He kindly stopped for me—" is the second line of a famous poem by Emily Dickinson. What is the first line (and thus, because she did not provide a title, the poem's generally-agreed-upon title)?	BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH	N/A
LL105 MD21	❌	What nickname is given to Harry Angstrom, a former high school basketball star who abandons his wife and child in a 1960 novel by John Updike?	RABBIT	N/A
LL105 MD19	❌	Melpomene, Clio, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Urania, and Thalia make up a certain set of nine, with what member missing? This ninth, the eldest and most revered of the group, has a name now used for a particular (and peculiar) musical instrument.	CALLIOPE	N/A
LL105 MD18	❌	A physician returns home after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80 and connects with an eccentric thirtysomething to share a flat near London's Regent's Park. So begins an 1887 novel by whom?	ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE	N/A
LL105 MD17	❌	The pen name of the woman who wroteMiddlemarchandSilas Marnercombines (coincidentally) the first name of the author ofLincoln in the Bardoand the last name of the author ofMurder in the Cathedral. What is that full pen name (first and last names)?	GEORGE ELIOT	N/A
LL105 MD15	❌	What magazine, a global fashion and lifestyle publication that generally targets women readers (perhaps obviously given itsnom féminin), was founded in Paris in 1945 and owned for many years by the Lagardère Group?	ELLE	N/A
LL105 MD14	❌	Elaine of Astolat (one of several Elaines in Arthurian legend), who falls in love with Sir Lancelot and dies of heartbreak, is remembered as the "Lady of" what? Her story inspired an 1830s poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson with that name as its title.	LADY OF SHALOTT	N/A
LL105 MD11	✅	In William Shakespeare's famous Sonnet 18, he declares that "thou art more lovely and more temperate" than what?	A SUMMER'S DAY	N/A
LL105 MD10	❌	"We tell ourselves stories in order to live" is the famous opening line of "The White Album", the title essay in a critically acclaimed 1979 collection by what journalist, novelist, playwright, memoirist, and (with her husband) screenwriter?	JOAN DIDION	N/A
LL105 MD8	❌	What poet, who died at age 30 in 1963, was awarded the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry forThe Collected Poems?	SYLVIA PLATH	N/A
LL105 MD5	❌	The greatest success of American poet and novelist Edgar Lee Masters's was a series of monologues, spoken by deceased residents of a fictional small Midwestern town and compiled as anAnthologynamed after the town. What is the name of that town (or the waterway the town's named after)?	SPOON RIVER	N/A
LL105 MD3	✅	A celebrated 1985 novel centers on the romance between Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza, young sweethearts who are reunited in their twilight years at the end of the novel after the death of Fermina's husband, Dr. Juvenal Urbino. Dr. Urbino was a prominent physician dedicated to combating an epidemic of what disease that ravaged their Caribbean port city?	CHOLERA	N/A
LL105 MD1	✅	The title of a hugely popular book series by Jeff Kinney confers what epithet upon its protagonist, Greg Heffley?	WIMPY KID	N/A
LL104 MD24	❌	In Robert McCloskey's beloved 1948 children's book, a girl named Sal is picking and eating fruit with her mother when they encounter a mother bear and her cub doing the same. What fruit are they picking?	BLUEBERRIES	N/A
LL104 MD23	❌	What is the last name of the sisters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia in Jane Austen'sPride and Prejudice?	BENNET	N/A
LL104 MD19	❌	What 1956 Saul Bellow novella, whose title is an English translation of a famous Latin phrase, follows a pivotal 24-hour period in the misfortune-filled life of Tommy Wilhelm, an unemployed divorcé and struggling actor facing personal and financial crises?	SEIZE THE DAY	N/A
LL104 MD17	✅	A jovial and extroverted merrymaker named Mr. Fezziwig is a character, and a counterpoint of sorts, in what story from 1843?	A CHRISTMAS CAROL	N/A
LL104 MD14	❌	Mary Norton'sBorrowersand Alice near the beginning ofAlice's Adventures in Wonderland—after imbibing from the "Drink Me" bottle—share a notable characteristic with what Hans Christian Andersen heroine, who marries the flower-fairy prince?	THUMBELINA	N/A
LL104 MD13	❌	Derived from a word meaning "to stride over" (or perhaps "to leg over"), what term in poetry describes the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation or pause?	ENJAMBMENT	N/A
LL104 MD12	❌	Published in 1637,Discourse on the Methodwas the first major work of what "father of modern philosophy"?	RENÉ DESCARTES	N/A
LL104 MD11	❌	The period of Roman literature during which Virgil, Ovid, and Horace flourished, and an era of English literature with which Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and John Dryden are associated, are both known as what "Age"?	AUGUSTAN	N/A
LL104 MD9	✅	Rachel Carson's groundbreaking 1962 workSilent Springis widely credited as a contributing factor to the establishment of what U.S. federal regulatory body in 1970?	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)	N/A
LL104 MD8	❌	1) The priestess of Greek legend who was the lover of Leander. 2) The Alexandrian mathematician who devised the formula for expressing the area of a triangle using its sides (one name for him, at least). 3) A falsely accused Shakespearean bride-to-be. These three all share what name?	HERO	N/A
LL104 MD7	❌	The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., considered by many to be the finest biography ever written in the English language, is a work by what Scottish lawyer, who was himself the subject of a similarly titled 1999 biography? His work is so highly regarded that his surname has become a general term for a dedicated admirer and chronicler of another's life and deeds.	JAMES BOSWELL	N/A
LL104 MD4	❌	A #1New York Timesbest-selling 2018 novel by American author Madeline Miller is a nuanced retelling of the story of what Greek sorceress, who transformed most of Odysseus's crew into swine in Homer'sOdysseyand then hosted them for a year on her island of Aeaea?	CIRCE	N/A
LL104 MD3	❌	The 2003 bookThe Meaning of Everything, by London-born author Simon Winchester, tells the story of what other work, which was first published in 1884, and formally under its current title since 1933?	OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY (OED)	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD9	❌	While he didn't invent the idea, the convention in algebra of using late alphabet letters (x,y,z) for unknowns and early letters (a,b,c) for known constants is largely credited to what Frenchman, and specifically his 1637 workLa Géométrie?	RENÉ DESCARTES	N/A
LL109 MD2	✅	David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for their work on phases of matter related to what branch of mathematics concerned with properties that survive continuous deformation (stretching, bending, etc.)? Its name comes from Greek for "study of place", and it is distinct from the similarly named field meaning "description of place" that deals with the representation of the Earth's surface features.	TOPOLOGY	N/A
LL108 MD24	✅	Euler's formula V − E + F = 2 helps show that there are exactly five regular convex polyhedra: the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. These solids are commonly named after what author ofTimaeus, in which they were described?	PLATO	N/A
LL108 MD18	✅	On a unit circle — a circle with a radius of 1 centered at the origin — thexandycoordinates of a point represent, respectively, what two functions ofθ?	COSINE, SINE	N/A
LL108 MD16	❌	In 1931, Kurt Gödel proved that any consistent formal mathematical system capable of basic arithmetic must contain true statements that cannot be proven within that system, and cannot prove its own consistency. His landmark results established what inherent property of such systems, the word used in the name of Gödel’s famous theorems?	INCOMPLETENESS	N/A
LL108 MD3	❌	The Yang-Mills existence, Navier-Stokes existence, Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, and Hodge conjecture are all associated collectively with what prize?	MILLENNIUM PRIZE	N/A
LL107 MD16	✅	Pons asinorum("bridge of asses") is a nickname given to the fifth proposition—that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal—in the first book by what mathematician?	EUCLID	N/A
LL107 MD12	❌	In physics and mathematics, the minimum number of independent coordinates needed to describe the position of a body relative to a frame of reference is known as its "degrees of" what? A particle moving in a straight line has one such degree.	FREEDOM	N/A
LL107 MD11	❌	What former Prussian city had, in Leonhard Euler's time, seven bridges that crossed the Pregel (Pregolya) River, connecting the city's northern and southern portions with the Kneiphof (Immanuel Kant) and Lomse (Oktyabrsky) islands?	KÖNIGSBERG	N/A
LL107 MD8	✅	The "multiplicative inverse" of a real number is more commonly known by what name?	RECIPROCAL	N/A
LL107 MD2	✅	What five-letter word refers to a solid figure with two congruent, parallel polygonal faces connected so that the other faces are all parallelograms?	PRISM	N/A
LL106 MD23	✅	What prefix, from Greek for "straight" or "correct", appears in various mathematical terms including words that are synonyms forperpendicularandgreat circle?	ORTHO	N/A
LL106 MD18	✅	Given that 23= 8, the equivalent logarithmic expression is logxy = z. What is the correct order of the three numbers from the first equation replacing x, y, and z in the second?	2, 8, 3	N/A
LL106 MD11	❌	A circle is commonly divided into 360 degrees, with one degree equal to 1/360 of a circle. What is another unit of angular measurement, equal to 1/400 of a circle or 0.9°?	GRAD/GRADIAN/GON	N/A
LL106 MD9	✅	The sum of the interior angles of a triangle on a flat surface is 180°. What other polygon's interior angles total 540°?	PENTAGON	N/A
LL106 MD5	❌	Give thenameof the Greek letter (note, not the character itself) whose lowercase form is commonly used to represent the standard deviation of a data set or distribution.	SIGMA	N/A
LL106 MD1	❌	In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b2-4ac) is known as what "D" term?	DISCRIMINANT	N/A
LL105 MD20	✅	In three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates, the equation ax + by + cz + d = 0 describes an infinite two-dimensional surface most commonly denoted by what word?	PLANE	N/A
LL105 MD11	✅	Goldbach's conjecture states that every even integer greater than two is the sum of two what?	PRIME NUMBERS	N/A
LL105 MD5	✅	The symbol used for a certain mathematical concept was introduced by Leibniz in the 1680s and is based on the long "s" in Latin script, resembling the phonetic symbol for the "esh" sound. By what word is this mathematical concept most commonly known?	INTEGRAL	N/A
LL104 MD14	✅	What mathematical term, which may have an astrological homophone depending on one's accent, refers to a surface formed by revolving a circle around an axis in its plane?	TORUS	N/A
LL104 MD7	❌	The abbreviations for trigonometric functions (sin, cos, tan, etc.), when represented with an "h" at the end (sinh, cosh, tanh, etc.), become those for what other set of functions?	HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS	N/A
LL104 MD5	❌	In a regular polyhedron, all faces are congruent regular polygons. There are five such solids: the cube, tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, and what other?	DODECAHEDRON	N/A
LL104 MD2	❌	What mathematical term was coined by British statistician Karl Pearson in his 1894 lecture "The Scientific Aspect of Monte Carlo Roulette", and are the two words that fill in the blank in the following quote from the lecture: "[F]or every type of experiment there is a numerical quantity, depending partly on the chance of the single event succeeding, and partly on the total number of the trials of it, which we may term the [BLANK]"?	STANDARD DEVIATION	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD3	❌	"In the Mood", "Little Brown Jug", and "Moonlight Serenade" were hit records (the last serving as theme song) of what Iowa-born trombonist and bandleader, who disappeared at age 40 over the English Channel while serving as an orchestra leader in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II?	GLENN MILLER	N/A
LL108 MD23	❌	Two classic Cole Porter songs begin with the words "I've Got." One was popularized by Fred Astaire in 1940; the other became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and a top ten hit for the Four Seasons. Name a body part that appears in the title of either song.	EYES, SKIN	N/A
LL108 MD22	❌	"B-Band" and "Saliers and Ray" were early names for what musical act, a folk rock duo who had adopted their current and more colorful name before the release of their debut albumStrange Firein 1987?	INDIGO GIRLS	N/A
LL108 MD19	❌	George Michael does not himself appear in the iconic David Fincher-directed video for his hit songFreedom '90, but five women popular at the time do appear. Give the last name of any one of these five women.	CAMPBELL, CRAWFORD, EVANGELISTA, PATITZ, TURLINGTON	N/A
LL108 MD16	✅	Artists such as João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Vinicius de Moraes popularized what musical genre, which emerged in Brazil in the late 1950s blending samba's rhythms with the harmonies of cool jazz and an understated, conversational vocal style?	BOSSA NOVA	N/A
LL108 MD15	❌	Buddy Harman, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Grady Martin, Floyd Cramer, and Chet Atkins have all been retrospectively associated with a so-called "A-Team" based in what city?	NASHVILLE	N/A
LL108 MD12	❌	What band, known for the hits "Heat of the Moment" and "Only Time Will Tell", has a name that fits with the band behind "The Final Countdown" and the title of Toto's #1 hit from their Grammy-winning albumToto IV?	ASIA	N/A
LL108 MD10	❌	The Bronx-based band Aventura had a 2002 global hit with "Obsesión", which topped charts across Europe. This song was a global breakout in the romantic, guitar-driven genre calledbachata, a style of music and dance native to what nation?	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	N/A
LL108 MD8	❌	Pillars of "emo rap" in the late 2010s who all died prematurely at a young age include XXXTentacion, Lil Peep, and the artist born Jarad Anthony Higgins in Chicago in 1998, who had hits with "Lucid Dreams" and "Come & Go" (with Marshmello), and took his stage name in part from a 1992 crime thriller starring Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur. What is that stage name?	JUICE WRLD	N/A
LL108 MD5	✅	What two-word phrase, used by skydivers as a greeting wishing good weather for safe jumps, is also the title of a cheerful 1926 Irving Berlin song, later popularized by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye (1954), Ella Fitzgerald (1958), and Willie Nelson (1978)?	BLUE SKIES	N/A
LL108 MD2	✅	What musical group, which formed at the University of Georgia in 1980, was arguably the most popular "college-rock" band of the 1980s (at least until they signed a $10 million, five-record deal with Warner Bros. in 1988, and were named "America's Hippest Band" byRolling Stonethe following year)?	R.E.M.	N/A
LL107 MD25	✅	With DJ Dee Dee "Spinderella" Roper, rappers Cheryl James and Sandy Denton seasoned the pop charts in the late 1980s and 1990s under what name?	SALT-N-PEPA	N/A
LL107 MD22	❌	The name of the band that bluegrass impresario Alison Krauss joined in 1987 at age 16 is shared by transportation facilities in Chicago, Toronto, Washington, Los Angeles, and many other cities. What is that name?	UNION STATION	N/A
LL107 MD15	❌	What state produced musical acts including Devo, The O'Jays, Nine Inch Nails, and Guided By Voices, as well as (perhaps in a more readily apparent sense) the bubblegum band who released "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy" in 1968, and the funk band that had hits in the 1970s with "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster"?	OHIO	N/A
LL107 MD14	✅	Before his tragic death in 2018 at age 28, Swedish-born producer and DJ Tim Bergling was a defining figure in the EDM breakthrough of the 2010s, with hits including 2011's "Levels" and 2013's "Wake Me Up" with Aloe Blacc. What Buddhism-derived name did Bergling use as his stage name?	AVICII	N/A
LL107 MD12	❌	Tego Calderón, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, and Ivy Queen are among the pioneers of what musical style, built around the "dembow" rhythm and emerging in Puerto Rico as a fusion of Jamaican dancehall, hip hop, Panamanian reggae en español, and other Latin Caribbean sounds?	REGGAETON	N/A
LL107 MD11	❌	Name the country music legend and "Okie from Muskogee", the "Lefty" to Willie Nelson's "Pancho", whose "Mama Tried" but was unable to keep her son from spending nearly three years in San Quentin in the late 1950s?	MERLE HAGGARD	N/A
LL107 MD10	❌	Muddy Waters, Norah Jones, Brittany Howard, and Brandi Carlile are among those who have performed at both major genre-based music festivals founded by George Wein, one in 1954 and the other in 1959, in what northeastern U.S. city?	NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND	N/A
LL107 MD8	✅	What stage name was adopted by the musician who had hit songs in the early 1970s with lyrics referencing West Virginia and Colorado, and who was actually born in 1943 in Roswell, New Mexico?	JOHN DENVER	N/A
LL107 MD6	❌	The 2025 song "Wasted Love", recorded and co-written by Austrian singer JJ, is (and will likely always be) most closely associated with what cultural phenomenon?	EUROVISION SONG CONTEST	N/A
LL107 MD2	✅	Iowais the sophomore studio album, and also the birthplace, of what large heavy metal band, famous for its chaotic live shows and distinctive image, in which members wear matching jumpsuits and individual masks and are identified by number?	SLIPKNOT	N/A
LL106 MD25	✅	Country artist Zach Top's 2025 summer anthem celebrates "Good Times and" what other warm-weather staple, less appreciated by dermatologists?	TAN LINES	N/A
LL106 MD24	✅	What is the onomatopoetic name for the style of improvisational singing mastered by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, and Cab Calloway, the latter of whom exhibited it extensively inMinnie the Moocher?	SCAT	N/A
LL106 MD22	❌	Superstar Ricky Martin was one of the dozens who got their start in the music business as pre-teen (or early-teen) members of what iconic Puerto Rican boy band?	MENUDO	N/A
LL106 MD20	❌	Led Zeppelin, Cream, and The Jeff Beck Group were all successful acts that were founded in the 1960s by former guitarists of what other band?	THE YARDBIRDS	N/A
LL106 MD17	✅	What song by English musician Kate Bush, from her 1985 LPHounds of Love, reached the top of the charts in eight countries, and #3 on theBillboardHot 100, in 2022?	RUNNING UP THAT HILL	N/A
LL106 MD14	✅	According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?	LOW	N/A
LL106 MD11	✅	According to the lyrics and title of a signature song by country legend Loretta Lynn in 1966, "You ain't woman enough to" what? It's also what Dolly Parton begs Jolene to please not do inJolene.	TAKE MY MAN	N/A
LL106 MD10	❌	A 2000 album by Madonna, the 1971 follow-up toTapestryby Carole King, a 1993 release by 311, and a 2025 LP by Playboi Carti all share what plainly descriptive and literal title?	MUSIC	N/A
LL106 MD9	✅	Give the stage name of any one of the seven members of the South Korean band BTS.	J-HOPE, JIMIN, JIN, JUNG KOOK, RM, SUGA, V	N/A
LL106 MD5	❌	The cover art for what 1973 Elton John album features the musician stepping into a poster on a wall, ostensibly on a pathway toward the Emerald City of Oz?	GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD	N/A
LL106 MD1	✅	The ominous line "What is this that stands before me?" opens the riff-heavy first track on a seminal debut album released on Friday the 13th in February 1970. The song, album, and band all share the same name. What is that name?	BLACK SABBATH	N/A
LL105 MD24	✅	Pop star Rihanna launched into superstardom thanks in large part to her 2007 hit, the lead single off the albumGood Girl Gone Bad, which featured Jay-Z and spent numerous weeks at #1 on multiple charts worldwide. What's the name of this single, ingle, ingle?	UMBRELLA	N/A
LL105 MD23	✅	In the 1990s, the Backstreet Boys requested that you quit playing games with it, while *NSYNC complained about it being torn up. What was it?	(MY) HEART	N/A
LL105 MD17	❌	The video for whatBillboardTop Ten hit, a staple in heavy MTV rotation in 1982–83, featured a jungle setting inspired in part by Little Red Riding Hood (like the song itself)?	HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF	N/A
LL105 MD15	❌	Name the country music superstar whose career breakthrough was her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", and who was one of the two singers (along with LeAnn Rimes) to release a hit version of "How Do I Live" in May 1997.	TRISHA YEARWOOD	N/A
LL105 MD13	❌	In a jump-blues song from the 1940s by Louis Jordan, when Farmer Brown asks, "Who's there?", what word completes the following response (which also includes the song's title)? "There ain't nobody here but us [BLANK]."	CHICKENS	N/A
LL105 MD10	❌	What word, originally American slang for a remarkable or wonderful person or thing, was adopted by musician Perry Farrell for the usage with which it is most associated today?	LOLLAPALOOZA	N/A
LL105 MD7	✅	What ubiquitous party anthem wasBillboardmagazine's #1 pop single of 2010, predating a certain social media app by about six years?	TIK TOK	N/A
LL105 MD4	✅	Carl and the Passions was reportedly an early name for what band, which later released an album by that name? Despite that name, it's likely that most fans would credit Brian as the group's creative leader.	THE BEACH BOYS	N/A
LL105 MD3	❌	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)", "Le Freak", and "Good Times" are tracks from a 1991 compilation album covering the early career of what R&B and disco band?	CHIC	N/A
LL104 MD23	✅	According to the lyrics of a song that currently shares the record for most weeks at #1 on theBillboardHot 100 chart, "There's a party downtown near 5th Street, everybody at the bar" doing what?	GETTIN’ TIPSY	N/A
LL104 MD22	❌	American actress Riley Keough is the sole owner and trustee of what mansion, declared a National Historic Landmark in March 2006?	GRACELAND	N/A
LL104 MD19	❌	A hit 1995 hip hop anthem by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre celebrates (per its title) their shared love for what, though 2Pac himself was born in New York City?	CALIFORNIA	N/A
LL104 MD16	❌	The following classic songs all include what word in their titles? A 1934 standard by Rodgers and Hart, recorded by The Marcels and by Elvis Presley; a 1940 standard by Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton, performed by Les Paul & Mary Ford and by Ella Fitzgerald; a 1954 standard by Bart Howard, sung by Frank Sinatra and by Tony Bennett; and a 1961 standard by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, sung by Audrey Hepburn and by Andy Williams.	MOON	N/A
LL104 MD13	✅	A 1969 Bob Fosse-choreographed number featuring Gwen Verdon, titled "Mexican Breakfast", clearly inspired the music video for what chart-topping, award-winning song from 2008, taken from the albumI Am... Sasha Fierce?	SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)	N/A
LL104 MD11	❌	In 1977, it was the second single released from Fleetwood Mac'sRumoursLP; in 1986, the second single during Van Halen's Sammy Hagar era; and in 1992, the debut single by the Irish band The Cranberries. What is this one-word title?	DREAMS	N/A
LL104 MD8	❌	Songs from 2024 by Lainey Wilson and from 2025 by Travis Scott both include what vehicle type/mathematical expression in their titles?	4X4	N/A
LL104 MD7	✅	What hit 1984 song begins with a memorable saxophone riff, followed by a softly delivered reflection of shame and sadness, and a subsequent chorus in which the singer asserts that he is never going to dance again in a certain way?	CARELESS WHISPER	N/A
LL104 MD4	✅	In blues legend John Lee Hooker's classic song and tale of woe from 1966—first recorded by Amos Milburn and later by George Thorogood and the Destroyers—he finds solace in one each of a trio of drinks. What are those three drinks, in order?	BOURBON, SCOTCH, BEER	N/A
LL104 MD1	❌	EDM musician Skrillex (Sonny John Moore), with his hits "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" and "Bangarang", was probably the most successful artist in what subgenre of EDM, which originated in the underground scene of South London in the late 1990s and early 2000s and was coined as a term in 2002?	DUBSTEP	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD8	❌	Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer noticed that a chocolate bar had unexpectedly melted in his pocket in 1945 while at work, and this (perhaps slightly embellished) observation led directly to the development of what now-common apparatus?	MICROWAVE OVEN (RADARANGE)	N/A
LL109 MD7	❌	Name the 19th-century physicist who measured the speed of light, is credited with inventing the gyroscope, improved the mirrors of reflecting telescopes, and demonstrated Earth's rotation with a famous 1851 experiment in Paris's Panthéon.	LÉON FOUCAULT	N/A
LL109 MD6	✅	Whether the fourth tooth from the front on each side of the lower jaw is visible when the jaws are closed is a key differentiator between two otherwise very similar animals. Name either one.	ALLIGATOR, CROCODILE	N/A
LL109 MD4	✅	In mechanics, what term (also called "moment") describes the tendency of a force to cause rotation, equal to the product of the force and the perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the force's line of action?	TORQUE	N/A
LL109 MD2	❌	What imperial and U.S. customary unit is equal to 258.9988 hectares?	SQUARE MILE	N/A
LL109 MD1	✅	Mammals are divided into three groups: placental mammals, whose young develop inside the mother's womb; marsupials, whose young are born at an early stage and continue developing in a pouch; and a third group known by what word, whose young hatch from eggs outside the mother's body?	MONOTREMES	N/A
LL108 MD24	✅	More than half of the world's known reserves of what element are found in a "Triangle" of high-altitude salt flats spanning Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, though Australia is currently the world's largest producer for a global market projected to grow up to forty-fold by 2040 (if EV adoption targets are met)?	LITHIUM	N/A
LL108 MD22	✅	In quantum mechanics, the fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties can be simultaneously known—or put another way, Δx · Δp ≥ ℏ/2—is attributed to what German physicist?	WERNER HEISENBERG	N/A
LL108 MD21	✅	The name of what extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease comes from an obsolete word for "grimace", as it causes swelling of salivary glands on the sides of the face and painful swallowing that affect the victim's facial expressions?	MUMPS	N/A
LL108 MD19	✅	Most often caused by infection, what is the common name for the clinical condition known medically aspyrexia?	FEVER	N/A
LL108 MD17	❌	The amount of electromagnetic energy radiated per second from a celestial object, measured in joules per second, watts, or magnitudes, is known by what term? The word is also more generally a synonym for "brightness" or "effulgence".	LUMINOSITY	N/A
LL108 MD16	✅	Mudpuppies, olms, newts, sirens, and axolotls are all specific types of an amphibian most commonly known by what name?	SALAMANDER	N/A
LL108 MD14	✅	What is the most common and standard meteorological term for the temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor when cooled without any change in air pressure or moisture content?	DEW POINT	N/A
LL108 MD13	✅	American scientist John McCarthy, in a 1955 proposal for a Dartmouth Summer Research Project co-authored with Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon, coined what now-common phrase, which has largely displaced earlier terms such as "cybernetics" and "automata theory"?	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE	N/A
LL108 MD11	❌	T. radicans,T. orientale,T. rydbergii,T. diversilobum, andT. pubescensare plant species best known by one of two common names. Both names are a double misnomer: these plants are allergenic, and they belong to the cashew family. Give either common name.	POISON IVY, POISON OAK	N/A
LL108 MD10	✅	Hurricanes don't typically form within about 5 degrees of the equator because the force responsible for initiating their rotation is too weak at that latitude. This force is named after what 19th-century French physicist who first described it mathematically?	GASPARD-GUSTAVE DE CORIOLIS	N/A
LL108 MD8	❌	The mechanical "screw" that pumps water uphill without valves, can work in reverse as a hydroelectric generator, is used in wastewater treatment plants, and can lift live fish safely upstream is named after what Sicilian-Greek polymath, even though it may have already existed in ancient Egypt?	ARCHIMEDES	N/A
LL108 MD6	✅	The Montreal Protocol of 1987, which became the first universally ratified treaty in United Nations history and is widely regarded as the most successful international environmental agreement, was established specifically to preserve the presence of what inorganic allotrope?	OZONE	N/A
LL108 MD4	✅	Identify the Vienna-born physicist whose legacy includes the origination of wave mechanics in quantum theory, development of the celebrated wave equation that bears his name, a share of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, and a hypothetical felid.	ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER	N/A
LL108 MD2	✅	Geosmin, a compound produced by soil-dwelling bacteria, helps create the familiar smell that comes with the first rain after a dry spell. What sensory term, coined from Greek roots in 1964 by Australian researchers Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, refers to this scent?	PETRICHOR	N/A
LL108 MD1	✅	Give the common name of the whale speciesBalaenoptera musculus, believed to be the largest animal ever known, though its gentle nature makes it a less likely choice for dramatic fiction than the whales featured inMoby Dick,Star Trek IV, andFree Willy.	BLUE WHALE	N/A
LL107 MD24	❌	What now-flourishing bovid was saved from near extinction by the U.S. Forest Service in 1927, about a decade after a burnt-orange-and-white specimen named "Bevo" drew widespread attention to the breed?	TEXAS LONGHORN	N/A
LL107 MD23	✅	The Japanese characters 津波 refer to what natural phenomenon, which is often preceded by an event known as a "withdrawal" or "drawdown"?	TSUNAMI	N/A
LL107 MD21	✅	In 2007, CERN scientists near Geneva cooled a sector of their particle accelerator to 1.9 K (−456°F), colder than outer space at 2.7 K. What is the name or three-letter abbreviation of this accelerator, where the Higgs boson was discovered in 2012?	LARGE HADRON COLLIDER/LHC	N/A
LL107 MD20	✅	What is the acronymic-portmanteau name for the coating developed by Surrey NanoSystems in 2014 that created what was dubbed the "world's darkest color"? This substance is composed of vertically aligned nanotube arrays that absorb up to 99.965% of visible light.	VANTABLACK	N/A
LL107 MD19	❌	In 1868, French astronomer Pierre Janssen and English astronomer Norman Lockyer independently discovered what element on the Sun, long before it was isolated on Earth 27 years later?	HELIUM	N/A
LL107 MD16	❌	Lying mostly south of the celestial equator, the relatively faint but fourth-largest constellationCetusis also known by what animal name?	WHALE	N/A
LL107 MD15	✅	In physics, it's the flow of a substance through a surface; in metallurgy, an additive that promotes the flow of molten metal and removes impurities; and in a certain film series, something or other to do with time travel, apparently. What four-letter word is this?	FLUX	N/A
LL107 MD14	✅	German engineer Felix Wankel is best remembered today for developing in the 1950s what type of internal combustion engine (also simply called a "Wankel engine") that is compact and smooth-running, but generally suffers from poor fuel economy and higher emissions compared with piston engines?	ROTARY ENGINE	N/A
LL107 MD13	❌	The perennial plantPoa pratensis, native to Europe and Asia andextremelyabundant in North America, has a common name that refers to what U.S. state?	KENTUCKY	N/A
LL107 MD12	❌	In Earth's atmospheric circulation system, wind belts run from each pole to the equator in a repeating pattern: polar high, polar easterlies, subpolar low, westerlies, subtropical high, [REDACTED], and the intertropical convergence zone. Between roughly 0° and 30° latitude sits the wind belt (redacted in this list) with what two-word name, coming from their historical importance to merchant sailing routes?	TRADE WINDS	N/A
LL107 MD8	❌	Imbrium, Serenitatis, Nectaris, Nubium, Tranquillitatis, and Humorum are all names of what?	LUNAR MARIA/SEAS OF THE MOON	N/A
LL107 MD6	✅	Hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, and triclinic are among the seven systems used to classify the ways atoms can be arranged in three-dimensional space. What are the solids that form in these systems collectively called?	CRYSTALS	N/A
LL107 MD5	❌	The drug with IUPAC name 2-(diethylamino)ethyl 4-aminobenzoate was first synthesized in 1905 by Alfred Einhorn, who gave this new anesthetic what now ubiquitous trade name?	NOVOCAIN(E)	N/A
LL107 MD4	✅	The dietary deficiency kwashiorkor, a Ghanaian language word for "disease of the baby deposed when the next one arrives", is predominantly associated with a nutritional lack of what?	PROTEIN	N/A
LL107 MD2	❌	What is the name of the scientific tool used for measuring wind, coming from the Greek word for "wind"?	ANEMOMETER	N/A
LL106 MD23	✅	Anatomically and functionally, what is the crural equivalent of the brachialhumerus?	FEMUR	N/A
LL106 MD22	❌	In programming languages like C, C++, Java, and JavaScript, they begin with two slashes (//), while in Python and Ruby, they begin with a hash symbol (#). What are these lines of code commonly called?	(SINGLE LINE) COMMENTS	N/A
LL106 MD21	❌	GameStop Corp. adopted that name in 1999, but the company traces its roots to 1983, when it was founded under a different name honoring the English inventor who originated the concept of a digital programmable computer. Who was this mathematician, who died in 1871?	CHARLES BABBAGE	N/A
LL106 MD20	✅	The most abundant type of antibody in human blood and extracellular fluid is known as IgG (uppercase I, lowercase g, uppercase G). What does the "Ig" refer to in this abbreviation?	IMMUNOGLOBULIN	N/A
LL106 MD18	✅	This passage, about 3.5 cm long and 2–3 mm wide, has bony and cartilaginous parts, runs at an oblique angle, and is named for a 16th-century Italian anatomist. What is it?	EUSTACHIAN TUBE	N/A
LL106 MD17	❌	Wolframite is a principal ore of the metal with what name, given by Professor Torbern Bergman at the University of Uppsala in 1781?	TUNGSTEN	N/A
LL106 MD16	✅	In the U.S. customary system of measurement, what unit of length equals 40 rods or 660 feet?	FURLONG	N/A
LL106 MD13	✅	In optics, it's an opaque disk with a circular aperture in the center. In anatomy, it's a large, dome-shaped muscle that plays a role in respiration. In acoustics, it's a thin membrane that vibrates to convert sound to electrical signals. What is the word in question?	DIAPHRAGM	N/A
LL106 MD12	✅	What word, also used commonly in mathematics and physics, is used in epidemiology for an organism capable of transmitting a pathogen from one organism to another?	VECTOR	N/A
LL106 MD10	❌	Silica gel is a type of substance known by a name derived from Latin for "to dry thoroughly". What is that name?	DESICCANT	N/A
LL106 MD9	❌	What synovial joint, which contains over a dozen bursae, is the largest joint in the human body?	KNEE	N/A
LL106 MD7	✅	Cellulose, starch, proteins, DNA/RNA, rubber, and nylon are examples of substances with what name, defined as large macromolecules composed of many repeating units?	POLYMERS	N/A
LL106 MD6	✅	While some animals (e.g., squirrels, elephants) are diurnal, and some are nocturnal (bats, owls), what word describes animals, such as bobcats and rabbits, that are most active during dawn and dusk. Appropriately, the word comes from the Latin for "twilight".	CREPUSCULAR	N/A
LL106 MD4	✅	Hypokalemia is the name for a condition when the blood serum contains a low level of what mineral?	POTASSIUM	N/A
LL106 MD2	✅	A celebrated example of communication in animals was investigated by 20th c. Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch, who discovered coded information conveyed via a "dance" performed by what animals?	BEES	N/A
LL105 MD25	✅	In 1912, a Massachusetts pharmacist developed an "organoleptic test" in which pepper extract was diluted until its burn disappeared. This dilution factor became a "heat unit" named after this pharmacist. What was his name?	WILBUR SCOVILLE	N/A
LL105 MD24	✅	What word is used in microbiology for any spherical bacterium, such as those that can cause strep throat and staph infections?	COCCUS	N/A
LL105 MD21	❌	Although all golf clubs are fundamentally examples of mechanical devices known as simple machines, which type of club has a name which is the same as that of one of the six classic simple machines?	WEDGE	N/A
LL105 MD18	✅	Marsh gas, also known as swamp gas, which is formed by rotting vegetation in wetlands, consists primarily of what organic compound?	METHANE	N/A
LL105 MD17	✅	What term denotes atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons?	ISOTOPE	N/A
LL105 MD16	✅	Hydrophobiahas historically been used as an alternative name for what acute viral infection (whose symptoms include extreme hydrophobia)?	RABIES	N/A
LL105 MD14	✅	Although his very name became the SI unit for power, British inventor James Watt coined what other unit for measuring power, which is equal to 746 watts?	HORSEPOWER	N/A
LL105 MD13	✅	What is the abbreviated term for the ribbed steel rods that are embedded inside concrete structures during the construction of buildings, bridges, dams, etc. to add tensile strength to the structure?	REBAR	N/A
LL105 MD12	✅	What is the chemical formula for the extremely common compound known in its mineral form as halite?	NaCl	N/A
LL105 MD10	✅	The two most massive Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) that are currently known are Eris (formally designated 136199 Eris) and what other body? This other body is slightly larger than Eris (though less massive) and is itself the largest Kuiper Belt Object (unless one considers Triton a KBO).	PLUTO	N/A
LL105 MD7	✅	The smallest constellation in the sky, one of the most distinctive and certainly one of the most vexillologically significant, has what name?	CRUX/SOUTHERN CROSS	N/A
LL105 MD6	✅	Organic compounds containing the −SH group known asthiols, which are also calledmercaptans, are found widely in nature, including in their relation to what animal in the familyMephitidaewith which they're most closely associated?	SKUNK	N/A
LL105 MD4	✅	A small, silvery commercial fish of the herring family found in the North Atlantic has a name that is also the surname of a lipophobic nursery rhyme character. What is that fish?	SPRAT	N/A
LL105 MD2	✅	What is the name of the thin membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the front of the eye, or the term for the inflammation of this membrane?	CONJUNCTIVA/CONJUNCTIVITIS	N/A
LL105 MD1	❌	NASA's Dragonfly mission, set to launch in 2028, will land a rotorcraft in 2034 on what moon—Saturn's largest and the only world besides Earth known to have standing liquid on its surface?	TITAN	N/A
LL104 MD24	✅	What Latin word meaning "hollow" appears in the names of the two main veins in the human body, which carry deoxygenated blood to the heart from the upper and lower body?	CAVA	N/A
LL104 MD23	❌	Remains of a subspecies ofHomo erectusfound in northern China starting in the 1920s are known as what "Man", a term now often used for allHomo erectusfossils from China?	PEKING MAN	N/A
LL104 MD21	✅	Twenty "short" hundredweights equal 2,000 pounds (a "short" ton), and twenty "long" hundredweights equal 2,240 pounds (a "long" ton). In between those is 2,204.62 pounds, which equals what other kind of ton (ortonne)?	METRIC TON	N/A
LL104 MD20	✅	A term for a severe weather condition associated with blizzards is a homophone of a certain brand of error-corrector. What is that term?	WHITEOUT/WITE-OUT	N/A
LL104 MD16	✅	If a molecule is repelled by water, it is termedhydrophobic. What is the corresponding opposite term for a molecule attracted to water?	HYDROPHILIC	N/A
LL104 MD14	✅	In internal combustion engine vehicles, metals like platinum, palladium, and rhodium are most commonly found in what component?	CATALYTIC CONVERTER	N/A
LL104 MD13	❌	What term refers to the sugary fluid, up to 90% sucrose in some species, that flows through the phloem of plants to store and transport carbohydrates produced during photosynthesis?	SAP	N/A
LL104 MD12	✅	While minor sources include anglesite, cerussite, and litharge, the main ore of what metallic element is the sulfide galena?	LEAD	N/A
LL104 MD10	❌	What is the common name given to the standard code that was developed in America in 1963 and used for information interchange by encoding the letters A-Z, digits 0-9, punctuation marks, and other characters in binary form? This code was later extended by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).	ASCII	N/A
LL104 MD8	✅	A mammal native to Africa and South Asia, distinctive for its coloration—dark brown to black with a pale yellowish-grey stripe extending from the top of its head along its back—as well as for its fearlessness, is known as a ratel but is better known as what?	HONEY BADGER	N/A
LL104 MD6	✅	What chemical element, in the halogen group on the periodic table just below chlorine and above iodine, is notable for being one of only two elements that is liquid at room temperature (along with mercury), and for having a particularly sharp and unpleasant odor (its name comes from the Greek for "stench")?	BROMINE	N/A
LL104 MD5	❌	What saturated fatty acid, a waxy solid commonly found in lard and beef tallow (its name comes from "tallow" in Greek) but also present in plant oils such as shea butter and cocoa butter, is widely used in the production of soaps and candles and has extensive pharmaceutical and industrial applications?	STEARIC ACID	N/A
LL104 MD3	❌	What gland, named for its shape and located deep in the brain near the corpus callosum, synthesizes the hormone melatonin, and thus plays a significant role in biological rhythms such as the sleep-wake cycle?	PINEAL GLAND	N/A
LL104 MD2	✅	What bird, a native of the northern hemisphere and member of the grouse family, has a name that begins with an unetymological consonant pair—as the bird's original Gaelic name just begins with the letter "T", and a Greek-influenced silent letter was added at the beginning in the 17th century?	PTARMIGAN	N/A
LL104 MD1	✅	A quantity of Mg(OH)2in a liquid suspension with various inactive ingredients (and no other active ingredients) is a laxative and antacid known by what name?	MILK OF MAGNESIA	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD9	❌	Among the regional broadcasters that gradually merged over the decades to form the British television network ITV were two London-based franchises. One was Thames (later replaced by Carlton), and the other LWT. What did the "W" in LWT stand for?	WEEKEND	N/A
LL109 MD7	❌	María la del Barrio,Los Ricos También Lloran, andRebeldeare all famous and influential examples of a certain melodramatic genre of serialized drama. Another—perhaps the most globally influential of all—isYo soy [REDACTED], la fea. What woman's name is redacted?	BETTY	N/A
LL109 MD2	❌	While shows likeThe Hitchhikerand1st & Tenexisted previously, what series is widely considered HBO's first true dramatic television series, debuting in July 1997 with the tagline "It's no place like home"?	OZ	N/A
LL108 MD24	✅	Seinfeld's "The Chinese Restaurant" (where Jerry, Elaine, and George wait for a table),Breaking Bad's "Fly" (where Walt and Jesse spend the episode in the lab with a pesky fly), andCommunity's "Cooperative Calligraphy" (where the gang is stuck in a study room arguing over a pen) are examples of a type of episode usually made to save money by using minimal locations, few sets, and only the regular cast. What is the term for this type of episode, a term that the often-metaCommunityactually uses within the episode itself?	BOTTLE EPISODE	N/A
LL108 MD21	❌	What Netflix series, based on a 1989 novel and a 1990 British series of the same name, follows a manipulative congressman and his equally strategic wife as they scheme their way to the top of American politics? It was Netflix's first major original production and the first streaming show to win a major Emmy.	HOUSE OF CARDS	N/A
LL108 MD20	❌	The biographical miniseriesGeorge & Tammypremiered on Showtime in December 2022. Give the last name of either of the two title characters.	JONES, WYNETTE	N/A
LL108 MD19	❌	What is essentially the UK's equivalent to Japan's NHK, Italy's RAI, Ireland's RTÉ, and Germany's ZDF (and perhaps ARD)?	BBC	N/A
LL108 MD15	✅	The "peanut" remote was a trademark of what company and time-shifting pioneer, which worked aggressively in the early 2000s to prevent its name from becoming a genericized verb (with limited success)?	TIVO	N/A
LL108 MD8	✅	The HBO Max drama series which reviewers often describe with words like "intense" and "gritty", and which won Outstanding Drama Series at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (as well as individual acting awards for members of its cast), is set, per its double entendre title, in what U.S. city?	PITTSBURGH	N/A
LL108 MD6	❌	A nickname for the CBS television network refers both to its once-renowned reputation for high-quality broadcast journalism and to the retailer whose former New York flagship building famously hosted CBS's color-television demonstrations in 1950. What is the company that inspired this nickname?	TIFFANY & CO.	N/A
LL108 MD3	✅	Many American children reportedly began to develop English accents and adopt words and phrases such as "mummy", "on holiday", "telly", and "ready, steady, go" due to COVID-19 lockdown-era binge watching of what animated series, headlined by a good-hearted four-year-old who loves jumping in muddy puddles?	PEPPA PIG	N/A
LL108 MD1	❌	The 1970s saw several successful American TV series adapted from British shows, includingAll in the Family(fromTill Death Us Do Part),Sanford and Son(fromSteptoe and Son), and what other sitcom, based on the British seriesMan About the Housestarring Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, and Sally Thomsett?	THREE'S COMPANY	N/A
LL107 MD24	❌	Frank Sinatra's 1966 recording of "Strangers in the Night" inspired the name of what title character from an animated series that premiered three years later?	SCOOBY DOO	N/A
LL107 MD22	✅	"Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered." For decades, these sentences have been the sign-off that concludes episodes of what game show?	THE PRICE IS RIGHT	N/A
LL107 MD20	✅	In this branding timeline, what single name is redacted?[REDACTED] Go (2010-2020) -> [REDACTED] Now (2015-2020) -> [REDACTED] Max (2020-2023) -> Max (2023-2025)-> [REDACTED] Max (2025-present).	HBO	N/A
LL107 MD18	❌	Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of [BLANK] Musicis a documentary directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Oz Rodriguez that premiered on NBC in January 2025. What three letters fill in the blank?	SNL	N/A
LL107 MD17	❌	In the original version of the theme song for what sitcom, the lyrics referred to five of the show's main characters by name or role, while lumping the other two (a Ph.D. and a farm girl from Kansas) into "and the rest". It was changed to mention all seven in season two and onward.	GILLIGAN'S ISLAND	N/A
LL107 MD10	❌	The first game of a doubleheader on August 26, 1939 at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, between the Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, which the visitors won 5-2, is the first major league baseball game with what distinction? It's one shared, in a thematic sense, with Bulova watches, the New York World's Fair, and the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade.	FIRST TO BE TELEVISED	N/A
LL107 MD8	❌	Edna Garrett, the Drummond family's housekeeper onDiff'rent Strokes, left their Manhattan penthouse to become a housemother on what successful 1979 spinoff?	THE FACTS OF LIFE	N/A
LL107 MD6	✅	What reality television series, which debuted on Bravo in July 2013, was described by longtime star Captain Lee Rosbach as "Downton Abbey on the water"?	BELOW DECK	N/A
LL107 MD4	❌	In the history of the Emmy Awards, there is exactly one woman who has won both Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (doing so in 1999, 2001, 2003), and also Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (in 2010). Name this woman, who was also nominated for her appearance in30 Rock(2008) and lead role inLaw & Order: True Crime—The Menendez Murders(2018).	EDIE FALCO	N/A
LL106 MD24	❌	The 2021 British documentary series subtitledGet Backclimaxes with a performance on 3 Savile Row in central London, which housed the headquarters of what company?	APPLE (CORPS)	N/A
LL106 MD22	✅	The comedy seriesShoresy, in which Jared Keeso's title character leads a struggling "senior whale shit" AAA hockey team, is a spinoff from what other vernacular-heavy series?	LETTERKENNY	N/A
LL106 MD19	❌	What television series, which ended four of its six seasons ranked #1, is generally credited as the first sitcom filmed with a multi-camera setup in front of a live studio audience?	I LOVE LUCY	N/A
LL106 MD16	✅	Quite likely the most successful Australian television series exported to the United States and beyond, which debuted in 1998 in their homeland and 2002 in the U.S., stars what colourful ensemble for kids?	THE WIGGLES	N/A
LL106 MD13	❌	The British competitive reality series in which celebrities partner with professional dancers—spun off from the amateur-focusedCome Dancingand exported worldwide asDancing with the Stars—uses the original series' title (Come Dancing) with what word added at the beginning? The word is taken from the title of a 1992 Australian romantic comedy about ballroom dancing.	STRICTLY	N/A
LL106 MD11	❌	NBC'sLate Nighttelevision franchise began with David Letterman in 1982, has been hosted by Seth Meyers since 2014, and saw its longest tenure under Conan O'Brien (1993–2009). Who was the other permanent host of the series?	JIMMY FALLON	N/A
LL106 MD6	✅	What name completes the following list? Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O'Hurley, _____.	STEVE HARVEY	N/A
LL106 MD4	❌	Laurel, Mississippi, provides the primary setting (and indirectly, the title) for what HGTV renovation series starring local husband-and-wife team Ben and Erin Napier?	HOME TOWN	N/A
LL106 MD1	✅	What TV character, a famous misanthrope, was originally presented as orange, and in fact is still orange, technically, with his current hue attributed to being covered in mud and slime?	OSCAR (THE GROUCH)	N/A
LL105 MD25	✅	The name of the display technology CRT, now obsolete with advent of cheaper and more advanced technologies, is an abbreviation of what three-word phrase?	CATHODE RAY TUBE	N/A
LL105 MD24	❌	According to Amazon, a series that premiered on Prime Video in September 2022 became the most-watched of any original series on the service. The series was based onThe Lord of the Ringsand had that in its title, with what subtitle?	THE RINGS OF POWER	N/A
LL105 MD22	✅	Although its eighth season (and its first on ABC after seven on NBC) ended with the two-part episode "My Finale" in May 2009, what sitcom actually (and somewhat unexpectedly) returned for a ninth and final season, introducing a number of new characters at a new Sacred Heart medical school?	SCRUBS	N/A
LL105 MD18	❌	Sitcom characters Richie Cunningham, Arthur Fonzarelli, Warren "Potsie" Weber, and Ralph Malph were all residents of what city?	MILWAUKEE	N/A
LL105 MD15	❌	George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Michael Moriarty, and Richard Brooks were the original quartet that represented the duality of what television series?	LAW & ORDER	N/A
LL105 MD13	❌	Although one initial concept was for it to be presented as a documentary being filmed by a Dutch foreign-exchange student, the creators of a certain sitcom never explained why its characters were being filmed within the show's storyline or were speaking to the camera. What is the name of this sitcom, a winner of multiple Outstanding Comedy Series Emmys in the 2010s?	MODERN FAMILY	N/A
LL105 MD11	✅	What term introduced by Nielsen Media Research in the 1950s refers to the period when local TV markets were surveyed by the company, with the resulting data used by stations and cable channels to set advertising rates and establish their programming schedules?	SWEEPS	N/A
LL105 MD8	✅	What television series aired its "Day One" episode at 10:00pm ET on Thursday, September 22, 1994, and remained in that time slot on NBC until its final episode, "And in the End...", on April 2, 2009?	ER	N/A
LL105 MD5	✅	For good reasons, the word RELENTS will likely never be the solution in the Bonus Round of what game show that debuted on NBC in 1975?	WHEEL OF FORTUNE	N/A
LL105 MD1	❌	The 1980s TV characters Sam fromCheersand Tony fromWho's the Bosshad very different occupations, but shared whatformeroccupation, which was also the former occupation of theactorwho played George onMr. Belvedere?	BASEBALL PLAYER	N/A
LL104 MD25	❌	Woody Paige, Tim Cowlishaw, Bill Plaschke, Kevin Blackistone, and Jackie MacMullan are frequent panelists on what ESPN daytime show, hosted by Tony Reali since 2004?	AROUND THE HORN	N/A
LL104 MD21	✅	Since the launch ofThe Great British Bake Off(also known asThe Great British Baking Show), one judge has remained throughout. This judge's last name is also the name of what famous neighborhood?	HOLLYWOOD	N/A
LL104 MD20	✅	The total pool of prize money during the first season of what TV show, which premiered in September 2021, ultimately amounted to ₩45.6 billion?	SQUID GAME	N/A
LL104 MD18	❌	Here's the Story: Surviving [REDACTED] and Finding My True Voiceis a 2008 book by Maureen McCormick that recounts her life during and after her time playing what memorable television character, whose name has been redacted from the title? (First and last name required.)	MARCIA BRADY	N/A
LL104 MD17	❌	Jerry Seinfeld played "Jerry Seinfeld" inSeinfeld, and Will Smith played "Will Smith" inThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The same convention (star's name = character's name) was used in a 1995–2004 sitcom set in Ohio, starring what actor?	DREW CAREY	N/A
LL104 MD16	✅	What television series has been produced by United Plankton Pictures Inc. since the company's founding in 1998 by former marine science educator Stephen Hillenburg?	SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS	N/A
LL104 MD15	❌	Stephanie Abrams, Mike Bettes, Jen Carfagno, Dr. Greg Forbes, and Jim Cantore are all known for their work on what television network?	THE WEATHER CHANNEL	N/A
LL104 MD5	✅	The nickname given by a stalker named Martha to her target named Donny is the title of what award-winning and critically lauded Netflix miniseries?	BABY REINDEER	N/A
LL104 MD3	❌	Christian Slater played the title character of what television series that aired on the USA Network from 2015 to 2019, playing an enigmatic anarchist who leads a group of hacktivists aiming to take down the multinational "Evil Corp"?	MR. ROBOT	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD1	❌	What act, featuring Americans Jean Butler and Michael Flatley, premiered as the interval performance at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin (the act's name evoking the Liffey), later expanded into a full-length stage show, and eventually toured internationally for decades with extended runs on Broadway and the West End?	RIVERDANCE	N/A
LL108 MD22	❌	While Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen considered 1873'sKejser og Galilaer(Emperor and Galilean) his masterpiece, his international fame was secured by two social plays that followed, titledEt Dukkehjem(1879) andGengangere(1881). The former is known in English asA Doll's House; give the common English translation of the latter.	GHOSTS	N/A
LL108 MD15	✅	April 16, 2023 was the 13,981st and final Broadway performance for what Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which holds the record for the longest-running show in Broadway history (and will do so for at least another seven years)?	THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	N/A
LL108 MD9	❌	A mini-resurgence of history-based plays on Broadway began in part with the 2007 debut of a drama by playwright Peter Morgan. The play was set in California in 1977, and starred Michael Sheen and Frank Langella as what title characters? (Note, name both characters.)	DAVID FROST, RICHARD NIXON	N/A
LL108 MD4	❌	Manhattan's Circle in the Square Theatre is transformed into whatNew York Timeschief theater critic Jesse Green called a "sumptuous supper club" for the 2025 jukebox musicalJust in Time. Name either the legendary crooner whose music it celebrates, or the acclaimed Broadway star who plays him in the lead role.	BOBBY DARIN, JONATHAN GROFF	N/A
LL107 MD22	❌	JapaneseBunraku, FrenchGuignol, RussianPetrushka, IndonesianWayang, and TurkishKaragözare all theatre traditions that are distinctive for their use of what props?	PUPPETS	N/A
LL107 MD14	✅	One of the biggest upsets in Tony Awards history came in 2004, whenWickedlost Best Musical to what show, whose cast consisted of just four puppeteers and three human actors (compared toWicked's eleven principals and an ensemble of more than twenty)?	AVENUE Q	N/A
LL107 MD11	✅	Derived from the Latin for "speaking alone", what theatrical term refers to a device in which a character voices their inner thoughts aloud, unheard by other characters, so the audience can understand their true feelings and motivations?	SOLILOQUY	N/A
LL107 MD5	❌	The Bavarian village of Oberammergau has famously, since 1634, hosted a production of what type of alliteratively named theatrical performance, to honor a vow made during an outbreak of the plague?	PASSION PLAY	N/A
LL106 MD24	❌	"What I Did for Love" inA Chorus Line, "Being Alive" inCompany, and "Memory" inCatsare examples of emotional solo showstoppers that occur late in Act II of Broadway musicals. They are known by what term, based on around when they would occur in old Broadway scheduling?	11 O'CLOCK NUMBER	N/A
LL106 MD20	❌	"Stormy Weather" was the signature song of what legendary singer, dancer, and civil rights activist, who won a special Tony award in 1981 for her acclaimed one-woman showThe Lady and Her Music? In 2022, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre was renamed for her, making it the first Broadway theater named after a Black woman.	LENA HORNE	N/A
LL106 MD16	❌	Ten plays by American playwright August Wilson, each set in a different decade in the 20th century, are collectively known as whatCycle, after the location where most of them are set (which is also where Wilson was born and raised).	PITTSBURGH CYCLE	N/A
LL106 MD15	❌	What 2024 Tony Award nominee for Best Musical, inspired by the life and music of Alicia Keys, takes its name from the neighborhood where she was born and raised?	HELL'S KITCHEN	N/A
LL105 MD21	❌	Nora Helmer, now a successful feminist novelist, returns home after fifteen years to finalize her divorce from Torvald in Lucas Hnath's 2017Part 2of what play that premiered in 1879?	A DOLL'S HOUSE	N/A
LL105 MD19	✅	In comedian Cole Escola's hit Broadway playOh, Mary!, Escola plays a very fictionalized version of a real-life historical figure. What is the last name of that titular individual (maiden or married name is acceptable)?	(MARY) TODD LINCOLN	N/A
LL105 MD15	❌	What hit musical—and subsequent two-part film adaptation—is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel, itself based on a beloved book from 1900?	WICKED	N/A
LL105 MD8	❌	What Agatha Christie play broke the record for the longest-running show in the history of British theatre in April 1958, and maintains the record today (probably worldwide) as it approaches its 30,000th performance in 2025?	THE MOUSETRAP	N/A
LL105 MD2	✅	What three-word phrase refers to the areas of a theatre open to the public—such as the lobby, box office, and auditorium—and is also used in restaurants to refer to spaces accessible to diners?	FRONT OF HOUSE	N/A
LL104 MD24	❌	Opening on Broadway on the unlucky date of March 5, 2020, before reopening in 2022, the jukebox musicalGirl from the North Countryfeatures the music of what artist? This artist was certainly from an area that could be called the North Country, but was not a girl (the title comes from his 1963 ballad of the same name).	BOB DYLAN	N/A
LL104 MD15	❌	In London theatre, "off-West End" is a rough equivalent to New York's "off-Broadway", but there's no true "off-off-West End" to match "off-off-Broadway". Instead, what word is often used for this category, its use originating in the late 1940s via an offshoot of the annual Edinburgh International Festival?	FRINGE	N/A
LL104 MD10	✅	A certain system and approach to acting is associated with the techniques originated by the Russian Konstantin Stanislavsky, and came into wider use in the mid-20th century thanks in large part to Lee Strasberg and others at New York's Actors Studio. What is the best-known term for this emotionally immersive approach to acting?	METHOD ACTING	N/A
LL104 MD1	❌	The plot of Harold Pinter's ambiguous and unconventional "comedy of menace" that was first staged in 1958, and which was initially met with decidedly mixed reviews (though it is acclaimed today), centers on what type of organized celebration?	BIRTHDAY PARTY	N/A

MD	Res	Question	Answer	LW%
LL109 MD7	❌	The central U.S. military hub during the War in Afghanistan, from 2001 until U.S. withdrawal in July 2021, was located at an air base approximately 30 miles north of Kabul in what town, after which the air base is named?	BAGRAM	N/A
LL109 MD6	✅	One of the most decisive defeats of a European army by an African force in history occurred in 1896, when Italian troops were routed at the Battle of Adwa by Emperor Menelik II's army from what country?	ETHIOPIA/ABYSSINIA	N/A
LL109 MD5	❌	The IMF and World Bank were both conceived in July 1944 (the former to address short-term balance-of-payments crises, the latter to promote long-term development) at a conference held at the Mount Washington Hotel in Carroll, New Hampshire, in what resort area?	BRETTON WOODS	N/A
LL109 MD3	❌	Of the nine popes who served the Catholic Church during the 20th century, three of them shared what papal name (and were X, XI, and XII overall)?	PIUS	N/A
LL109 MD1	✅	By most historical GDP-per-capita estimates, what country ranked among the 10–15 wealthiest in the world at the turn of the 20th century—rivaling Germany and France andby farthe richest in Latin America—before a century-long decline marked by political instability, repeated economic crises, and multiple sovereign defaults, including its 2001 default on about $100 billion in debt?	ARGENTINA	N/A
LL108 MD24	✅	One of the fastest urbanization processes in recorded history occurred in Brazil after 1950, resulting in enormous growth of informal, self-built, and largely unregulated urban settlements known by what Brazilian Portuguese name?	FAVELA	N/A
LL108 MD23	❌	What Southeast Asian empire had its capital at Angkor from the 9th century CE (and is sometimes known as the Angkorian Empire) until it fell to the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century?	KHMER EMPIRE	N/A
LL108 MD20	❌	What Swedish warship sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628, was eventually salvaged in 1961, and has been housed since 1990 in a museum on the city's island of Djurgården?	VASA	N/A
LL108 MD18	❌	Numerous (perhaps hundreds) of Nazi war criminals, including Josef Mengele, were given refuge in what country, during (and thanks to) the 35-year rule of dictator Alfredo Stroessner?	PARAGUAY	N/A
LL108 MD17	❌	Sankore Madrasah was a flourishing university (depending on one's definition of a university) by the 14th century in what West African city, famed as a medieval center of Islamic learning and for its role in trans-Saharan trade?	TIMBUKTU	N/A
LL108 MD15	❌	A powerful kingdom called the Moche collapsed in the 7th century and was replaced in the Moche River Valley by the Chimu, who built a thriving empire until they were conquered around 1470 by what other rising empire, which had begun expanding aggressively from its mountainous capital earlier that century?	INCA/TAWANTINSUYU	N/A
LL108 MD13	❌	Jigme Wangchuk served as the monarch (Druk Gyalpo) of what Asian country beginning in 1926, until succeeded by Jigme Dorji Wangchuk in 1952, who was in turn succeeded by Jigme Singye Wangchuk in 1972 and then Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk in 2006?	BHUTAN	N/A
LL108 MD9	❌	"Eye of the day" (referring to the sun) is the literal translation from Malay for what stage name used by Frisian-born dancer Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, who was executed by firing squad in Paris in October 1917?	MATA HARI	N/A
LL108 MD8	❌	A spinning frame invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779, which helped fully mechanize the hand-spinning process, has what name, derived from the fact that it was a hybrid of two previous inventions (the spinning jenny and water frame)?	MULE	N/A
LL108 MD7	❌	Independence leader Agustín de Iturbide served from 1822 to 1823 as the first emperor of what country? He was the sole ruler of its First Empire, while Maximilian I was the only emperor of its short-lived Second Empire (1863–1867).	MEXICO	N/A
LL108 MD5	✅	Every prime number greater than 5, when written in base 10, must end in one of four digits. A four-digit number using each of these digits exactly once gives the year that marked the end of Year I (1) in the French Revolutionary Calendar. What is that year/four-digit number?	1793	N/A
LL108 MD4	❌	What former province of South Africa, which merged with KwaZulu to form a new province in 1994, traces its history back through British colonialism to its first European sighting (and naming) by the Portuguese on Christmas Day, in 1497?	NATAL	N/A
LL108 MD2	❌	The political party whose name translates to "Soldiers of Destiny" was founded in 1926, took power in 1932, and dominated politics for decades before a historic defeat in the 2011 general election (since partly reversed). In what European country did this occur?	IRELAND	N/A
LL107 MD25	❌	What four-word title (with two of the words being "of the") was bestowed on Henry VIII by Pope Leo X, as a reward for the King's written opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther, and is still held by the British monarch today?	DEFENDER OF THE FAITH	N/A
LL107 MD23	❌	What legend of history and drama,mormaerof Moray, became king after slaying Duncan I in battle near Elgin in 1040, before his defeat and death at the hands of Duncan's son in 1057?	MACBETH	N/A
LL107 MD21	❌	After forming the People's Action Party in 1954, Lee Kuan Yew served from 1959 to 1990 as Prime Minister of what country (first as a component state, and from 1965 as a fully independent republic)?	SINGAPORE	N/A
LL107 MD16	❌	In 1983, following a coup and the formation of a Marxist Revolutionary Military Council, a brief U.S. military intervention prevented the junta from consolidating power in what Caribbean island nation?	GRENADA	N/A
LL107 MD15	❌	What was the name used for the form of international trusteeship devised by the League of Nations to administer former German and Ottoman colonies after World War I? By the end of WWII, some territories had achieved independence, with notable exceptions including Namibia and Palestine.	MANDATE	N/A
LL107 MD14	❌	The 1954 armistice that ended French rule in Indochina followed the surrender, after a nearly three-month siege, of what fortified stronghold between Hanoi and the Laotian border?	DIEN BIEN PHU	N/A
LL107 MD13	❌	What was the name of the authoritarian family dynasty, notorious for corruption and repression, that dominated Nicaraguan politics from the 1930s to 1979, starting with the 1936 coup staged by Anastasio ("Tacho"), continuing with his eldest son Luis in the 1950s and 60s, and ending with the resignation of Anastasio ("Tachito")?	SOMOZA	N/A
LL107 MD11	✅	What country, despite being home to various UN and UN-aligned organizations including the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, and Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, did not join the United Nations as a member until 2002?	SWITZERLAND	N/A
LL107 MD8	✅	Legends of an indigenous ruler in northwest South America who ritually coated his body in gold dust and plunged into a sacred lake gave rise to the belief in what mythical land?	EL DORADO	N/A
LL107 MD7	❌	In 1877, one of the first telephones in a private residence, and reportedly the first phone line outside the United States, was installed at a summer palace in a town called Petrópolis, for an enthusiastic supporter of science and technology who was emperor of what country?	BRAZIL	N/A
LL107 MD4	❌	In 622, Muhammad and Abu Bakr left Mecca to live among the people of Yathrib (later Medina) in an event whose Arabic name means "migration" or "breaking of ties." What is this event called?	HIJRA/HEGIRA	N/A
LL107 MD3	❌	What term for a formal assembly of representatives, derived from a Medieval Latin word and used for a 1521 gathering in an imperial free city on the Upper Rhine near Frankfurt, is (per that Latin word's literal definition) intended to describe a meeting lasting only one day?	DIET	N/A
LL107 MD2	❌	The Delian League, a voluntary alliance named for its island base and with upwards of 300 members at its peak, eventually evolved into the beginnings of what empire?	ATHENIAN EMPIRE	N/A
LL106 MD25	✅	A pivotal offensive launched in 1968 during the Vietnam War, often attributed to General Võ Nguyên Giáp and shifting combat from the countryside into South Vietnam's urban centers, was timed to coincide with what holiday?	TET (NGUYEN DAN)/LUNAR NEW YEAR	N/A
LL106 MD22	❌	The 1931 Mukden Incident was a precursor to the full-scale war that erupted in 1937 between what two countries?	CHINA, JAPAN	N/A
LL106 MD20	❌	"Ye Emperors, Kings, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, and Knights, and all other people desirous of knowing the diversities of the races of mankind, as well as the diversities of kingdoms, provinces, and regions of all parts of the East, read through this book..." So begins the prologue toIl Milione, by whom?	MARCO POLO	N/A
LL106 MD18	❌	What two-word term, an alternate name for the North African rodent known as ajerboa, was applied generally to British servicemen in the North Africa campaign of World War II, and more specifically for the 7th Armoured Division, which adopted the jerboa as its insignia?	DESERT RAT	N/A
LL106 MD16	❌	"Speaking aloud' is a translation of what word, which was used to describe the greater degree of openness in Soviet society and international relations promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev beginning in 1985?	GLASNOST	N/A
LL106 MD14	✅	In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published the first map using what name for the New World? The name was chosen in honor of the explorer who had described aMundus Novusback in 1504.	AMERICA	N/A
LL106 MD12	✅	A pivotal historical event occurred in February 1898, with the explosion of a U.S. battleship in the harbor of what city?	HAVANA	N/A
LL106 MD10	❌	During the 1400s, China's northern capital (modern-day Beijing) was constructed by the Ming dynasty as a series of walled enclosures: a large rectangular fortification, within it an imperial square, and at the center, a smaller compound that served as the emperor's residence. What is this innermost enclosure most commonly called today (in English)?	FORBIDDEN CITY	N/A
LL106 MD8	❌	Theiklwa(short stabbing spear),isihlangu(cowhide shield), andimpondo zankomo("bull horn" or "buffalo horn" battle formation) were military innovations developed by or associated with what legendary commander during the period known as theMfecane?	SHAKA	N/A
LL106 MD6	❌	A chronological list of dynasties that begins with Xia around 2100 BCE, includes Han at the start of the Common Era, Song at the start of the second millennium, and Ming starting in 1368, ends with what dynasty in 1912?	QING/MANCHU	N/A
LL106 MD5	✅	What is the most significant present-day namesake of Henrietta Maria, the youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici, born at the Louvre Palace in 1609?	MARYLAND	N/A
LL106 MD2	✅	Which Athenian lawgiver of the 7th century BCE gave his name to an adjective for any rigorous or cruel law?	DRACO	N/A
LL106 MD1	❌	In naval history, the Battles of the Nile (1798) and Copenhagen (1801) are often linked with a third battle, fought in 1805 off the coast of what Spanish cape that gives the battle its name?	TRAFALGAR	N/A
LL105 MD23	✅	In the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, Wilhelm I was declared Kaiser of a newly unified German Empire, shortly before the treaty that ended what war?	FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR	N/A
LL105 MD21	❌	In the British 1971 short filmGranny Gets the Point, a young boy helps his grandmother prepare for what the film dubs "D-Day" on February 15 of that year. What does theDof this particular D-Day stand for?	DECIMALISATION	N/A
LL105 MD20	❌	During a noncontiguous period of approximately 38 years (1947–64, 1966–77, and 1980–89), the position of prime minister of what country was held by three generations of the same family?	INDIA	N/A
LL105 MD19	❌	What word was coined in the 1940s to refer to the general region of southern Mexico and Central America, particularly in relation to features of historical and cultural importance within the region and the pre-Columbian societies that lived there?	MESOAMERICA	N/A
LL105 MD17	❌	In what country did Eduardo Frei Montalva serve as president from 1964 to 1970 and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, his son, serve as president from 1994 to 2000? The interim years included a seventeen-year military dictatorship beginning with a US-backed coup d'état in September 1973.	CHILE	N/A
LL105 MD15	❌	What Roman historian, author ofAnnals(Annales) andHistories(Historiae), and one of the most preeminent historians of antiquity, is responsible for much of our knowledge of the Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties, as well as of the Germanic peoples of the era?	TACITUS	N/A
LL105 MD13	❌	What was the last name of France's minister of war who served in the role intermittently from 1929 to 1932 and is remembered today via a string ofouvrages, casemates, blockhouses, and the like?	MAGINOT	N/A
LL105 MD12	❌	Identify the candidate whose unsuccessful 1995 run for the presidency of Peru demonstrated the limits of having previously served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991.	JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR	N/A
LL105 MD10	❌	What archaeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, nearly 1,000 years after its establishment as a Norse settlement?	L’ANSE AUX MEADOWS	N/A
LL105 MD8	❌	Vietnam's Bến Hải River, which flows generally from west to east for approximately 100 km in the center of the country, is closest to what consequential circle of latitude?	17TH PARALLEL (NORTH)	N/A
LL105 MD4	❌	Tenth-century Anglo-Saxon king Æthelstan is usually regarded as the first king of a unified England, but what earlier king—his grandfather—claimed kingship over all Anglo-Saxons and thus may also have some claim to the title? He is (so far) the only native English monarch known as "The Great".	ALFRED	N/A
LL105 MD3	❌	French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps is most closely associated—both for success and failure—with what type of transportation infrastructure?	CANAL	N/A
LL105 MD2	❌	The West African city originally named Christopolis, founded by the American Colonization Society in 1822, was changed to what new (and current) name in 1824?	MONROVIA	N/A
LL104 MD25	❌	The statesman Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a central figure in the founding of what modern-day nation?	PAKISTAN	N/A
LL104 MD23	❌	The 1973 agreement among North and South Vietnam and the United States was officially named theAgreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam, but is colloquially better known as "Peace Accords" named after what city, where the agreement was signed?	PARIS	N/A
LL104 MD22	❌	More than 50 years after its failed attempt at secession, what historical region of Nigeria still today maintains significant local support for independence through separatist groups like IPOB and MASSOB?	BIAFRA	N/A
LL104 MD19	❌	Who was born to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg in 1921 on the island of Corfu?	PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH	N/A
LL104 MD18	❌	The famous heptad that includes the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pharos of Alexandria, and the Great Pyramid of Giza, also includes a statue by Phidias of whom?	ZEUS	N/A
LL104 MD17	✅	The Treaties of Nanjing (1842) and Tianjin (1858) ended wars named after what dried extract?	OPIUM	N/A
LL104 MD15	❌	The historic city of Petra, settled by the Nabataeans in the 4th century BCE and later conquered by Rome in the 2nd century CE, is located in what present-day country?	JORDAN	N/A
LL104 MD13	❌	The title of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) was held by what individual who oversaw the post-World War II occupation of Japan from 1945 until his dismissal by President Harry S. Truman in 1951?	DOUGLAS MACARTHUR	N/A
LL104 MD12	✅	By way of 1800's Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, in exchange for territories in Tuscany, Napoleon Bonaparte (re-)acquired what North American territory, which he subsequently sold three years later?	LOUISIANA	N/A
LL104 MD10	❌	In 1916, Irish republicans launched an armed uprising intended to end British rule and establish an independent Irish Republic. This particular rebellion, which was suppressed by British forces after six days, was initiated immediately after what holiday?	EASTER	N/A
LL104 MD9	❌	The individual of greatest international historical significance with the first name Syngman served from 1948 to 1960 as the president of what country?	SOUTH KOREA/REPUBLIC OF KOREA	N/A
LL104 MD7	✅	Identify the narrow peninsula that was settled by the Moors in 711, taken by Spain in 1462, and ceded to Great Britain in 1713.	GIBRALTAR	N/A
LL104 MD4	❌	A legendary military tactician of the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE, a charming but terrifying psychiatrist introduced in a 1981 novel, and the first vice-president of the United States from the present-day Republican Party all shared what first name?	HANNIBAL	N/A
LL104 MD2	❌	What word is often used for the effigies burned in the UK on the evening of November 5, the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot? It has come to be roughly synonymous with "men".	GUYS	N/A

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