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Last Week's Quiz

Created by T.J. Szafanski
Edited by Eli Robinson

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  • Submit your answers by 12:40am ET 4/14/25
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

Hey there gumshoes! We could use your help again solving this week's mystery round.



You'll need to answer questions 1 - 9 and then help us figure out how they're all connected in question 10! Happy hunting!

MISCELLANEOUS Q1. Professional Places: Whether it’s open-floor, filled with cubicles, or Oval, many folks are heading back to what type of place on a more regular basis for work? In fact, you might be reading this from your own right now.



WORD PLAY Q2. Bravo Blabbing: It’s an insult on Bravo for someone with no depth. Or shorthand for the grueling initial training for enlisted military members. What’s that B-word?



MISCELLANEOUS Q3. Moore's Materials: According to the folks at PCI Magazine, Behr and Benjamin Moore come in at 5 and 6 on the 2024 list of most valuable companies producing what material?



MISCELLANEOUS Q4. Cherry Christmas Characters: What sweet cherry shares its name with the stage name for the singer of "White Christmas" and the surname of Matthew Perry's “Friends” character?



SCIENCE & TECH Q5. Sphere Science: For a sphere, what type of area is calculated as 4 × pi × r²? For the Earth, it's about 197 millions square miles.



POP CULTURE Q6. Song Swaps: "The BORDER of Glory" by Lady Gaga. "Darkness on the BORDER of Town" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. "BORDER of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks. And ironically nothing by U2. What word did we replace with BORDER in these song titles?



MISCELLANEOUS Q7. Charming Colors: What color that's halfway between blue and cyan on the RGB color wheel is described by Adobe Express as the bright blue of a clear sky, or of warm ocean waters rushing over your feet?



POP CULTURE Q8. Movie Math: Add the number that appears in the titles of these movies together. What’s the nice round sum?
2006: Gerard Butler and Lena Headey are Spartans
2007: Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen are enigmatic
2013: Chadwick Boseman is Jackie Robinson



SOCIAL STUDIES Q9. Construction Counts: Buckingham Palace has 760 of them, and the Empire State Building has 6,514 of them. What are they?



MISCELLANEOUS Q10. Trivia Theme: You will Excel at this quiz if you can tell us what company that was founded 50 years ago this week is closely associated with each of the previous answers?



TIEBREAKER Downgrade Discounts: April 1975 was the first time that airline passengers in the United States were offered “no frills service,” which meant no food and drink included in your flight. National Airlines offered a discount of what percent for passengers interested in the new offering?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 4/14/25