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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Abby Norman
Edited by Eli Robinson

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  • Submit your answers by 5:48am ET 5/4/25
  • 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

In the 2000 classic “Miss Congeniality,” Stan Fields asks Miss Rhode Island to describe her perfect date and one of the most meme-able moments in movie history was born…



April 25 has so much going for it, but this year its got a little bonus significance! See if you can climb through this week’s mystery round and see how all the answers to questions 1-9 are connected!

WORD PLAY Q1. Dickory Dock: If you've seen the phrase 'dickory-dock' in any OTHER context, please let us know. But as far as we know, the alliteration is part of a nursery rhyme that starts with what word?



POP CULTURE Q2. Singer Songwriters: What’s the last name of everyone’s favorite bespectacled Buddy who brought us such classics as “That’ll Be The Day” and “Peggy Sue”?



POP CULTURE Q3. Scary Streets: “Dream Warriors,” “The Dream Child,” and “The Dream Master” are sequel subtitles that follow the name of what street in a nightmarish ‘80s horror film franchise?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q4. Bougie Boomtowns: It’s not Vail…Originally called Ute City, what name did the Colorado boomtown get in 1800, which has since become synonymous with its bougie ski resort?



POP CULTURE Q5. Movie Men: Whether he's playing Jack Ryan or backing up Wonder Woman, superfans of the most recent big screen Captain Kirk call themselves "WHAT-nuts"?



SCIENCE & TECH Q6. Handheld Helpers: Pilot was the first gen of some super hot, pre-smartphone personal digital assistants made by what four-letter company with a name suggesting the whole handheld aspect of the devices?



MISCELLANEOUS Q7. Notable Names: The protagonists of "The Fault in Our Stars" and "The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish" share the name of what eye color that also pops up in the title of a 2004 Kelly Clarkson bop?



MISCELLANEOUS Q8. Bleecker Bakeries: It’s so much a part of NYC lore that “Sex and the City” and “The Devil Wears Prada” couldn’t help but name drop it. What Bleecker Street bakery was started by Jennifer Appel and Allysa Torey in 1996 and is famous for its decadent cupcakes and banana pudding?



MISCELLANEOUS Q9. Craved Colors: According to a 2015 YouGov poll, what’s the eighth most popular color amongst Americans?



MISCELLANEOUS Q10. Eco Events: Held in the U.S. on the last Friday of every April and not Earth Day, what eco-holiday celebrates the answers to questions 1-9?



TIEBREAKER Shatner's Stone: William Shatner has done some pretty wild stuff through the years. But perhaps the wackiest is that he actually holds the Guinness World Record for most expensive kidney stone when he sold one he passed in 2006. What was the winning bid in dollars?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 5/4/25