{ "pack": "originals-v1", "category": "general", "questions": [ { "id": "general-001", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "How many sides does a standard stop sign have?", "options": ["6", "7", "8", "10"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Stop signs are red octagons, a shape reserved for stop signs on US roads.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-002", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "Which letter of the alphabet doesn't appear in any of the 50 US state names?", "options": ["J", "Q", "X", "Z"], "answer": 1, "explanation": "J, X and Z all appear (New Jersey, Texas, Arizona), but no state name contains a Q.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-003", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "On a standard six-sided die, opposite faces always add up to what number?", "options": ["7", "6", "8", "12"], "answer": 0, "explanation": "1 sits opposite 6, 2 opposite 5, and 3 opposite 4.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-004", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "How many zeros are in one billion, as the word is used in the US?", "options": ["6", "9", "10", "12"], "answer": 1, "explanation": "One billion is 1,000,000,000, or a thousand millions.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-005", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What do you call a word that reads the same forwards and backwards, like \"level\"?", "options": ["Anagram", "Homophone", "Acronym", "Palindrome"], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Palindromes include words like \"racecar\" and phrases like \"never odd or even.\"", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-006", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What does the abbreviation \"e.g.\" mean?", "options": ["For example", "That is", "And so on", "Note well"], "answer": 0, "explanation": "It's short for the Latin exempli gratia; \"i.e.\" is the one that means \"that is.\"", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-007", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "Which six letters begin the top letter row of a standard English-language keyboard?", "options": ["ASDFGH", "AZERTY", "QWERTY", "QWERTZ"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "The QWERTY layout dates back to typewriters of the 1870s.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-008", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What is the name for the small dot above a lowercase i or j?", "options": ["Tittle", "Serif", "Pilcrow", "Macron"], "answer": 0, "explanation": "It's a tittle. A serif is a small stroke at the end of a letter, a pilcrow is the ΒΆ sign and a macron is a bar over a vowel.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-009", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What is the traditional name for a group of crows?", "options": ["A school", "A gaggle", "A pride", "A murder"], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Crows gather in a \"murder\"; a school is fish, a gaggle geese and a pride lions.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-010", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "A golden wedding anniversary celebrates how many years of marriage?", "options": ["25", "40", "50", "60"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Silver marks 25 years, ruby 40 and golden 50.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-011", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word stands for the letter X?", "options": ["Xylophone", "Xenon", "Xavier", "X-ray"], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Pilots and radio operators say \"X-ray\" so the letter can't be misheard.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-012", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What is the only even prime number?", "options": ["2", "4", "6", "10"], "answer": 0, "explanation": "Every other even number is divisible by 2, so 2 is the only even prime.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-013", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What is the \"&\" symbol called?", "options": ["Asterisk", "Tilde", "Ampersand", "Caret"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "The ampersand began as a joined-up \"et,\" the Latin word for \"and.\"", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-014", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "Which day of the week is named after the Norse god Thor?", "options": ["Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "Thursday is \"Thor's day\"; Wednesday is named for Odin, known in Old English as Woden.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-015", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "TRUE_FALSE", "prompt": "Strictly speaking, \"Big Ben\" is the name of the great bell, not London's clock tower.", "options": ["True", "False"], "answer": 0, "explanation": "True: Big Ben is the bell's nickname; the tower was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-016", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "TRUE_FALSE", "prompt": "A fortnight is a period of ten days.", "options": ["True", "False"], "answer": 1, "explanation": "False: a fortnight is two weeks, or 14 days, from Old English for \"fourteen nights.\"", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-017", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "Which is the only month of the year that can pass without a full moon?", "options": ["April", "February", "June", "November"], "answer": 1, "explanation": "The lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days, longer than February, so February can skip a full moon.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-018", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "What color are an airliner's \"black box\" flight recorders actually painted?", "options": ["Black", "Silver", "Navy blue", "Bright orange"], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Flight recorders are painted bright orange so searchers can spot them in wreckage.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-019", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "On a flat surface, the three inside angles of any triangle add up to how many degrees?", "options": ["90", "180", "270", "360"], "answer": 1, "explanation": "In flat (Euclidean) geometry a triangle's angles always total 180 degrees; on a curved surface like a globe they can total more.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-020", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "Which language has the most native speakers in the world?", "options": ["English", "Spanish", "Hindi", "Mandarin Chinese"], "answer": 3, "explanation": "Mandarin Chinese has over 900 million native speakers, far more than any other language.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-021", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "In Roman numerals, what number does the letter L stand for?", "options": ["50", "100", "500", "1,000"], "answer": 0, "explanation": "L is 50; C is 100, D is 500 and M is 1,000.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-022", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "The word \"alphabet\" comes from the first two letters of which language's alphabet?", "options": ["Latin", "Old English", "Greek", "Sanskrit"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "It comes from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-023", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "How many dot positions make up a standard Braille cell?", "options": ["4", "6", "8", "9"], "answer": 1, "explanation": "Each standard Braille cell has six dot positions, arranged in two columns of three.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-024", "difficulty": "DIFFICULT", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "In math, what is a \"googol\"?", "options": ["1 followed by 12 zeros", "1 followed by 50 zeros", "1 followed by 1,000 zeros", "1 followed by 100 zeros"], "answer": 3, "explanation": "A googol is 10 to the power of 100; the name was coined by a mathematician's young nephew.", "wildcard": true }, { "id": "general-025", "difficulty": "STANDARD", "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE", "prompt": "How many feet are in one standard land mile?", "options": ["3,280", "5,000", "5,280", "6,000"], "answer": 2, "explanation": "A standard (statute) mile is 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards; a nautical mile is longer, about 6,076 feet.", "wildcard": true } ] }