5 today with a couple of good ones
1. 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)?
Correct Answer: INDONESIA
Your Answer: indonesia
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
The Dutch and the Japanese got it for me not the city
2. 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.
Correct Answer: HENLEY
Your Answer: henley
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Been there many times
3. French fur traders in the late 1700s encountered a river they called Roche 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?
Correct Answer: YELLOWSTONE (NATIONAL PARK)
Your Answer: yellowstone
Points Assigned: 0
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 0
Gimme ?
4. 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?
Correct Answer: MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Your Answer: magnificent 7
Points Assigned: 2
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 2
Gimme for finance folk
5. "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?
Correct Answer: SET
Your Answer: set
Points Assigned: 3
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 3
Took ages to work this out
6. Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of [BLANK] Music is a documentary directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Oz Rodriguez that premiered on NBC in January 2025. What three letters fill in the blank?
Correct Answer: SNL
Your Answer: pass
Points Assigned: 1
Points Assigned to Private Opp: 1
No clue
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