Category: Brain Teasers

Trivia: What social network took its name from a Public Enemy album?

Ryze
BlackPlanet
LiveJournal
WhatsApp

The correct answer is BlackPlanet

So why is this answer correct? : BlackPlanet com first debuted to the world in 1999 as an online social network specifically catered to Black Americans. Based on the relative success of its sister site AsianAve, BlackPlanet served up editorial content and message boards aimed at Black people across the country. The site took its name from the 1990 Public Enemy album “Fear of a Black Planet,” which one music critic called “the ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ of hip-hop.”

Trivia: Which capital city’s name means “inside rivers”?

Paris
Bucharest
Rio de Janeiro
Hanoi

The correct answer is Hanoi

So why is this answer correct? : Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, was founded on the banks of the Red River in 1010. It is said that Ly Thai To, the then-Vietnamese king, spotted a dragon soaring over the river, which is why he chose to build upon its river banks. The modern city is dotted with tributaries and lakes, and was appropriately named Hanoi, which translates to “inside rivers,” in 1831.

A species of butterfly lives in a warm climate. The butterflies feed on the nectar of tropical flowers. Birds eat the butterflies, and they prefer to eat the butterflies with brighter wings.
What would most likely cause this species to become extinct?
a mutation resulting in darker wings
a decrease in the birds that eat the butterflies
the destruction of the butterflies’ environment
overproduction of butterfly offspringWhich are characteristics of natural selection? Select three options.
It affects populations.
It affects only individuals.
It occurs when there is genetic variation.
It occurs when organisms are genetically identical.
It selects organisms with certain traits to survive.
It selects organisms at random to survive.

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Trivia: The site 360° was an early social media foray by what company?

Netscape
Ask Jeeves
AOL
Yahoo!

The correct answer is Yahoo!

So why is this answer correct? : Attempting to capitalize on the growing social media boom, Yahoo! stepped onto the scene with its blog-based site Yahoo 360°. The product launched in 2005 with an invite-only userbase before opening up to anyone a few months later. 360° featured profiles, blogs, friend updates, and integration with other Yahoo! offerings like Flickr and Yahoo! Messenger, but despite its tech specs, the network wasn’t popular enough and was shut down in 2008.

Trivia: Seen from above, Brazil’s capital forms what shape?

Cross
Horse
Airplane
Ship

The correct answer is Airplane

So why is this answer correct? : Chosen for its geographically central location, planned throughout the latter half of the 1950s, and officially founded on April 21, 1960, Brazil’s current capital city was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, who looked to the sky for inspiration. According to his vision, the city’s bureaucrats would reside in the wings and work in the fuselage. And if you look at the city today from above, it does indeed resemble an airplane.

Trivia: “Me at the zoo” is the first piece of content ever posted on what site?

YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Vimeo

The correct answer is YouTube

So why is this answer correct? : On April 23, 2005, software engineer Jawed Karim uploaded the 19-second video “Me at the zoo” to his new website, YouTube, making history. The quick clip was the first video ever uploaded to the site, which now receives more than 500 hours of video content every minute. Today, YouTube is the second-most popular website in the world, behind its parent company, Google, which purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006.

The population of a town is increasing by 646 people per year. State whether this growth is linear or exponential. If the population is 1600 today, what will the population be in four years?

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Trivia: Which of these is NOT one of South Africa’s three capital cities?

Johannesburg
Cape Town
Bloemfontein
Pretoria

The correct answer is Johannesburg

So why is this answer correct? : While Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa, it is not home to any of the federal branches of government, denying it capital status. South Africa has three capitals that house branches of its federal government. Pretoria, in the north, is the home of the executive branch; the legislative branch lives in the southwestern city of Cape Town; and the members of the judicial branch reside in the central city of Bloemfontein.

Trivia: Which actor became the first Twitter user to reach a million followers?

Tom Hanks
Emily Blunt
Ashton Kutcher
Kristen Bell

The correct answer is Ashton Kutcher

So why is this answer correct? : In 2009, actor Ashton Kutcher eclipsed the one million followers mark on Twitter, becoming the first user to do so. Kutcher beat out the CNN account — with whom he had developed a friendly rivalry — by less than 1,200 followers. In 2017, pop star Katy Perry became the first Twitter account to reach 100 million followers.

Trivia: What does the name of Canada’s capital, Ottawa, translate to?

To trade
Gathering place
City on a hill
Friendship

The correct answer is To trade

So why is this answer correct? : The earliest inhabitants of Ottawa, Canada’s capital, were the Algonquin peoples, who were well-known fur traders. The name Ottawa itself comes from an Algonquin word meaning “to trade.” It’s a befitting name for the city, considering its strategic location on the banks of the Ottawa River, the principal tributary to the St. Lawrence River, which connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.