91487 Intermediate Trivia Questions
91487 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was the name of Steve Jobs’s biological sister, whom he met as an adult?
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Mona Simpson
Which Nintendo home console was the company’s first to use a 16-bit CPU?
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Who was Nintendo’s president when the company entered the video game industry in the 1970s?
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Hiroshi Yamauchi
Which Nintendo game was the first to feature the character Kirby?
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Kirby’s Dream Land
What was the name of Nintendo’s first home video game console released in Japan?
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Color TV-Game 6
Which Nintendo console was the first to use optical discs as its primary game format?
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Nintendo GameCube
On what date did the Nintendo Switch launch worldwide?
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March 3, 2017
What does the “64” in Nintendo 64 refer to?
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64-bit processor
Which small songbird migrates between Europe and Africa and is famous for singing at night?
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European nightingale
Which plover migrates from Alaska and Siberia to wintering grounds in Hawaii and the Pacific?
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Pacific golden plover
Which seabird migrates annually between New Zealand and the North Pacific Ocean?
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Sooty shearwater
Which freshwater fish genus includes the ancient-looking bichirs?
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Polypterus
What is the scientific name of the lake trout, a freshwater char native to North America?
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Salvelinus namaycush
Which freshwater fish is known as the elephantnose fish?
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Gnathonemus petersii
Which fish species is commonly called the redtail catfish?
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Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
Which freshwater fish uses a swim bladder to produce a drumming sound?
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Freshwater drum
Which freshwater fish is famous for laying its eggs inside freshwater mussels?
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European bitterling
Which freshwater fish is famous for surviving dry seasons buried in mud?
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African lungfish
Which freshwater fish is commonly known as the Texas cichlid?
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Herichthys cyanoguttatus
Which genus contains the freshwater aquarium fish commonly called discus?
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Symphysodon
Which freshwater fish is known as the Siamese giant carp?
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Giant barb
Which plant species is the natural source of artemisinin, the antimalarial compound?
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Artemisia annua
Which plant is the botanical source of the spice and food flavoring vanilla?
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Vanilla planifolia
What is the scientific name of the common wheat species used in most bread production?
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Triticum aestivum
Which plant is the source of the spice cinnamon, especially the bark of Cinnamomum verum?
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Cinnamomum verum
Which plant is the main source of the natural blue dye indigo?
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Indigofera tinctoria
Which tree species forms Pando, one of the world’s largest and oldest clonal organisms?
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Populus tremuloides
Which species is known as the world’s largest single flower?
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Rafflesia arnoldii
Which plant is the source of the pungent condiment traditionally made from its grated rhizome in Japan?
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Japanese horseradish
Which plant is the botanical source of the spice green cardamom?
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Elettaria cardamomum
What type of fruit is a strawberry botanically classified as?
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Aggregate accessory fruit
Which plant species produces the spice nutmeg from its seed?
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Myristica fragrans
Which plant produces the spice cloves from its unopened flower buds?
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Syzygium aromaticum