#312
Host Nation Hop, This & That, Costume Prop Line, Loneliness, and Gadgets By Decade.
Host Nation Hop
A road trip through the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s host countries.
No fear soccer fans, you’ll get your fix at the end of the month.
In Mexico, performers known as luchadores and luchadoras are associated with what form of entertainment?
Which US state name also appears in the names of two Mexican states: California, Texas or Arizona?
In the context of pouring drinks at a table, what do Americans typically call a jug?
Nicknamed the “Honeymoon Capital of the World”, which iconic landmark can be viewed from both the USA and Canada?
In 2023, Rolling Stone magazine named the 50 greatest Canadian musical acts of all time. Name three of the top ten.
Host Nation Hop
This & That
Stuff and nonsense, bits and bobs, things of that nature.
In most common consumer applications, pressing Control+Z (or Command+Z for Macs) performs what function?
Thought to have arrived at least 5,000 years ago from Asia, what is considered Australia’s first introduced species?
What does ananas mean in French, German, Dutch, Turkish and other languages: Banana, Pineapple or Orange?
Featuring characters named Rue, Cassie and Nate, which TV series concluded in 2026 after three seasons?
Which 19th-century figure, celebrated for her work during the Crimean War, was nicknamed “The Lady with the Lamp”?
This & That
Costume Prop Line
Name the movie from these three iconic elements.
e.g. Ruby Slippers, wicker basket, “There’s no place like home.” = The Wizard Of Oz
Pink skirt suit, orange Apple iBook G3, “What, like it’s hard?”
Loincloth, volleyball, “I have made fire!”
Red tie, cricket bat, “How’s that for a slice of fried gold?”
Brown bathrobe, Persian rug, “This aggression will not stand, man!”
Pink bodysuit, whole watermelon, “Me? I'm scared of everything.”
Costume Prop Line
Loneliness
Sometimes solitude is bliss.
According to the lyrics of a Harry Nilsson song, what is the “loneliest number you’ll ever do”?
Beginning with E, what term is used to describe the last surviving individual of a species about to become extinct?
Which character in the musical Les Misérables performs the unrequited-love ballad “On My Own”: Cosette, Fantine, or Éponine?
Referring to the idea that humans do badly when isolated, complete this line from a John Donne poem: “No man is an ___”.
According to World Atlas, there are only two sovereign nations that are more sparsely populated than Australia. Name one of them.
Loneliness
Gadgets By Decade
We’ll give you a gadget that took over the world. You just tell us what decade consumers first got their hands on it.
Tamagotchi
Amazon Kindle
Sony Walkman
Kodak Super 8 film camera
Nintendo Game Boy
Gadgets By Decade
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