{"date":"2026-08-06","prompts":[{"id":"p1","text":"Name an African capital city","answers":[{"answer":"Bloemfontein","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"South Africa's judicial capital, the third seat everyone forgets alongside Pretoria and Cape Town."},{"answer":"Asmara","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bangui","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Banjul","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bissau","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bujumbura","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Djibouti City","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Dodoma","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Tanzania's real capital. Dar es Salaam gets all the credit."},{"answer":"Gitega","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Burundi moved its political capital here in 2019. Almost nobody noticed."},{"answer":"Libreville","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Lobamba","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Eswatini's royal and legislative capital, next to administrative Mbabane."},{"answer":"Malabo","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Maseru","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mbabane","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Moroni","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Nouakchott","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Port Louis","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Porto-Novo","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Praia","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sao Tome","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Victoria","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Seychelles' capital, one of the smallest in the world."},{"answer":"Yamoussoukro","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Antananarivo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bamako","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Brazzaville","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Conakry","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Freetown","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Gaborone","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Harare","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Juba","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kigali","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lilongwe","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lome","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Luanda","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lusaka","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Maputo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Mogadishu","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Monrovia","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ndjamena","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Niamey","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Windhoek","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Yaounde","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Abuja","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Accra","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Addis Ababa","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Algiers","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Dakar","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Kampala","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Khartoum","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Kinshasa","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pretoria","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Rabat","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Tripoli","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Tunis","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Abidjan","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Ivory Coast's biggest city, but the official capital is Yamoussoukro."},{"answer":"Cotonou","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Benin's seat of government, but the constitutional capital is Porto-Novo."},{"answer":"Ouagadougou","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The fun-to-say pick. Burkina Faso's capital, and yes, everyone tries it."},{"answer":"Cairo","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Cape Town","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"One of three South African capitals. Close enough for the blurt crowd."},{"answer":"Nairobi","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p2","text":"Name a type of waterfowl","answers":[{"answer":"Torrent duck","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Nests behind Andean waterfalls and swims in whitewater rapids. Peak waterfowl."},{"answer":"American black duck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bar-headed goose","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Migrates over the Himalayas, higher than most helicopters can fly."},{"answer":"Bewick's swan","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cackling goose","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Garganey","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Harlequin duck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Long-tailed duck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Nene","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Pochard","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Ruddy duck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Scoter","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Shelduck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Smew","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Swan goose","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tufted duck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tundra swan","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Whistling duck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"White-fronted goose","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Whooper swan","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Barnacle goose","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Brant","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bufflehead","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Canvasback","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Coot","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Egyptian goose","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Eider","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Gadwall","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Goldeneye","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Grebe","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Greylag goose","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Loon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Merganser","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Moorhen","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Pintail","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Redhead","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Scaup","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Shoveler","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Snow goose","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Trumpeter swan","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Wigeon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Muscovy duck","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pekin duck","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Teal","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Wood duck","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Black swan","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The market-crash metaphor bird. Yes, it counts, and yes we saw it coming."},{"answer":"Mandarin duck","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The Instagram-famous pretty one. Everyone reaches for it."},{"answer":"Canada goose","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Duck","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Goose","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Mallard","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Swan","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p3","text":"Name a Mexican dish","answers":[{"answer":"Escamoles","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Ant larvae, sometimes called 'Mexican caviar.' The trench floor of the taqueria."},{"answer":"Aguachile","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Albondigas","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Arroz con leche","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cabrito","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Caldo de pollo","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Camarones a la diabla","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cemita","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Chapulines","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Toasted grasshoppers. Snackable and deeply legit."},{"answer":"Chile en nogada","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cochinita pibil","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Enfrijoladas","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Esquites","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Huarache","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Machaca","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Molletes","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Nopales","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Pambazo","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Queso fundido","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sincronizada","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tacos de canasta","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tinga","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tlayuda","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The Oaxacan 'Mexican pizza.' 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Delicious, and completely predictable now."},{"answer":"Elote","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Mexican street corn. The foodie flex the whole school posts."},{"answer":"Mole","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"'Actually, real Mexican food is mole.' Yes, we know, chef."},{"answer":"Burrito","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Enchilada","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Guacamole","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Nachos","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Quesadilla","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Taco","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p4","text":"Name a Disney villain","answers":[{"answer":"The Coachman","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Pinocchio's smiling child-snatcher who turns boys into donkeys. Never punished, never explained, the darkest Disney ever went."},{"answer":"Alameda Slim","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Amos Slade","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"AUTO","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Barbossa","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Big Bad Wolf","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bill Cipher","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Technically Disney XD, and the fandom will die on that hill."},{"answer":"Bowler Hat Guy","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Charles Muntz","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Chick Hicks","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Commander Rourke","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Darla","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Dr. Calico","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Duke of Weselton","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Edgar","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Ercole","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Ernesto de la Cruz","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Evelyn Deavor","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Flintheart Glomgold","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Gantu","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Honest John","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Horned King","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"King Magnifico","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"King Runeard","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Lucifer","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Madam Mim","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Madame Medusa","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Magica De Spell","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Man","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Bambi's mother would like a word. The unseen hunter is the real villain."},{"answer":"Miles Axlerod","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Monstro","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mor'du","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Morgana","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Namaari","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Negaduck","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Percival McLeach","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Pete","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Professor Callaghan","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Queen Narissa","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Ratigan","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sabor","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Scroop","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sheriff of Nottingham","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Si and Am","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Stinky Pete","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Stromboli","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sykes","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Te Ka","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"The Ringmaster","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Waternoose","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Willie the Giant","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Zira","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bellwether","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Clayton","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Davy Jones","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dr. Doofenshmirtz","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dr. Facilier","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Governor Ratcliffe","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Hopper","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kaa","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"King Candy","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lady Tremaine","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lotso","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Oogie Boogie","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Prince John","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Randall","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Shan Yu","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Shere Khan","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Sid","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Syndrome","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tamatoa","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Yzma","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Zurg","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Evil Queen","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Frollo","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Gaston","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Hades","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Mother Gothel","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Prince Hans","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Queen of Hearts","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Bruce","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"'The shark is a villain, actually.' Cute. Everyone says it."},{"answer":"Chernabog","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The 'Night on Bald Mountain' demon. The animation-nerd flex, deployed on cue."},{"answer":"Captain Hook","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Cruella de Vil","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Jafar","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Maleficent","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Scar","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Ursula","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p5","text":"Name a geometric shape","answers":[{"answer":"Reuleaux triangle","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"A triangle of constant width that rolls as smoothly as a circle. Used to drill square holes."},{"answer":"Annulus","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The ring between two circles. The washer shape."},{"answer":"Arrow","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cardioid","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The heart-shaped curve of light at the bottom of your coffee mug."},{"answer":"Chevron","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Chiliagon","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A thousand sides. Descartes' favorite thought experiment."},{"answer":"Ellipsoid","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Frustum","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A cone or pyramid with the top sliced off. The shape of a lampshade."},{"answer":"Helix","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Hendecagon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Heptadecagon","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Gauss proved the 17-gon constructible at age 19 and wanted one on his tombstone."},{"answer":"Hexagram","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Hyperboloid","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Icosagon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Klein bottle","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A bottle whose inside is its outside. Good luck filling it."},{"answer":"Lemniscate","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The infinity symbol, when it dresses up for math class."},{"answer":"Mobius strip","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"One side, one edge, no way out."},{"answer":"Myriagon","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Ten thousand sides, indistinguishable from a circle to the eye."},{"answer":"Paraboloid","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Rhombicosidodecahedron","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"An Archimedean solid with 62 faces. A mouthful and a half."},{"answer":"Rhomboid","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sector","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Spiral","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Squircle","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Halfway between square and circle — the app-icon shape in your pocket."},{"answer":"Teardrop","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tridecagon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Vesica piscis","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Acute triangle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Cross","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Cuboid","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Decagon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dodecagon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dodecahedron","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ellipse","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Equilateral triangle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Hemisphere","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Heptagon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Icosahedron","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Isosceles triangle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kite","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Nonagon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Obtuse triangle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Octahedron","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Parallelogram","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Pentagram","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Polygon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Polyhedron","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Prism","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Quadrilateral","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Right triangle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Scalene triangle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Semicircle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tetrahedron","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Cone","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Crescent","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cube","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cylinder","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Diamond","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Heart","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Hexagon","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Octagon","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Oval","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pentagon","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pyramid","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Rhombus","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Sphere","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Trapezoid","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Torus","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"'It's technically a donut.' The math-major flex arrives on schedule."},{"answer":"Circle","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Rectangle","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Square","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Star","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Triangle","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p6","text":"Name a country that has hosted the FIFA World Cup","answers":[{"answer":"Chile","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Hosted in 1962, two years after the largest earthquake ever recorded flattened the country. 'Because we have nothing, we will do everything.'"},{"answer":"Sweden","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Switzerland","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Canada","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Co-host in 2026, its first World Cup."},{"answer":"Uruguay","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Hosted and won the very first one in 1930."},{"answer":"Argentina","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"England","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Italy","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Japan","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Co-hosted 2002 with South Korea."},{"answer":"Mexico","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"1970, 1986, and co-host in 2026. Three-time home."},{"answer":"Russia","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"2018."},{"answer":"South Africa","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"2010. Vuvuzelas forever."},{"answer":"South Korea","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Spain","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Qatar","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"2022, the winter World Cup everyone still argues about. The school knew you'd say it."},{"answer":"Brazil","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"1950 and 2014. The plankton pick with the trophies to back it up."},{"answer":"France","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Germany","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"United States","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"1994, and co-host in 2026. Blurt away."}]},{"id":"p7","text":"Name a famous poet","answers":[{"answer":"Enheduanna","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"A Sumerian priestess from 2300 BC, the earliest author of any kind known by name. The first poet on record."},{"answer":"A.E. 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