{"date":"2026-08-09","prompts":[{"id":"p1","text":"Name a world capital city south of the equator","answers":[{"answer":"Adamstown","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Capital of the Pitcairn Islands, home to descendants of the Bounty mutineers and one of the least populated capitals on Earth."},{"answer":"Apia","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Samoa's capital, deep in the South Pacific."},{"answer":"Brazzaville","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bujumbura","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Dili","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"East Timor's capital, just south of the line."},{"answer":"Dodoma","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Tanzania's official capital, roughly six degrees south."},{"answer":"Funafuti","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Gitega","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Honiara","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Lilongwe","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Maseru","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mbabane","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Moroni","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Nuku'alofa","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Port Louis","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Port Moresby","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Port Vila","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sucre","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Bolivia's constitutional capital, the one even quizmasters forget."},{"answer":"Suva","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Fiji's capital, out in the South Pacific."},{"answer":"Victoria","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Seychelles' capital, a shade south of the equator."},{"answer":"Antananarivo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Asuncion","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bloemfontein","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Gaborone","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Harare","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kigali","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Rwanda's capital, about two degrees south of the line."},{"answer":"Kinshasa","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"La Paz","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Bolivia's seat of government, high in the Andes and well south."},{"answer":"Luanda","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lusaka","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Maputo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Montevideo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Windhoek","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Brasilia","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cape Town","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Lima","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pretoria","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Santiago","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Wellington","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"New Zealand's capital, not Auckland."},{"answer":"Jakarta","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"About six degrees south. The map-nerd flex, and yes it's south."},{"answer":"Nairobi","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Sits just over a degree south of the equator. The 'gotcha, it's actually south' pick."},{"answer":"Quito","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Named for the equator, sitting 13 arcminutes south of it. Technically counts and everyone knows it."},{"answer":"Buenos Aires","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Canberra","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"Australia's capital, and firmly in the southern hemisphere."}]},{"id":"p2","text":"Name a lizard species","answers":[{"answer":"Pygmy blue-tongue","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"An Australian skink declared extinct for 33 years until one turned up in the stomach of a dead snake in 1992. Back from the grave."},{"answer":"Armadillo lizard","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Curls into a spiky ball by biting its own tail."},{"answer":"Caiman lizard","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Day gecko","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Draco","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"It glides between trees on wing-like flaps of skin."},{"answer":"Glass lizard","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A legless lizard often mistaken for a snake."},{"answer":"Jackson's chameleon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Lace monitor","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mexican beaded lizard","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Nile monitor","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Perentie","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Australia's largest lizard, a monitor over two meters long."},{"answer":"Sand lizard","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Satanic leaf-tailed gecko","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Slow worm","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A legless lizard, not a worm and not a snake."},{"answer":"Sungazer","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Uromastyx","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Wall lizard","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Agama","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Alligator lizard","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Blue-tongued skink","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Chuckwalla","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Collared lizard","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Fence lizard","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Frilled lizard","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Horned lizard","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"House gecko","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Jesus lizard","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Another name for the basilisk that sprints across water."},{"answer":"Marine iguana","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The only lizard that forages in the sea, a Galapagos special."},{"answer":"Panther chameleon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tegu","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Thorny devil","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tokay gecko","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Veiled chameleon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Water dragon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Water monitor","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Whiptail","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Anole","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Bearded dragon","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Monitor lizard","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Skink","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Basilisk","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The 'Jesus lizard' that runs on water. Every nature-doc fan deploys it."},{"answer":"Gila monster","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The venomous one from every desert survival show. The school knew you'd reach for it."},{"answer":"Chameleon","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Gecko","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Iguana","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Komodo dragon","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p3","text":"Name a type of pastry or doughnut","answers":[{"answer":"Spudnut","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"A doughnut made from potato flour, once a nationwide American chain in the mid-1900s. Fluffier than the wheat kind, and nearly forgotten."},{"answer":"Bombolone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Canele","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Croquembouche","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A towering cone of cream puffs bound in spun caramel."},{"answer":"Financier","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Gulab jamun","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"An Indian fried milk-dough ball soaked in rose syrup, a doughnut by any fair reading."},{"answer":"Kolache","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Kouign-amann","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A butter-and-sugar-caramelized Breton pastry. The pastry-snob deep cut."},{"answer":"Loukoumades","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Malasada","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Paczki","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Rugelach","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sfogliatella","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sopapilla","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sufganiyah","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The jelly doughnut eaten at Hanukkah."},{"answer":"Tarte tatin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Vol-au-vent","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Apple cider doughnut","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Beavertail","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Berliner","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The German jam doughnut. Yes, Kennedy technically called himself one."},{"answer":"Choux pastry","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Galette","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Long john","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Macaron","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Macaroon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Maple bar","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Napoleon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Pain au chocolat","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Palmier","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Pastel de nata","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Phyllo pastry","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Profiterole","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Shortcrust pastry","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Zeppole","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Apple pie","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Baklava","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Bear claw","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Boston cream","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Brioche","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cake doughnut","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cannoli","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Chocolate frosted doughnut","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Churro","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cinnamon roll","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cream puff","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cruller","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Doughnut hole","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Eclair","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Empanada","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Fritter","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Hot cross bun","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Old fashioned","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Powdered doughnut","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Puff pastry","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Scone","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Sprinkle doughnut","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Sticky bun","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Strudel","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Tart","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Turnover","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Beignet","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The New Orleans flex. Powdered sugar and a knowing smile."},{"answer":"Cronut","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The croissant-doughnut hybrid that broke the internet in 2013. Predictably chosen."},{"answer":"Croissant","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Danish","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Doughnut","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Glazed doughnut","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Jelly doughnut","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p4","text":"Name a Grammy Album of the Year winner","answers":[{"answer":"Christopher Cross","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"His 1981 self-titled debut swept Album, Record, Song, and Best New Artist all at once, the first act ever to take all four top Grammys in a single night."},{"answer":"A Man and His Music","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Babel","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Mumford and Sons, 2013."},{"answer":"Back on the Block","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Blood, Sweat & Tears","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"By the Time I Get to Phoenix","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Come Dance with Me!","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Fulfillingness' First Finale","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Genius Loves Company","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Getz/Gilberto","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, 1965. The bossa nova one."},{"answer":"Judy at Carnegie Hall","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Morning Phase","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Beck, 2015, the one Kanye stormed the stage over."},{"answer":"Nick of Time","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"River: The Joni Letters","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"September of My Years","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Still Crazy After All These Years","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Paul Simon, 1976."},{"answer":"The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"The Concert for Bangladesh","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"The First Family","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"The Music from Peter Gunn","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Henry Mancini, 1959. The very first Album of the Year."},{"answer":"Two Against Nature","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"24K Magic","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Bruno Mars, 2018."},{"answer":"52nd Street","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bridge over Troubled Water","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Simon and Garfunkel, 1971."},{"answer":"Come Away with Me","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Norah Jones, 2003."},{"answer":"Double Fantasy","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Falling into You","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Fearless","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Taylor Swift, 2010."},{"answer":"Golden Hour","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Kacey Musgraves, 2019."},{"answer":"Graceland","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Paul Simon, 1987."},{"answer":"How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Innervisions","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Jagged Little Pill","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Alanis Morissette, 1996."},{"answer":"MTV Unplugged","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"O Brother, Where Art Thou?","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The soundtrack, 2002."},{"answer":"Raising Sand","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The Beatles, 1968. The one that actually won."},{"answer":"Songs in the Key of Life","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Stevie Wonder, 1977."},{"answer":"Speakerboxxx/The Love Below","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"OutKast, 2004."},{"answer":"Supernatural","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Santana, 2000."},{"answer":"Taking the Long Way","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"The Barbra Streisand Album","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"The Bodyguard","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Whitney Houston soundtrack, 1994."},{"answer":"Time Out of Mind","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Toto IV","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Unforgettable... with Love","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"We Are","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"1989","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Taylor Swift, 2016."},{"answer":"25","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Adele again, 2017."},{"answer":"Can't Slow Down","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cowboy Carter","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Beyonce, 2025, finally."},{"answer":"DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Faith","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Folklore","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Taylor Swift, 2021."},{"answer":"Harry's House","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Midnights","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Taylor Swift, 2024, her record fourth."},{"answer":"No Jacket Required","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Random Access Memories","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Daft Punk, 2014."},{"answer":"Rumours","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Fleetwood Mac, 1978."},{"answer":"Saturday Night Fever","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Tapestry","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"The Joshua Tree","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"U2, 1988."},{"answer":"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Unplugged","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"The Suburbs","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The indie-kid Album of the Year answer. You remembered the Arcade Fire upset; the Grammys remember it too."},{"answer":"21","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"Adele, 2012."},{"answer":"Thriller","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"Michael Jackson, 1984. The plankton pick with 66 million reasons."}]},{"id":"p5","text":"Name a human hormone","answers":[{"answer":"Relaxin","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"It loosens the pelvic ligaments before childbirth, and it is the reason your joints feel looser in pregnancy. The hormone almost nobody names."},{"answer":"Adiponectin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Adrenocorticotropic hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Angiotensin II","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Atrial natriuretic peptide","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Calcitonin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cholecystokinin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Corticotropin-releasing hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"DHEA","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"DHT","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Erythropoietin","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The one dopers inject to boost red blood cells."},{"answer":"Follicle-stimulating hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Gastrin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"GIP","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Gonadotropin-releasing hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"IGF-1","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Inhibin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Luteinizing hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Melanocyte-stimulating hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Parathyroid hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Renin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Secretin","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The first hormone ever discovered, in 1902."},{"answer":"Somatostatin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Thyroid-stimulating hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Thyrotropin-releasing hormone","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Triiodothyronine","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Aldosterone","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ghrelin","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The hunger hormone."},{"answer":"GLP-1","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The gut hormone the Ozempic-era drugs imitate."},{"answer":"Glucagon","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Histamine","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Human chorionic gonadotropin","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Leptin","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The satiety hormone, ghrelin's rival."},{"answer":"Norepinephrine","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Prolactin","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Thyroxine","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Vasopressin","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Cortisol","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"The stress hormone every wellness podcast blames."},{"answer":"Endorphins","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Growth hormone","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Melatonin","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Progesterone","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Serotonin","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Dopamine","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"'It's a dopamine hit.' The pop-neuroscience flex, right on schedule. It's a neurotransmitter too, but yes, a hormone."},{"answer":"Oxytocin","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The 'love hormone' from every TED talk. Predictably chosen."},{"answer":"Adrenaline","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Estrogen","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Insulin","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Testosterone","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p6","text":"Name a sport or discipline ever contested or demonstrated at the Winter Olympics","answers":[{"answer":"Ice stock sport","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Bavarian curling with a stick, demonstrated in 1936 and again in 1964."},{"answer":"Skijoring","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"A 1928 demonstration event in which skiers were towed across the snow by galloping horses. Gloriously discontinued."},{"answer":"Bandy","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Only ever a demonstration sport, in 1952."},{"answer":"Combined","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Military patrol","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The 1924 forerunner of the biathlon, contested only once for medals."},{"answer":"Ski ballet","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Exactly as wonderful as it sounds."},{"answer":"Sled dog racing","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Demonstrated at Lake Placid 1932, with real mushers and real dog teams."},{"answer":"Speed skiing","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A 1992 demonstration event where a competitor died in training."},{"answer":"Team figure skating","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Winter pentathlon","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A one-off 1948 St. Moritz demo: cross-country, shooting, downhill, fencing, and horse riding."},{"answer":"Big air","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Halfpipe","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ice dance","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Mass start","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Nordic combined","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Pair skating","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Parallel giant slalom","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ski cross","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ski mountaineering","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Slalom","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Slopestyle","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Snowboard cross","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Super-G","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Team pursuit","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bobsled","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cross-country skiing","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Downhill","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Alpine skiing's marquee event, and the fastest way down the mountain without a sled."},{"answer":"Freestyle skiing","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Luge","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Ski jumping","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Speed skating","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Biathlon","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Skiing plus rifle shooting. The 'weirdest combo in sports' flex, right on cue."},{"answer":"Curling","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"'The one with the brooms.' Everyone rediscovers it every four years."},{"answer":"Skeleton","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Headfirst down the ice at 80 miles an hour. The 'craziest Olympic sport' pick, deployed on schedule."},{"answer":"Figure skating","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Ice hockey","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Skiing","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Snowboarding","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p7","text":"Name a 2026 movie that had grossed at least $200 million worldwide by August 8","answers":[{"answer":"Dear You","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"A roughly $2 million Teochew-language family drama, built from three years of interviews with more than 120 elders and performed largely by nonprofessionals, reached $290 million on word of mouth."},{"answer":"Scare Out","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Zhang Yimou's mole-hunt thriller was the first Chinese movie publicly backed by the country's secretive state-security ministry — and it finished just $371,064 above the line."},{"answer":"Blades of the Guardians","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Yuen Woo-ping turned the Biao Ren manhua into a $215 million martial-arts epic."},{"answer":"Dhurandhar: The Revenge","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"India’s biggest movie of 2026 blew past $200 million worldwide, with a record-breaking North American run."},{"answer":"Kung Fu Soccer","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Stephen Chow returned to directing after seven years and turned a Shaolin Soccer spin-off into a $279 million Chinese summer hit."},{"answer":"Backrooms","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"An internet creepypasta became a $395 million theatrical hit. The fluorescent lights won."},{"answer":"Disclosure Day","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Steven Spielberg's original science-fiction return made the cutoff with $241 million."},{"answer":"GOAT","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Sony’s animated sports comedy cleared the $200 million bar with less than a million to spare."},{"answer":"Obsession","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"$475 million worldwide put the thriller among a year otherwise ruled by sequels, adaptations and famous IP."},{"answer":"Scary Movie","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The franchise came back after thirteen years and laughed its way past $231 million."},{"answer":"Scream 7","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The seventh Scream became the franchise's first movie to cross $200 million worldwide."},{"answer":"Hoppers","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Pixar's animal-body-swap comedy hopped to just under $390 million."},{"answer":"Minions & Monsters","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"The little yellow immortals found another $455 million lying around."},{"answer":"Moana","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"The live-action remake crossed the line at $266 million, well short of the animated sequel but comfortably inside this set."},{"answer":"Project Hail Mary","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"A lone astronaut, a very good alien and $684 million worldwide for a non-franchise science-fiction movie."},{"answer":"Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"The first Star Wars theatrical release since 2019 cleared $345 million."},{"answer":"The Devil Wears Prada 2","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Miranda Priestly returned twenty years later and the sequel more than doubled the original's worldwide gross."},{"answer":"Wuthering Heights","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Emily Brontë's moors blew up into a $242 million theatrical romance."},{"answer":"Pegasus 3","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The worldwide-chart-reader's flex: a Chinese racing comedy with $656 million worldwide and barely $1 million of that from North America."},{"answer":"Michael","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"The Michael Jackson biopic became the year's third billion-dollar release."},{"answer":"Spider-Man: Brand New Day","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"The year's biggest movie by the cutoff: $1.26 billion worldwide after only eight days in theaters."},{"answer":"The Odyssey","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"Nolan, Homer and nearly a billion dollars in three weeks. Not a bad voyage home."},{"answer":"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"Mario's second animated movie made the franchise a two-billion-dollar series."},{"answer":"Toy Story 5","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"Woody and Buzz crossed a billion dollars again. The toys outlast every attempt at retirement."}]}]}