{"date":"2026-08-10","prompts":[{"id":"p1","text":"Name a country that shares a land or maritime border with Russia","answers":[{"answer":"United States","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Across the Bering Strait, two islands sit under three miles apart, one Russian and one American. The border almost nobody names."},{"answer":"Japan","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A maritime border across the water, disputed over the Kuril Islands."},{"answer":"Lithuania","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Also touches Russia only through the detached Kaliningrad exclave."},{"answer":"Azerbaijan","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Georgia","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Belarus","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Estonia","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Kazakhstan","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"The longest continuous land border Russia has with any country."},{"answer":"Latvia","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Mongolia","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Norway","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"North Korea","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"A short 11-mile border in the far east. The surprise-fact flex, right on schedule."},{"answer":"Poland","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Only via the Kaliningrad exclave. The 'well actually' pick, and yes it counts."},{"answer":"China","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Finland","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Ukraine","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p2","text":"Name a farm animal","answers":[{"answer":"Silkworm","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Domesticated for silk for thousands of years: a farm animal whose barn is a mulberry tray."},{"answer":"Capon","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A castrated rooster raised for tender meat."},{"answer":"Foal","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Guinea pig","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Farmed for meat across the Andes."},{"answer":"Mangalica","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A woolly Hungarian pig that looks unmistakably like a sheep."},{"answer":"Pheasant","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Pigeon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Reindeer","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Zebu","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bee","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bison","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Boar","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Camel","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Farmed across North Africa and the Gulf for milk, meat and haulage."},{"answer":"Emu","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Guinea fowl","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Heifer","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Highland cow","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kid","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"A baby goat. That really is the farm term for it."},{"answer":"Llama","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Mare","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Mule","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ostrich","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ox","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Peacock","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Quail","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Sow","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"A mother pig, and the animal doing most of the actual work in the barn."},{"answer":"Stallion","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Steer","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Water buffalo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Yak","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bull","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Calf","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Cat","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Chick","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Dog","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Donkey","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Duck","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Goose","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Piglet","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pony","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Rabbit","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Turkey","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Alpaca","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The fluffy hobby-farm darling. Every farmers-market shopper reaches for it."},{"answer":"Chicken","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Cow","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Goat","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Horse","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Pig","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Sheep","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p3","text":"Name a rice dish","answers":[{"answer":"Bringhe","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"A Filipino paella made with glutinous rice and coconut milk, brought by trade and now nearly forgotten outside Pampanga."},{"answer":"Bai sach chrouk","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Bisibelabath","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Chelow kabab","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Donburi","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Hoppin' John","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Kabsa","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Kedgeree","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A British-Indian breakfast of rice, smoked fish, and egg."},{"answer":"Loco moco","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mandi","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mujadara","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Nasi lemak","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Malaysia's national dish, rice cooked in coconut milk."},{"answer":"Nasi uduk","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Plov","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The Central Asian rice feast cooked in a giant cauldron."},{"answer":"Risi e bisi","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tahdig","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The crispy golden crust at the bottom of the Persian rice pot, fought over at every table."},{"answer":"Zongzi","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Arancini","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Deep-fried risotto balls."},{"answer":"Arroz con pollo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Curd rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Curry rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dirty rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dolma","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Hainanese chicken rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Jeera rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Jollof rice","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"The West African classic that starts friendly rivalries between nations."},{"answer":"Khao pad","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Khichdi","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kimchi fried rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Lemon rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Nasi goreng","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Indonesian fried rice."},{"answer":"Omurice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Rice-A-Roni","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tomato rice","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Coconut rice","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Gumbo","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Jambalaya","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Mango sticky rice","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Onigiri","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Pilaf","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Poke bowl","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Red beans and rice","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Rice and peas","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Rice pudding","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Spanish rice","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Sushi","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Yellow rice","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Bibimbap","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The Korean rice bowl every foodie deploys. Delicious, and expected."},{"answer":"Congee","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The rice porridge foodies name to prove range. Comforting, and predictable."},{"answer":"Biryani","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Fried rice","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Paella","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Risotto","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p4","text":"Name a talk show host","answers":[{"answer":"Steve Allen","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"The very first host of The Tonight Show, in 1954, who invented the late-night format everyone else has copied since."},{"answer":"Barbara Walters","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Charlie Rose","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Craig Kilborn","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"David Frost","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Jack Paar","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The Tonight Show host between Steve Allen and Carson."},{"answer":"Jenny Jones","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Kapil Sharma","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The Kapil Sharma Show pulls audiences most US hosts only dream about."},{"answer":"Katie Couric","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Merv Griffin","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Also created Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune."},{"answer":"Michael Parkinson","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Michael Strahan","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Mike Douglas","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Montel Williams","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Phil Donahue","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The daytime pioneer who basically invented the audience-participation format."},{"answer":"Queen Latifah","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Ricki Lake","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sally Jessy Raphael","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Tom Snyder","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Andy Cohen","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Arsenio Hall","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Chelsea Handler","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Craig Ferguson","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dr. Phil","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Drew Barrymore","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Geraldo Rivera","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Graham Norton","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Joan Rivers","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"John Oliver","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Kelly Clarkson","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Maury Povich","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Rachael Ray","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Regis Philbin","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Rosie O'Donnell","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"RuPaul","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Ryan Seacrest","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Sherri Shepherd","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Steve Harvey","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tamron Hall","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Tyra Banks","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Wendy Williams","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Bill Maher","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Conan O'Brien","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"James Corden","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Jay Leno","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Jennifer Hudson","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Johnny Carson","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Jon Stewart","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Kelly Ripa","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Larry King","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Seth Meyers","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Stephen Colbert","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Trevor Noah","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Whoopi Goldberg","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Dick Cavett","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The intellectual's late-night host. Name-dropped to signal you have taste."},{"answer":"Howard Stern","tier":"tooclever","score":15},{"answer":"Jerry Springer","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"'Final thought' delivered with a smirk. The chaos-nostalgia pick, right on cue."},{"answer":"David Letterman","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Ellen DeGeneres","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Jimmy Fallon","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Jimmy Kimmel","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Oprah Winfrey","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p5","text":"Name a web browser","answers":[{"answer":"WorldWideWeb","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"The very first web browser, written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. Later renamed Nexus so nobody confused the browser with the web itself."},{"answer":"AOL Explorer","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Avant Browser","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Camino","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Comodo Dragon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Cyberdog","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Apple's odd 1990s browser, killed off before Safari existed."},{"answer":"Dia","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Epic","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Erwise","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Flock","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Galeon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"GNOME Web","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Konqueror","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The KDE browser whose engine eventually became WebKit, and then Chrome."},{"answer":"Links","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Lynx","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"A text-only browser still used today. No images, no problem."},{"answer":"Maxthon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Netscape Communicator","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Orion","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Otter Browser","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Pale Moon","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Puffin","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"SeaMonkey","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"w3m","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Waterfox","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Zen Browser","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Amazon Silk","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Arc","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"ChatGPT Atlas","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Chromium","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Comet","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Dolphin","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"DuckDuckGo","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Samsung Internet","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"UC Browser","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Vivaldi","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Yandex Browser","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Brave","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Internet Explorer","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Opera","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Mosaic","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The first popular graphical browser, from 1993. The computer-history flex, right on schedule."},{"answer":"Netscape","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"Netscape Navigator. The 'I was there' flex from anyone over 35."},{"answer":"Tor","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The Tor Browser. Named to signal you know about the dark web. We noticed."},{"answer":"Firefox","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Google Chrome","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Microsoft Edge","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Safari","tier":"plankton","score":10}]},{"id":"p6","text":"Name a first-billed actor in a Christopher Nolan-directed feature film","answers":[{"answer":"Fionn Whitehead","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"The unknown 20-year-old at the front of Dunkirk's ensemble and the soldier the film follows most closely."},{"answer":"Jeremy Theobald","tier":"deepcut","score":85,"quip":"Nolan's university friend and the unnamed first-billed lead of Following, shot on weekends for about six thousand dollars."},{"answer":"Guy Pearce","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Memento's first-billed man, even if Leonard could not remember it."},{"answer":"John David Washington","tier":"rare","score":60,"quip":"Tenet never gives his character a name beyond the Protagonist, but it gives Washington top billing."},{"answer":"Al Pacino","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"The name atop Insomnia, Nolan's only feature he did not also write."},{"answer":"Hugh Jackman","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Billed ahead of Christian Bale in The Prestige's duel of magicians."},{"answer":"Matt Damon","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"Odysseus himself in Nolan's 2026 voyage."},{"answer":"Matthew McConaughey","tier":"schooler","score":30,"quip":"First through the wormhole on Interstellar's billing."},{"answer":"Christian Bale","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"First billed in all three films of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy."},{"answer":"Cillian Murphy","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"On his sixth Nolan appearance, he finally took first billing in Oppenheimer."},{"answer":"Leonardo DiCaprio","tier":"plankton","score":10,"quip":"First billed as dream thief Dom Cobb in Inception."}]},{"id":"p7","text":"Name a movie James Cameron directed, wrote, or produced","answers":[{"answer":"Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away","tier":"krillion","score":100,"quip":"Cameron produced Cirque du Soleil in 3-D — Pandora's depth cameras pointed at acrobats instead of Na'vi."},{"answer":"Aliens of the Deep","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Deepsea Challenge 3D","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Ghosts of the Abyss","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Piranha II: The Spawning","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Sanctum","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"The Game Changers","tier":"deepcut","score":85},{"answer":"Avatar: Fire and Ash","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Rambo: First Blood Part II","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Solaris","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Strange Days","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Terminator: Dark Fate","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"The Abyss","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"True Lies","tier":"rare","score":60},{"answer":"Aliens","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Alita: Battle Angel","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Avatar: The Way of Water","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Terminator 2: Judgment Day","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"The Terminator","tier":"schooler","score":30},{"answer":"Point Break","tier":"tooclever","score":15,"quip":"The Kathryn Bigelow surf-heist classic — Cameron executive-produced it, which is exactly the credit-line flex this prompt invites."},{"answer":"Avatar","tier":"plankton","score":10},{"answer":"Titanic","tier":"plankton","score":10}]}]}