Question 1

Which fast-food mascot was originally portrayed by Willard Scott, who later became famous as the weatherman for NBC's Today show?

Accepted Answer

Ronald McDonald. Willard Scott originated the Ronald McDonald character in three Washington D.C. TV commercials in 1963 before becoming a beloved Today show weatherman for over three decades.

Question 2

Which South American country has the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, which drops 979 meters and is so tall that the water turns to mist before reaching the bottom?

Accepted Answer

Venezuela. Angel Falls in Venezuela, located in Canaima National Park, is nearly 20 times the height of Niagara Falls and was named after American aviator Jimmy Angel who flew over it in 1933.

Question 3

Which fictional universe features a corporation called the Weyland-Yutani Corporation that repeatedly endangers human lives in pursuit of weaponizable extraterrestrial organisms?

Accepted Answer

Alien. Weyland-Yutani, nicknamed 'the Company,' is the antagonistic megacorporation throughout the Alien franchise, first appearing in the original 1979 Ridley Scott film.

Question 4

In chemistry, what name is given to the phenomenon where certain substances glow under ultraviolet light due to absorbing UV radiation and re-emitting it as visible light?

Accepted Answer

Fluorescence. Fluorescence occurs when a material absorbs UV light and almost immediately re-emits it as visible light; unlike phosphorescence, it stops glowing as soon as the UV source is removed.

Question 5

Which U.S. state is the only one whose name can be typed using a single row of letters on a standard QWERTY keyboard?

Accepted Answer

Alaska. Alaska uses letters exclusively from the top row of a QWERTY keyboard — Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, P — making it the only U.S. state with this property. Wait — actually it's Alaska! A, L, S, K, A uses the home row... Actually the correct answer here is Alaska, which uses A, L, S, K — all from the home row. The intended answer is Alaska.

April 18, 2026 Trivia

1. Which fast-food mascot was originally portrayed by Willard Scott, who later became famous as the weatherman for NBC's Today show?

2. Which South American country has the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, which drops 979 meters and is so tall that the water turns to mist before reaching the bottom?

3. Which fictional universe features a corporation called the Weyland-Yutani Corporation that repeatedly endangers human lives in pursuit of weaponizable extraterrestrial organisms?

4. In chemistry, what name is given to the phenomenon where certain substances glow under ultraviolet light due to absorbing UV radiation and re-emitting it as visible light?

5. Which U.S. state is the only one whose name can be typed using a single row of letters on a standard QWERTY keyboard?