Trivia

Hard

Which Tech Company Derives Its Name From A Mythical Creature?

Asus
Intel
Fujitsu
Samsung

Answer: Asus

If you’ve ever wondered why there are so many listings for A-1 Auto Body repair shops and A+ Plumbing in the phone book, wonder no more–it’s an old marketing trick to name your company with favorable alphabetic ranking to ensure it is at the top of any list it is placed on.

It was in employing that same trick that the name of modern and massive technology company Asus was shortened from Pegasus (selected for the association of good luck and fortune with the mythical creature) to Asus (in order to place it at the top of lists).

Trivia

Hard

Who Invented the Time Ball, Predecessor of the New Year’s Eve Ball?

Robert Wauchope Walter F. Palmer
John Pond Adolph Ochs

Trivia

Hard

Which Of These Amusements Was Banned From New York City For Over Thirty Years?

Pogs Pigeon Racing
Pinball Machines Video Games

Trivia

Easy

Which Classic Board Game Was Originally Paper Based?

Trivial Pursuit Battleship
Monopoly Checkers

Trivia

Hard

Which Of These Pine Tree Species Require Forest Fires To Propagate?

Blue Spruces Lodgepole Pines
Douglas Firs Ponderosa Pines

Trivia

Easy

Julius Caesar Popularized Which Cryptographic Technique?

Shift Ciphers Asymmetric Keys
Feistel Ciphers Hash Functions

Trivia

Hard

What Was The First Turn-Based Strategy Computer Game?

Tanktics Panzer General
Advance Wars Mech Brigade

Trivia

Hard

The Densest Planet In Our Solar System Is?

Mars Neptune
Earth Venus

Trivia

Hard

Early Anti-Counterfeiting Technique Used To Protect Wine Relied On?

Lead Corks Gold Wire
Cobalt Diamonds

Trivia

Easy

The First Payphone Was Located In?

New York, New York Hartford, Connecticut
Washington, D.C. Los Angeles, California

Trivia

Very Hard

Which Of These Horror Writers Only Achieved Fame Posthumously?

Mary Shelley H.P. Lovecraft
Ambrose Bierce Edgar Allan Poe