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2000s Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 2 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which software marketplace was absent at the original launch?

    Answer: the App Store

    The original model lacked an App Store at launch.

  2. Which Pixar film follows Marlin across the ocean?

    Answer: Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo is the Pixar film about a clownfish searching for his son.

  3. In what year was Spider-Man released?

    Answer: 2002

    Spider-Man was released in 2002.

  4. What type of posts defined the early service?

    Answer: short status messages

    The service was initially called twttr.

  5. In what year was Portal released?

    Answer: 2007

    Portal was released in 2007.

Daily round

  1. Which phone was the first commercial handset to run Android?

    Answer: HTC Dream

    HTC Dream is the first commercially released smartphone using Android.

  2. Which life-simulation game features characters who speak Simlish?

    Answer: The Sims

    The Sims is the life-simulation game about creating people and households.

  3. Who founded Wikipedia?

    Answer: Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger

    Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger founded Wikipedia.

  4. Which Blizzard online game lets players join the Alliance or Horde?

    Answer: World of Warcraft

    World of Warcraft is the massively multiplayer role-playing game set in Azeroth.

  5. Which Nintendo handheld has two displays and a touchscreen?

    Answer: Nintendo DS

    Nintendo DS is the handheld game system with two screens.

Daily round

  1. What network architecture did early Skype versions use?

    Answer: peer-to-peer networking

    Its early technology used peer-to-peer networking.

  2. Which Apple device promised a thousand songs in your pocket?

    Answer: iPod

    iPod is the Apple portable digital music player.

  3. In what year was Angry Birds released?

    Answer: 2009

    Angry Birds was released in 2009.

  4. In what year was The Fellowship of the Ring released?

    Answer: 2001

    The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001.

  5. Which ceremony began the term of the 44th U.S. president?

    Answer: Barack Obama inauguration

    Barack Obama inauguration is the ceremony beginning the term of the 44th U.S. president.

Daily round

  1. What word preceded Facebook in the service’s original name?

    Answer: The

    Its original name included the word The.

  2. Who founded Skype?

    Answer: Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis

    Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis founded Skype.

  3. What is the school team’s nickname?

    Answer: the Wildcats

    The school teams are called the Wildcats.

  4. Who plays the Green Goblin?

    Answer: Willem Dafoe

    Willem Dafoe plays the Green Goblin.

  5. Which superhero film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker?

    Answer: Spider-Man

    Spider-Man is the superhero film starring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker.

Daily round

  1. On which fictional world is the game set?

    Answer: Azeroth

    Players choose between the Alliance and Horde.

  2. In what year did Spotify launch publicly?

    Answer: 2008

    Spotify launched publicly in 2008.

  3. Which company made Kindle?

    Answer: Amazon

    Amazon made or published Kindle.

  4. Which former planet was reclassified as a dwarf planet?

    Answer: Pluto

    Astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006.

  5. Who directed Avatar?

    Answer: James Cameron

    James Cameron directed Avatar.

Daily round

  1. In what year was Xbox 360 launched?

    Answer: 2005

    Xbox 360 was launched in 2005.

  2. Which mobile puzzle game launches birds from a slingshot?

    Answer: Angry Birds

    Angry Birds is the mobile puzzle game about launching birds at pigs.

  3. Which body’s committee organized the inauguration ceremony?

    Answer: United States Congress inauguration committee

    A committee appointed by the United States Congress organized Barack Obama's first inauguration ceremony.

  4. In which country was Spotify founded?

    Answer: Sweden

    The company was founded in Sweden.

  5. Which company made the iPhone?

    Answer: Apple

    Apple made or published iPhone.

Daily round

  1. From which refuge does the Fellowship begin its shared journey?

    Answer: Rivendell

    The Fellowship begins its journey from Rivendell.

  2. In what year was Avatar released?

    Answer: 2009

    Avatar was released in 2009.

  3. How long was each rover’s primary mission planned to last?

    Answer: about 90 Martian days

    Both missions were planned for about ninety Martian days.

  4. Which Apple product combined a phone, iPod, and internet communicator?

    Answer: iPhone

    iPhone is the Apple touchscreen smartphone combining phone, iPod, and internet tools.

  5. Which company developed World of Warcraft?

    Answer: Blizzard Entertainment

    Blizzard Entertainment developed World of Warcraft.