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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 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which social network initially limited membership to college communities?

    Answer: Facebook

    Facebook is the social network first limited to college users.

  2. In what year was Portal released?

    Answer: 2007

    Portal was released in 2007.

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

    Answer: iPhone

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

  4. In what year was the original Xbox launched?

    Answer: 2001

    the original Xbox was launched in 2001.

  5. In what year was Avatar released?

    Answer: 2009

    Avatar was released in 2009.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which science-fiction shooter was an Xbox launch title?

    Answer: Halo: Combat Evolved

    Halo: Combat Evolved was a launch title.

  3. Which company developed World of Warcraft?

    Answer: Blizzard Entertainment

    Blizzard Entertainment developed World of Warcraft.

  4. On which fictional world is the game set?

    Answer: Azeroth

    Players choose between the Alliance and Horde.

  5. Who founded Wikipedia?

    Answer: Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger

    Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger founded Wikipedia.

Daily round

  1. Which Nintendo console uses motion-sensitive remote controllers?

    Answer: Wii

    Wii is the Nintendo console centered on motion-sensitive controls.

  2. Who founded YouTube?

    Answer: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim

    Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim founded YouTube.

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

    Answer: 2001

    The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001.

  4. What online service was central to its connected features?

    Answer: Xbox Live

    Its early controllers used a central Guide button.

  5. In what year was Wii released?

    Answer: 2006

    Wii was released in 2006.

Daily round

  1. Which film begins Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy?

    Answer: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Fellowship of the Ring is the first released film in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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

    Answer: HTC Dream

    HTC Dream is the first commercially released smartphone using Android.

  3. Who founded Skype?

    Answer: Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis

    Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis founded Skype.

  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 Amazon device was designed for reading electronic books?

    Answer: Kindle

    Kindle is the Amazon handheld electronic-book reader.

Daily round

  1. In what year was the first iPhone released?

    Answer: 2007

    the first iPhone was released in 2007.

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

    Answer: Pluto

    Astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006.

  3. Which nation did Aang originally belong to?

    Answer: the Air Nomads

    Aang must master four elements.

  4. In what year was Wikipedia launched?

    Answer: 2001

    Wikipedia was launched in 2001.

  5. Which Pixar film follows Marlin across the ocean?

    Answer: Finding Nemo

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

Daily round

  1. In what year was World of Warcraft released?

    Answer: 2004

    World of Warcraft was released in 2004.

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

    Answer: Spider-Man

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

  3. Which creative duo originated Avatar: The Last Airbender?

    Answer: Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko

    Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko originated the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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

    Answer: The Sims

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

  5. Which sandbox game builds its world mostly from cubic blocks?

    Answer: Minecraft

    Minecraft builds its sandbox world primarily from cubic blocks.

Daily round

  1. Which organization adopted the dwarf-planet definition?

    Answer: International Astronomical Union

    Pluto reclassification is connected to International Astronomical Union.

  2. In what year was The Sims first released?

    Answer: 2000

    The Sims was first released in 2000.

  3. In what year was Twitter launched?

    Answer: 2006

    Twitter was launched in 2006.

  4. Which company made Wii?

    Answer: Nintendo

    Nintendo made or published Wii.

  5. In what year was HTC Dream released?

    Answer: 2008

    HTC Dream was released in 2008.