Seven days of questions and answers

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 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which of its two displays is touch-sensitive?

    Answer: the lower screen

    The lower display is a touchscreen.

  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. In what year was HTC Dream released?

    Answer: 2008

    HTC Dream was released in 2008.

  4. 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.

  5. Which company made Xbox 360?

    Answer: Microsoft

    Microsoft made or published Xbox 360.

Daily round

  1. Which company made the iPhone?

    Answer: Apple

    Apple made or published iPhone.

  2. Who founded Spotify?

    Answer: Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon

    Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon founded Spotify.

  3. What memory difficulty does Dory have?

    Answer: difficulty forming new memories

    Dory has difficulty forming new memories.

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

    Answer: Nintendo DS

    Nintendo DS is the handheld game system with two screens.

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

    Answer: The Sims

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

Daily round

  1. Which company made Kindle?

    Answer: Amazon

    Amazon made or published Kindle.

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

    Answer: Minecraft

    Minecraft builds its sandbox world primarily from cubic blocks.

  3. In what year was Facebook launched?

    Answer: 2004

    Facebook was launched in 2004.

  4. In which country was Spotify founded?

    Answer: Sweden

    The company was founded in Sweden.

  5. Who co-founded Twitter?

    Answer: Jack Dorsey and cofounders

    Jack Dorsey and cofounders founded Twitter.

Daily round

  1. Which artificial intelligence supervises the test chambers?

    Answer: GLaDOS

    GLaDOS supervises the test chambers.

  2. Which organization adopted the dwarf-planet definition?

    Answer: International Astronomical Union

    Pluto reclassification is connected to International Astronomical Union.

  3. In what year was the first iPhone released?

    Answer: 2007

    the first iPhone was released in 2007.

  4. In what year was Twitter launched?

    Answer: 2006

    Twitter was launched in 2006.

  5. Who directed Iron Man?

    Answer: Jon Favreau

    Jon Favreau directed Iron Man.

Daily round

  1. Who directed Avatar?

    Answer: James Cameron

    James Cameron directed Avatar.

  2. In what year was Wikipedia launched?

    Answer: 2001

    Wikipedia was launched in 2001.

  3. What was the title of its first uploaded video?

    Answer: Me at the zoo

    Me at the zoo was its first uploaded video.

  4. In what year was The Sims first released?

    Answer: 2000

    The Sims was first released in 2000.

  5. In what year was the first Kindle released?

    Answer: 2007

    the first Kindle was released in 2007.

Daily round

  1. Which superhero film launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

    Answer: Iron Man

    Iron Man is the superhero film starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.

  2. In what year did Minecraft receive its first public build?

    Answer: 2009

    Minecraft received its first public build in 2009.

  3. Which company made the Xbox?

    Answer: Microsoft

    Microsoft made or published Xbox.

  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. What type of posts defined the early service?

    Answer: short status messages

    The service was initially called twttr.

Daily round

  1. Which puzzle game gives the player a handheld portal device?

    Answer: Portal

    Portal is the first-person puzzle game using linked portals.

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

    Answer: Pluto

    Astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006.

  3. What type of media was the original iPod designed to carry?

    Answer: digital music

    The first model advertised one thousand songs in your pocket.

  4. What does Tony Stark reveal at the end of the film?

    Answer: that he is Iron Man

    Its ending openly reveals Iron Man’s identity.

  5. In Glee, what is the name of William McKinley High School’s central show choir?

    Answer: New Directions

    In Glee, Will Schuester directs the William McKinley High School show choir New Directions.