In 2025 the world’s most common password, and one of the weakest, was what six-digit number?
123456
What hardware item is also a slang term for a prison officer?
Screw
In the nursery rhyme Rub-a-dub-dub, what are the occupations of the three men in a tub?
Butcher, baker, candlestick maker
What produces 70 per cent of the Earth's oxygen: trees, or marine photosynthesisers like phytoplankton and seaweed?
Marine photosynthesisers
What is produced from coarse aggregate, sand, cement and water?
Concrete
Beginning with P, what cooking metaphor refers to a usually low-quality novel, play or film?
Potboiler
What colour are Dorothy's magical shoes in the 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: gold, red or silver?
Silver (changed to red for the 1939 film to showcase the new Technicolor)
What is the largest living bird by wingspan?
The wandering albatross
Brass is an alloy of which two metals?
Copper and zinc
What style of architecture of the 1950s-1970s is identified by an expressive use of exposed concrete and a utilitarian aesthetic?
Brutalism
Which play by William Shakespeare contains the “quality of mercy” speech?
The Merchant of Venice
The flightless kakapo, the world’s heaviest parrot, is native to which country?
New Zealand
What unit of the French Army was formed in 1831 to support the conquest of Algeria?
The Foreign Legion
What astronomical event coincided with the birth and death of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)?
Halley's Comet
Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) is more commonly known as what?
Concrete cancer
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