General Knowledge - 1

What search engine makes changes to its logo, known as 'doodles,' to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and famous people, such as a pointillist version in honor of artist Georges Seurat?

• Yahoo

• Bing

• Google

• DuckDuckGo

Relax, breathe, and tell me: a Japanese sect of Mahayana Buddhism shares what Z-word name with a state of calm attentiveness?

• Zen

• Yoga

• Karma

• Meditation

Bart runs half-heartedly for class president, and Homer runs more seriously for Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, in various episodes of what long-running animated sitcom?

• South Park

• Rick and Morty

• The Simpsons

• Family Guy

“May the Fourth be with you” is the official tagline of the galaxy-wide holiday celebrated the first week of May in honor of what sci-fi franchise?

• Star Trek

• Star Wars

• Battlestar Galactica

• Doctor Who

A standard courtroom setting has attorneys, juries, bailiffs, stenographers, and what robed profession responsible for governing the trial at hand?

• Lawyers

• Judges

• Prosecutors

• Clerks

To better fit in with the city's natural Southwestern colors, what fast-food chain uses turquoise in place of its traditional 'golden arches' yellow in Sedona, Arizona?

• Burger King

• Wendy's

• KFC

• McDonald's

“Smart” credit cards or chip cards are also called EMV cards. EMV is an acronym for the trio of credit card companies that set the standard: Europay, MasterCard, and ______.

• Visa

• American Express

• Diners Club

• Discover

To honor him after his 2016 passing, the Pantone Color Institute announced a new rain-inspired shade of purple called Love Symbol #2 for what one-named rock star?

• Sting

• Prince

• Bono

• Elvis

Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, and McIntosh are all popular varieties of what fruit?

• Banana

• Orange

• Apple

• Pear

By letter count, “May” is the shortest month of the year. Coming in at a record nine letters, what’s the longest month of the year?

• February

• September

• November

• December