6 questions, easy to hard, then Ivy's pick. Here is every answer, and why.
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.. The 'dream' section was not in his prepared text; the singer Mahalia Jackson called out 'Tell them about the dream, Martin' and he set the script aside.
Answer: Sony. The co-founder wanted to listen to opera on long flights. Over 400 million Walkman devices were sold before the iPod made them obsolete.
Answer: New Zealand. A Māori greeting that shares the 'ha', the breath of life. Visiting heads of state do it on arrival, with mixed levels of grace.
Answer: Coal. Most of it dates from the Carboniferous, 300 million years ago. One popular theory, still debated, is that trees evolved before the fungi that could rot them, so dead forests simply piled up and were buried.
Answer: He is playing Monopoly. The car is the playing piece, the hotel is on Mayfair or Boardwalk, and the rent has wiped him out. The classic lateral-thinking puzzle, usually solved by yes-or-no questions.
Answer: True. Real wasabi is a stream-grown plant that is hard to farm and loses its heat within minutes of grating. Most paste is horseradish, mustard and green colouring.
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