The Daily Quiz for July 4, 2025

No non-English language film won Best Picture in the 2000s. The first to do so was Parasite” in 2020.

Wayne Knight landed his first credited role in Dirty Dancing and would later go on to star as Newman in Seinfeld as well as numerous films and TV shows.

Capri Sun was invented in Germany but became hugely popular in the US during the 90s

Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia, located in the north-central part of the country.

Aquaphobia is the fear of water, which can range from discomfort around large bodies of water to anxiety about bathing.

The Pentagon building in Washington D.C. is shaped like a regular pentagon.

A candidate needs a majority of electoral votes, which is 270 out of the total 538.

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty, serving as the home of emperors for almost 500 years.

The MPMan F10, released in 1998, featured 32MB of flash memory (expandable to 64MB) and cost $250.

While this award started after 2000, animated films of the 90s like Beauty and the Beast (1991) were nominated for Best Picture.