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1. 1 Easy

   What is the main alternate dimension called in Stranger Things?

   Answer: The Upside Down

   Why: Season 5 makes it a wormhole, not a world: a bridge to the Abyss, the monsters' true home, named by Dustin after Dungeons and Dragons.

2. 2 Medium

   A late fee for which Tom Hanks movie allegedly inspired Netflix?

   Answer: Apollo 13

   Why: Co-founder Marc Randolph calls the tale a convenient fiction, and Blockbuster reportedly found no record of the late fee.

3. 3 Hard

   How much prize money did Netflix offer for a better recommendation algorithm?

   Answer: $1 million

   Why: Netflix paid it in 2009 to team BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos for a 10.06 percent gain, then never put the winning ensemble into production.

4. 4 Easy

   What game does Beth Harmon play in the show Queen's Gambit?

   Answer: Chess

   Why: NPD Group found chess book sales rose over 600 percent after The Queen's Gambit premiered on Netflix in October 2020.

5. 5 Medium

   How much money does the winner receive in Squid Game?

   Answer: 45.6 billion won

   Why: Each of the 456 players is worth 100 million won, dropped into a giant piggy bank at their death, so the pot builds to 45.6 billion.

6. 6 Hard

   What was the original internal name for Netflix before it launched?

   Answer: Kibble

   Why: Marc Randolph picked the dog-food name on purpose, wanting a pre-launch label so bad that nobody would be tempted to keep it, and it stuck six months.