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Clue: The phrase "The cake is a lie" is a famous hidden message left by Doug Rattmann in this 2007 Valve puzzle game.
What is Portal?
Originally created by Guido van Rossum in 1991, this programming language named after a comedy troupe is prized for its readability and its massive role in AI.
What is Python?
Hiding the 19th Greek letter (Tau), this is a mythological creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse.
What is a centaur?
Decades before his presidency, he served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, planning the D-Day invasion.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
In 1939's The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy says this famous line to her dog right after a tornado drops her house into a colorful new land.
What is "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"?
Commonly used in RPGs, this three-letter acronym refers to the townsfolk, shopkeepers, and quest-givers who are not controlled by a human.
What is an NPC (Non-Player Character)?
Used to style and layout web pages alongside HTML, the acronym CSS stands for this "falling" term.
What are Cascading Style Sheets?
Hiding the 21st Greek letter (Phi), this is the classification of cold-blooded animals like frogs and salamanders.
What is an amphibian?
In 1906, this 26th president became the very first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Spoken by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1984's The Terminator, this simple three-word phrase became his signature catchphrase across multiple sequels.
What is "I'll be back"?
According to Legend of Zelda lore, the Triforce is divided into three virtues: Power, Wisdom, and this third virtue, wielded by Link.
What is Courage?
Often the very first thing a C programmer learns, the printf() function is stored in <stdio.h>, which stands for this.
What is standard input/output?
Hiding the 7th Greek letter (Eta), this is a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, and highly electrically conductive, like iron or gold.
What is metal?
He is the only person in American history to have served as both the President of the United States and, later, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is William Howard Taft?
When asked about his missing victim in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter chillingly reveals he ate his liver with these two side items.
What are fava beans and a nice Chianti?
In Minecraft, building a rectangular frame of 14 obsidian blocks and setting it on fire allows you to fast-travel through this dangerous, lava-filled dimension.
What is The Nether?
Created by Linus Torvalds in 2005, this distributed version control system shares its name with a British slang term for a foolish person.
What is Git?
Hiding the 2nd Greek letter (Beta), this is the demonym for the people native to the high mountainous plateau region that includes the city of Lhasa.
What is Tibetan?
After leaving the White House in 1829, this 6th president spent 17 years serving in the House of Representatives, where he fiercely opposed slavery.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
After declaring "I'm the king of the world!" on the bow of the ship, Leonardo DiCaprio's character Jack Dawson says "To making it count" during a formal dinner in this 1997 blockbuster.
What is Titanic?
Introduced in Super Mario 64, this gameplay mechanic—where a player leaps, hits a vertical surface, and immediately jumps again to gain height—became a staple of 3D platformers.
What is the wall jump?
In object-oriented programming, this concept allows a new, newly created class to automatically take on the properties and methods of an existing "parent" class.
What is inheritance?
Hiding the 14th Greek letter (Xi), this 5-letter word means to banish someone from their native country.
What is exile?
In 1948, this 33rd president signed Executive Order 9981, officially desegregating the United States Armed Forces.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Immediately after Paulie Gatto is shot by Rocco Lampone in The Godfather, Peter Clemenza famously delivers this iconic 7-word line about a dessert.
What is "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."?