Video Games
This 1997 video game for the Nintendo 64, named after the 1995 film in the James Bond franchise, is widely regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.
What is GoldenEye?
This 1983 song by Lionel Richie was inspired by his vacation in the Caribbean, topped the Hot 100 for four consecutive weeks, and was played at the end of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
What is All Night Long?
This animal has the highest pounds per square inch bite force at 3,700 in the current existing animal kingdom, though the jaw muscles to open their mouths are very weak and can be easily restrained from opening.
What is a saltwater crocodile?
This 1981 novel by Thomas Harris details the story of FBI profiler Will Graham and his pursuit of a murderer monikered The Tooth Fairy, and was the first book to introduce the cannibalistic serial killer known as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
What is Red Dragon?
This flour and butter mixture that originated from 17th-century France can be used as a base for thickening soups, sauces, and gravies.
What is a roux?
This playable character in the 2001 crossover fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Melee, can be unlocked by successfully completing the 100-Man Melee where you must defeat multiple waves of Fighting Wire Frames.
Who is Falco?
This 1990 country song performed by Garth Brooks was written to make fun of big-shot celebrities in the '80s who would brag about their distinguished connections and affluence, and is currently #9 in Billboard's Greatest Country Songs of All Time, #35 in Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Country Songs, and #1 in SiriusXM's All-Time Country List.
What is Friends in Low Places?
This is the oldest known cat breed with evidence pointing to its existence in Egyptian drawings and mummified remains dating as far back as 3,000-4,000 years.
What is an Egpytian Mau?
This 1980 movie, based on the 1977 book of the same name written by Stephen King, was described by the author as "maddening, perverse, and disappointing", despite its commercial success.
What is The Shining?
This ice cream flavor released in 1987 by Ben & Jerry's was based on an idea submitted anonymously by a fan, honoring the American rock band Grateful Dead's lead guitarist.
What is a Cherry Garcia?
This 1982 video game for the Atari 2600, based on a successful film of the same name released earlier that year, is considered to be one of the most significant contributors to the industry-wide Video Game Crash of 1983.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
This 1967 song by Jimi Hendrix is rumored to have been inspired by his lover Lithofayne "Faye" Pridgon, as he had given her a stray kitten and later adopted a Poodle that shared the same name used in the song's title.
What is Foxy Lady?
This theropod dinosaur, dated to have existed in the late Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period, had blunt, serrated teeth that they used to crush, tear, and swallow their prey without the need to chew.
What is a Tyrannosaurus rex?
This science fiction novel, originally serialized in 1869-1870 by French author Jules Verne and then adapted into a film in 1954 that won two Academy Awards, details the adventures of Captain Nemo and his command over the crew of the submarine Nautilus.
What is 20,000 Leagues Under The Seas?
This flavor of cake holds the #1 spot as the most popular in the US, with 5% of people surveyed saying they like it so much they will not eat other flavors.
What is chocolate?
This was the original name for the character now known as Mario who premiered in the 1981 video game Donkey Kong.
Who is Jumpman?
This jubilant-sounding 1969 song was described by Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty in issue 649 of the Rolling Stone as the "apocalypse that was going to be visited upon us", and was played at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair the year of release.
What is Bad Moon Rising?
This marine mammal is the largest known animal to have ever existed in history, their tongues alone weighing in around the same as the average female Asian elephant at just over 5,900 lbs.
What is a blue whale?
This 2017 film holds the highest-grossing box office of all time in the horror genre at almost $720m worldwide.
What is the movie It?
This creeping-vine fruit culinarily used as a vegetable has a water content of 95%, higher than a watermelon's water content of 92%.
What is a cucumber?
The Russian folk song Korobeiniki about a girl haggling with a peddler is most famously known as the theme song for this 1984 video game.
What is Tetris?
This 1983 song about a werewolf by Ozzy Osbourne was alleged by Christian media to have had a Satanic influence on Canadian man James Jollimore to murder three people, just after he began facing allegations of his song Suicide Solution from the same album encouraging a fan to commit suicide.
What is Bark at the Moon?
This big cat hybrid includes the heaviest big cat ever recorded named Nook, weighing in at 1,213 lbs in his prime, before he passed away at the age of 21 in 2007.
What is a liger?
Peter Jackson, most famously known for his work in the 2001-2003 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, also directed this 1992 comedy horror film which became known for its "slapstick humor" and extreme gore.
What is the movie Braindead / Dead Alive?
In 1834, this condiment was sold as a cure by Dr. John Cooke Bennett for common maladies of the time such as indigestion, diarrhea, and jaundice, and saw great success in sales despite public skepticism of the main ingredient.
What is ketchup?