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In this hit Netflix sci-fi series, the teenage characters frequently battle monsters from an alternate dimension known as the "Upside Down."
What is Stranger Things
It is both the capital of South Korea and the most populous city on the Korean Peninsula
What is Seoul
The central financial district of New York City that doubles as a classic 1970s arcade game where you shoot descending rows of aliens
What is Wall Street Space Invaders
This is the universal chemical formula for common table salt
What is NaCl (Sodium Chloride)
Striking an iceberg in April 1912, this British passenger liner sank on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic
What is the titanic
This pop superstar's massive, record-breaking stadium tour became the highest-grossing music tour in history, spanning over 140 shows across 5 continents.
Who is Taylor Swift (Eras tour)
This Southeast Asian island city-state is known as a global financial hub and for its strict laws against chewing gum
What is Singapore
The high-tech company founded by Elon Musk that specializes in electric vehicles, which also happens to be a classic 1920s invention by Nikola Tesla
What is Tesla Coil
In computer science, this 3-letter acronym refers to the primary hardware component that acts as the "brain" of a computer
What is a CPU (Central Processing Unit)
This famous 19th-century U.S. President was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in 1865
Who is Abraham Lincoln
He played the double-agent professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film franchise, as well as the villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard
Who is Alan Rickman
This landlocked European nation is completely surrounded by Italy and claims to be the world's oldest surviving sovereign republic
What is San Marino
"The King of Pop" who shares his name with the capital city of Florida
Who is Michael Jackson
This light-sensitive layer of tissue lines the back of the eye and acts like film in a camera to capture images
What is the retina
This 13th-century Mongolian warrior founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history
Who is Genghis Khan
This 2024 Marvel blockbuster became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, pairing up Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
What is Deadpool and Wolverine
This is the capital and largest city of Chile, nestled in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes mountains
What is Santiago
The standard term for a flight that leaves late at night, combined with the spicy, tomato-based Mexican cocktail mix used for micheladas
What is a Red Eye Clamato
Regarded as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb," this theoretical physicist led the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during WWII
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer
In 1789, the storming of this medieval fortress and prison in Paris marked a turning point in the French Revolution
What is the Bastille
Winning the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2024, this FX show follows a young fine-dining chef who returns home to run his family's chaotic sandwich shop
What is The Bear
Spanning over 3.5 million square miles, this is the largest hot desert on Earth
What is the Sahara
A popular 2000s tabletop board game about building a medieval landscape that gets mashed up with a fast-food chain famous for its "Sliders."
What is Carcassonne White Castle
This term describes the theoretical boundary surrounding a black hole from which nothing—not even light—can escape
What is the event horizon
Signed in 1215 by King John of England, this historic document established the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law
What is the Magna Carta