2026 in Pop Culture
The death of this pop legend broke the hearts of millions. If you want to pay respects, her theme park is still open
Who is Dolly Parton?
In 1863, president Lincoln gave this now-famous speech, "Four score and seven years ago"
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Before the piano, composers like Bach were writing on this other keyboard instrument
What is a Harpsichord?
This ratio of sums can show itself often in nature; it is also the solution to a well-known sequence
What is the Golden Ratio?
The tallest building on campus also sports a dining hall, gym, and multiple classrooms
What is International Village (IV)?
Bad Bunny put on the Super Bowl's 4th-most viewed halftime show in 2026, but the #1 spot belongs to this legendary rapper
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
220 years of self-isolation were brought to an end in this island nation by "the Arrival of the Black Ships"
What is Japan?
Spotify's #1 artist shouldn't surprise you, unless collaborating with Lady Gaga and Rosé in the same year isn't impressive enough
Who is Bruno Mars?
The number 2,147,483,647 used to be the largest-known prime number, and a Mersenne prime. In computing, it represents the largest value of a signed integer of this size
What is 32-bit?
What is the University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS)?
Put on your suit of bronze armor, grab a spear, and set sail to theaters near you to watch Christopher Nolan's adaptation of this legendary tale
What is the Odyssey?
In 1789, the "start" of the Long 19th, French revolutionaries raided this prison, setting off the French Revolution
What is the Bastille?
She's thawing! This song only has a couple of months before it climbs back up to the Billboard #1, something it's done every year since 2019
What is "All I Want for Christmas is You"?
When Young Sheldon got caught by federal agents for taking apart smoke detectors, he was looking for this patriotic-sounding radioactive isotope
What is Americium-241?
What is Matthews Arena?
The World Cup almost brought the United States back together, but it certainly brought Boston a lot of joy when hundreds of kilted men from this country drained their liquor supplies!
What is Scotland?
What is a World's Fair?
The Beatles might be Britain's most popular band, but not from their most popular city, instead hailing from this western English music hub
Where is Liverpool?
You might know them for their calculators, but this company specializes in lasers, microprocessors, and guided missiles
What is Texas Instruments?
Is Marino too full? Try this smaller, cozier alternative all the way across campus!
Everyone is here! This decade-in-the-making sequel aims to tie together dozens of loose ends created by TV shows, movies, comics, and fan speculation
What is Avengers: Doomsday?
The Long 19th Century was brought to an end with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by this Serbian nationalist
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
Joe Hisaishi has been found conducting symphony orchestras for decades, all playing his music for this movie studio
What is Studio Ghibli?
In chess, the 7-piece tablebase means every endgame position with 7 or less pieces is solved, with some going up to 549 moves deep. Determine (to the 1st digit) how many positions are in this tablebase
What is 423,836,835,667,331?
If you find yourself scheduled for a class in another town (somehow), Northeastern offers shuttles to these local partner campuses
What is Northeastern at Burlington?
or
What is Northeastern at Nahant?