Literary references in pop culture
Time is Relative or is it ?
Name that TV show
who's villain am I ?
Playoffs? your talking about playoffs?
100

The Simpsons, well known for incorporating tons of references into their show from books to movies, music and even some how events that have not happened yet.... Had one Halloween Episode  based on this classic Steven King Novel / Movie . 

The Shining 
100

Humans know of 2 possible ways to "Time Travel" forwards Name those two ways. One answer at a time each correct answer worth 100 points. 

To Be close to a object with extremely high gravity, or to travel at or near the speed of light. 

100

This show is a fantasy take on what would have happened had the nazis won world war 2 

Man in the high castle 

100

I once Killed this hero's side kick with a crow bar in the comics leading to one of the darkest comic runs ever by DC 

Batman 

100

This team has the longest current playoff drought of any US professional sports team. Bonus point if you can guess how many season it has been since they made the playoffs. 

NY Jets 15 seasons 

200

This Singer / song writer makes a reference to the great Gatsby, by saying I hope she will be a beautiful fool. In their song Happiness. Who is the singer 

Taylor Swift 

200

These two twin brothers both became astronauts and traveled to space at different times then compared aging keys in their body to discover while one was in space he aged slightly slower then his twin brother on earth though after returning home his genes quickly returned to normal. Name these brothers.  

Scott and Mark Kelly 

200
While filming this show one of the main actors suffered more then one brain aneurysms that were life threatening, they determined this was caused by wearing her very heavy and hot wig during the summer days of shooting in Mediterranean  locations. This caused the change of rules for how long actors are allowed to be in wigs on set now. What is the show ? 

Game of thrones 

200

I am from space and at first I became symbiotic with this hero before becoming his greatest foe. 

Spiderman

200

Who has the longest drought of winning a championship in us sports currently 

The Az Cardinals 

300

The band Led Zeplin made several references to this classic Fantasy Book series including the song Ramble On which takes place in this fictional world of Middle Earth. What book series is this ? 

Lord of the rings 
300

Who came up with the theory of relativity ? 

Einstein 

300

Before he owned a soccer team, played dead pool , and even before Van Wilder, Ryan Reynolds got one of his breaks on this network sitcom , starring along side Nathan Fillion. 

Two guys a girl and pizza place. 

300

In the comics This heros wife and kids were killed because he witnessed a mob hit involving corrupt cops 

The Punisher 

300

What team won the nba championship in the years that jordan took a break between his three peats 

Houston Rockets 

400

While many people say this Netflix show about a mutant who hunts monsters, is based on a video game, The original source material is actually a series of novels. What is the name of this show/game/book series? 

The Witcher . 

400

While light from distant stars takes a long time to travel to earth, what other force has an impact on the light as it travels to our field of vision, bonus point if you can name exactly what this force does to the light. 

Gravity and it bends the light 

400
The writers of the stage performance "The book of mormon" are probably better known for the creation of this controversial tv show. 

South Park 

400

As this hero's ultimate villain I got him to say this historic line  ""I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard, always taking constant care not to break something, to break someone. Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could die. But you can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."

Superman

400

Who made this famous line "Playoffs we talking about playoffs" which has become a commercial and meme 

Jim Mora 

500

The movie 10 things I hate about you, along with other similar movies where a popular kid must date the "nerdy" girl trope, are all based off this Shakespearian  Play?

The Taming of the Shrew 

500

While our current calendar and clock help us keep track of time. They are not actually fully actually, and there is not actually 24 hours in a day. And the earth actually takes just over 365 days to circle the sun, what method of correction do we use to stop this from throwing things off over time ? 

Leap Year. 

500

This PBS Tv show was popular for hung over science teachers. 

Bill Nye the science guy 

500

I do not always see eye to eye with this group of hero's, though we are the same on the inside, our ideological differences in how we handle humans has put us on different sides of this war. And I will do what i must to protect my kind. 

The X men 

500

Who holds the record for most receiving yards in a single  nfl play off run 

Larry Fitzgerald 

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