Early '00s Internet
Dungeons and Dragons
Actual Good Book Quotes
U.S. National Parks
Cat Anatomy
Linguistically Speaking
100
This was the primary way to customize MySpace pages, often accidentally breaking the layout in the process.
What is HTML (or CSS)?
100
This person is the primary storyteller, referee and world-builder at a D&D table.
Who is the Dungeon Master?
100
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
What is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?
100
This park in Wyoming is home to the "Old Faithful" geyser.
What is Yellowstone?
100
This is the rough, sandpaper-like texture on a cat's tongue, made of keratin.
What are papillae or tongue spines?
100
This portmanteau combines the word "hungry" and "angry".
What is hangry?
200
He was everyone's first friend on MySpace.
Who is Tom?
200
This class gains their magical powers through a pact with a powerful entity, like a demon or fey.
What is a Warlock?
200
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
What is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
200
This California park is famous for its massive granite cliffs like El Capitan and Half Dome.
What is Yosemite?
200
This term describes a cat who has more toes than normal.
What is polydactyl?
200
It's the two-word term for a dialect unique to a specific individual (everyone has one!).
What is an idiolect?
300
Before Spotify, we risked the family computer's life to download "Linkin_Park_InTheEnd.exe" on this P2P sharing site.
What is LimeWire (or Napster)?
300
This vast, subterranean network of caverns and tunnels is home to Drow, Mind Flayers, and everything else that hates the sun.
What is the Underdark?
300
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
What is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton?
300
You'll find The Narrows and Angel's Landing in this Utah park.
What is Zion?
300
This loose flap of skin on a cat's belly isn't just chonk, it allows them to sretch and protects their organs during a fight.
What is the primodial pouch?
300
This term refers to words that sounds like the noise they describe, such as "hiss" or "boom".
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Before Google was the undisputed king, this "butler" had the answer to our weirdest questions.
Who is Jeeves?
400
If you roll this on a d20, you have a Critical Success.
What is a Natural 20?
400
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."
What is The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien?
400
Located in Maine, this park is the first place in the continental U.S. to see the sunrise for half of the year.
What is Acadia National Park?
400
This grimace or sneer a cat makes when sniffing something interesting is actually them using their Jacobson's organ to process scents.
What is the Flehman response?
400
This is the most common vowel sound in English, represented by an upside-down e.
What is a schwa?
500
According to SpeedRun.com, the record for fastest banning from this now-defunct site ws 37.1 seconds.
What is Club Penguin?
500
This is the most important part of any D&D game (or any game at all).
What is fun (or friendship)?
500
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
500
This Kentucky park contains the longest known cave system in the world.
What is Mammoth Cave?
500
This "third eyelid" is a thin membrane that provides extra protection and moisture to the eye.
What is the nictitating membrane?
500
A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward, like "racecar" or "taco cat"?
What is a palindrome?