Oh, the places you'll go...
This is Superman's childhood hometown.
What is Smallville
"The home of blood ministration", and the setting of Bloodborne.
What is Yharnam
This crafting material, consisting primarily of paper, not only has a history dating back to at least 200AD, but also features prominently in the 2014 film Frank, where it is worn by the eponymous character played by Michael Fassbender. (Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhall also star)
What is Paper Mache (papier-mache)
This a social and political conflict arising as a result of great economic disparity between the rich and poor.
What is a Class War
This early image macro meme features the smiling face of Kyle Craven, and was used in McDonald's "Trick. Treat. Win!" ad campaign in 2018.
What is Bad Luck Brian
In the Potterverse, this is the only all-wizard village in Britain.
What is Hogsmeade
This is Bioshock's underwater city.
This food item experienced a trading bubble between 2008-2013 in China, with a pair listed in $31,000 in 2012; a year later in Parks and Rec, 'local artisan' Ron Swanson recommends rubbing them onto wooden furniture to mask any scratches.
What is Walnuts
This is conflict between two or more ethnic groups, based on their position in society.
This Twitch emote incorporates the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
What is Omegalul
The place where the Fellowship of the Ring was formed.
What is Rivendell
What is Night City (Cyberpunk 2077)
This tool for setting gems into fabrics is also the name of a 1967 British movie (with a remake of the same name in 2000 starring Brendan Fraser).
What is Bedazzled
This oxymoron describes the period of prolonged geopolitical tension between the Eastern and Western Blocs following WWII, which never rose to direct fighting.
What is a Cold War
The word 'meme' was coined by this scientist in 1976, who proposed that ideas can replicate, mutate, and evolve like living beings.
Who was Richard Dawkins
Following the Yellow Brick Road will lead you to this place.
What is the Emerald City
The home of Shao Kahn.
What is Outworld
This textile pattern consists of repeating colours and shapes, and is also the name of a 2015 horror movie wherein 3 young women are stitched together in a Frankenstein-esque body.
What is Patchwork
A lengthy exchange of angry and insulting messages, generally conducted through online chat messages.
What is a Flame war
This franchise has spawned a plethora of popular memes, including Shoop Da Whoop, It's Over 9000!, and Gohan Blanco.
What is Dragon Ball (Z)
The place where Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty died.
What is the Reichenbach Falls
This is Tifa Lockhart's bar.
What is Seventh Heaven
This origami construct swept across North America in the early 2000s before quickly fading into cultural irrelevance; it is also the name of wildly popular metatextual manga/anime series.
What is (origami) Lucky Star
A television show in which large lockers are fought over in auction.
What is STORAGE WAR$
This hub of internet subcultures has spawned numerous memes and performed some notable feats, including:
- convincing people to shave their heads in solidarity for Justin Bieber's supposed cancer
- sending Taylor Swift to do a concert at a school for the deaf- triangulating the location of a terrorist training camp based on cloud patterns
- calling in an airstrike on above camp
What is 4chan