It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like [Obscure Holiday]
Video Game Animals
When We Were Young (History, 1994-2014)
Say it Saint So
I'm Going Through (Climate) Changes
100
Canada has its own version of this holiday, with a history that includes Samuel de Champlain's "Order of Good Cheer" organizing meals with First Nations peoples.
What is Thanksgiving?
100
These turtle minions of the evil tyrant Bowser come in a variety of shapes and forms including "Troopa, Para, and Magi".
What are koopas?
100
In September of 1996, this notorious West Coast rapper was killed in a drive by shooting.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
100
This Roman priest was reportedly beheaded for marrying Christians in secret ceremonies and is today popularly associated with romantic love.
Who is St. Valentine?
100
This horticultural name is given to the variety of gases responsible for the changes in climate we see globally.
What are greenhouse gases?
200
Presidents' Day combines the birthdays of these two American presidents' once celebrated as two seperate holidays.
Who are Washington and Lincoln?
200
If you're playing as this omnivorous marsupial from the fictional Wumpa Islands, chances are you will eventually face the nefarious Dr. Neo Cortex.
Who is Crash Bandicoot?
200
According to some, the world's computers would all collapse under the weight of reading three zeroes in what was referred to as this catastrophic event.
What is Y2k?
200
In an early episode of "Better Call Saul" Jimmy McGill advises two cronies to act like "Suffering Saint..." this early martyr.
Who is St. Sebastian?
200
Since 2018, climate activists have insisted on a holistic set of policies to address climate change that calls to mind Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression.
What is the Green New Deal?
300
Following "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" this American holiday encourages people to donate to charitable causes.
What is "Giving Tuesday"?
300
Sly Cooper, the thief who steals from criminals in the franchise of the same name, is this kind of mammal - making his bandit's mask seem a little redundant.
What is a raccoon?
300
In 2014, Vladimir Putin invaded and occupied this region of Ukraine in a precursor to the current war in the region.
What is Crimea?
300
On Green Day's album American Idiot, the principal character eventually morphs into this canonized figure as he escapes suburbia.
Who is St. Jimmy?
300
According to NASA, this geographic feature is decreasing at rate of 12.6% per decade and is likely to completely disappear by 2050.
What is Arctic ice?
400
Three months before the slightly more famous "Christmas" this now obscure Christian holiday celebrates the chief of the archangels.
What is Michaelmas?
400
Sonic the Hedgehog's sometimes rival sometimes ally Knuckles is this kind of animal, a monotreme from Australia and New Guinea.
What is an echidna?
400
In 2003, a US led coalition invaded Saddam Hussein's Iraq in search of these deadly acronyms.
What are WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction)?
400
In DC Comics, Saint Walker leads the Lantern Corps of this hue, whose batteries are charged by the power of hope.
What is the Blue Lantern Corps?
400
At a conference in 1959, scientist Edward Teller warned members of this industry that the burning of fossil fuels led to a greenhouse affect that would eventually cause sea levels rise.
What is the oil industry?
500
This Latin inspired January 3rd celebration is also known as "Remember You Die Day".
What is "Memento Mori"?
500
1992 marked the first year for this infamously difficult SEGA franchise where you play as an aquatic mammal who fights to save the earth from aliens.
What is Echo the Dolphin?
500
The world watched in March 2011 as Japanese officials tried to clean up the fallout from this nuclear plant disaster.
What is Fukushima?
500
Sharing the name of the current pope, this 16th century saint left behind his powerful, wealthy and corrupt family to join the Society of Jesus.
Who is St. Francis Borgia?
500
Scientists retrieved these samples from the Arctic and Antarctic in order to determine that contemporary global warming is occurring at ten times the rate of previous epochs.
What are ice cores?