Pop Culture - Music
What rap band helped resurrect the career of Aerosmith?
Run-D.M.C.
What basketball hall-of-famer was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
This airline launched its frequent-flyer aadvantage program in 1981
American Airlines
1990 sci-fi novel by Michael Crichton about a unique cloning experience --> 1993 film directed by Stephen Spielberg
Jurassic Park
This song says, "I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder"
"A Whole New World"
Which rock and roll star was born in Tupelo, Mississippi?
Elvis Presley
What 7' 6" basketball player from China was drafted first overall by the Houston Rockets in 2002?
Yao Ming
It's the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator and the prime meridian
Africa
1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk about a man struggling with insomnia...kind of --> 1999 David Fincher film starring Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter
Fight Club
Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's production company, combines these 2 Sandler movie titles
Happy Gilmore & Billy Madison
What country does the band AC/DC hail from?
Australia
What country singer married NHL player Mike Fisher?
Carrie Underwood
Amsterdam is at the junction of the IJ and this river where you can enjoy the same-named beer
Amstel
1996 novel in the form of a personal journal by Helen Fielding --> 2001 film starring Renee Zellweger
Bridget Jones's Diary
Hannah and Mary Fanning are better known as their middle names
Dakota and Elle
What was the first music video to be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress?
Thriller
Who was dubbed the "Octomom" after she gave birth to octuplets in 2009?
Nadya Suleman
It's the main trunk of a series of vessels which convey the oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body
Aorta
1998 YA novel by Louis Sachar about someone going to correctional boot camp --> 2003 film starring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voigt, Patricia Arquette, and Shia LaBeouf
Holes
While attending Beverly Hills High, When Harry Met Sally screenwriter Nora Ephron was dubbed this four-word future winner
Most Likely to Succeed
"Inside your Heaven" was what American Idol winner's first single to reach top spot on the Billboard Hot 100?
Carrie Underwood
Whose signature wrestling move during the late 1990s was the 'stunner'?
Stone Cold Steve Austin
She said, "Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings" inspired her 2019 sequel The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis about an investment banker --> 2000 film starring Christian Bale
American Psycho
Oscar Wilde wrote "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is" these 4 words.
Not Being Talked About