Pop Culture and Film
This 1997 disaster movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet won 11 Academy Awards.
Answer: What is Titanic?
This famous bell tower in Italy became a global attraction due to its unintended tilt.
Answer: What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
This company founded by Elon Musk aims to reduce space transportation costs and colonize Mars.
Answer: What is SpaceX?
This classic Mexican dish features seasoned meat, cheese, and salsa folded inside a soft or hard corn tortilla.
What is a taco?
This slow-moving tree mammal spends almost its entire life hanging upside down in rainforest trees.
Answer: What is a sloth?
In The Matrix, Keanu Reeves plays a computer programmer known by this online alias.
Answer: Who is Neo?
This giant stone amphitheater in Rome was once used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles.
Answer: What is the Colosseum?
This theoretical point in space has a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape from it.
Answer: What is a black hole?
This staple Italian food is made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, then boiled.
What is pasta?
This massive ocean creature is the largest living animal on Earth.
Answer: What is a blue whale?
This animated Pixar film follows a young boy named Miguel who accidentally enters the Land of the Dead.
Answer: What is Coco?
This ancient Incan citadel sits high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
Answer: What is Machu Picchu?
This portable device developed by Apple revolutionized how people listened to music on the go starting in 2001.
This creamy condiment is made by emulsifying egg yolks, oil, and an acid like vinegar or lemon juice.
What is mayonnaise?
This flightless Antarctic bird species huddles together in huge groups to survive freezing weather.
Answer: What is the emperor penguin?
This director made history with blockbuster hits like Jaws, E.T., and Jurassic Park.
Answer: Who is Steven Spielberg?
This suspension bridge in California connects San Francisco to Marin County.
Answer: What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
This red planet in our solar system is known as Earth's neighbor and features giant volcanoes and dusty deserts.
Answer: What is Mars?
This savory Mediterranean spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and garlic is often served with pita.
What is hummus?
This Arctic whale is often called the "unicorn of the sea" because males grow a long, spiral tusk.
Answer: What is a narwhal?
This dystopian film series set in Panem features Katniss Everdeen competing in a fight to the death.
Answer: What is The Hunger Games?
This active volcano near Naples, Italy, famously destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 AD.
Answer: What is Mount Vesuvius?
This common term describes an unwanted, unsolicited email sent in bulk to millions of inboxes.
Answer: What is spam?
This method of cooking food over low, indirect heat for a long time using wood smoke is famous in Southern barbecue.
What is smoking (or low and slow barbecue)?
This unique Australian mammal lays eggs, has a duck-like bill, and hunts underwater using electro-receptors.
Answer: What is a platypus?
This classic 1994 Quentin Tarantino film features overlapping crime stories in Los Angeles.
Answer: What is Pulp Fiction?
This immense natural gorge in Arizona was carved out over millions of years by the Colorado River.
Answer: What is the Grand Canyon?
This artificial intelligence software system simulates human conversation through text or voice.
Answer: What is a chatbot?
This protein found in wheat, barley, and rye gives elasticity to dough, helping bread rise and keep its shape.
What is gluten?
Native to South America, this calm, web-footed animal is the largest rodent in the world.
Answer: What is a capybara?
This 2004 comedy follows Cady Heron as she navigates high school social cliques and faces off against the "Plastics".
Answer: What is Mean Girls?
This white marble mausoleum in India was commissioned in 1632 by Emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife.
Answer: What is the Taj Mahal?
This system of 31 satellites orbiting Earth allows smartphone apps and cars to pinpoint their exact geographical location.
Answer: What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
This term describes pasta or rice that is cooked until it is tender to the bite, but still firm in the center.
What is al dente?
This pink water salamander from Mexico is famous for keeping its juvenile gills and regrowing lost body parts.
Answer: What is an axolotl?
This 1999 psychological thriller stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton as founders of an underground recreational fighting club.
Answer: What is Fight Club?
Located in East Africa, this dormant stratovolcano is the highest mountain on the African continent.
Answer: What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This process, where plants absorb light to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen, fuels most life on Earth.
Answer: What is photosynthesis?
This process uses heat and pressure to turn milk sugar into a rich, sweet brown sauce.
Answer: What is caramelization?
This general term describes pouched mammals like kangaroos, koalas, and opossums.
Answer: What is a marsupial?