Welcome to Jurassic Park
"When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" is written across the banner that hangs in the Jurassic Park visitor center at the beginning of the 1993 film. In one of the film's most iconic scenes, this creature ultimately destroys that banner, along with much of the visitor center itself.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
In a sequence showing a re-enactment of Loki's supposed fate during the events of Thor: The Dark World, this real-life actor plays the role of an in-universe actor playing the adopted prince of Asgard
Matt Damon
While it's usually depicted in folklore and fiction as an ancient "City of Gold," 2007's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune features a search for this golden idol.
El Dorado
The man often known as the GOAT of Men's Basketball led the Chicago Bulls to a shocking threepeat NBA championship in 1993
Michael Jordan
Before becoming a regular contributor to MCU costumes, Alyssa worked costumes for this secretive singing competition known for its focus on extravagant disguises
The Masked Singer
This fictional island off the coast of Costa Rica served as the home of the research facilities and off-site annex for John Hammond's dinosaur theme park.
Isla Sorna
Most Loki variants just wear green, but this green-skinned version of the character from 2021's Loki might feel slightly more at home in Florida than he does waiting to be eliminated in the Void
Aligator Loki
Not counting mobile-exclusives, browser/Google Maps games, and remakes/re-releases, this is is the total number of games in the Uncharted franchise
7
I Want To Believe that everyone remembers the 1993 debut of this classic sci-fi show that many people credit with the modern "Monster of the Week" format that would later be adopted by shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Supernatural, and Legacies
The X-Files
Alyssa originally hails from this state, known as the birthplace of the Star-Spangled Banner, Old Bay Seasoning, and Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
This academic discipline of Dr. Ian Malcolm's is perhaps somewhat less immediately relevant to the events of Jurassic Park than Dr. Sattler's background in Palebotany and Dr. Grant's background in Paleontology.
Mathematics or "Chaos Theory"
This legendary voice actress whose credits include Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls, Raven in Teen Titans, Twilight Spark in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic lent her talents to the MCU by playing Miss Minutes in 2021's Loki
Tara Strong
Nathan Fillion
This 1974 Dolly Parton single was covered by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack of the 1992 film The Bodyguard, and it dominated the charts in 1993
I Will Always Love You
When Alyssa's favorite Star Wars character, the golden-shelled protocol droid C-3PO introduces himself, he notes fluency in this approximate number of forms of communication.
6 Million
Legendary SFX designer Phil Tippett created the stop motion techniques used in the RoboCop films, and he created the AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back. While Jurassic Park relied more on puppetry and CGI than on Tippett's signature style of stop-motion SFX, he still received this very unique credit for his contributions to the 1993 creature feature.
Dinosaur Supervisor
We know him primarily as the adopted prince of Asgard, but Loki originally hails from this realm of the Frost Giants.
Jotunheim
In the story of Uncharted, Nathan Drake is descended from this real-life 16th century explorer/privateer for whom the Drake Passage (the body of water between the continent's of South America and Antarctica) is named.
Sir Francis Drake
You're not misremembering, this legendary South African leader was awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his work dismantling apartheid.
Nelson Mandela
Black is King
Jurassic Park novel author Michael Crichton stands at this imposing height somewhere between that of Velociraptor and T-Rex
What is 6'9"?
No stranger to the concept of infinite universes, Loki series creator Michael Waldron was previously a staff writer on this animated comedy up until 2020
Rick & Morty
Best known for creating the Uncharted franchise, legendary game director/designer Amy Hennig previously worked on this dark fantasy game series that includes entries like Blood Omen and Soul Reaver
Legacy of Kain
Earlier in the year, a few months before the staggering box office achievement of his 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Director for his work on this film
Schindler's List
Alyssa attended this prestigious performing arts conservatory whose alumni include Jason Derulo, Mike Faist, Janelle Monae, Anthony Ramos, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson
AMDA
American Musical and Dramatic Academy