Bookworm
This series of novels depicts a young boy who, after living 11 years with his abusive uncle and aunt, discovers that he is a wizard.
Harry Potter
Name of the period of early child education that literally translates to "child garden" in German.
Kindergarten
They follow each other on the wind, ya know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know
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"I'm starting with the man in the mirror"
(Michael Jackson, "Man in the Mirror")
In Norse mythology, this massive serpent is prophesized to fight Thor during Ragnarok.
Jörmungandr
Writer of the poem "The Raven" + a face used to bluff in card games
Edgar Allen Poker Face
This young adult series, written by Brian Jacques, revolves around the anthropomorphized inhabitants of an abbey. It was eventually turned into a tv show on PBS. (Hint: I am that is.)
Redwall
What is the name of a comma that is placed before the word "and" in lists that contain three or more items?
Oxford comma
Don't know much about history.
Don't know much biology.
Don't know much about a science book.
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"Don't know much about the French I took."
(Sam Cooke, "Wonderful World")
This figure from eastern European myth appears as an old, child-eating witch. It is also the nickname of the main character in the "John Wick" series.
Baba Yaga
Name of college diploma + term in statistics often calculated as sample size minus the number of parameters estimated (like the mean)
Degrees of freedom
Joseph Conrad is best known for his 1899 novel "Heart of Darkness." Almost 80 years later, the novel was adopted into this movie, starring Marlon Brando.
Apocalypse Now
A city in Pennsylvania, briefly the capitol of the United States, shares a name with an ancient city in this African Country.
Philadelphia, Egypt
I have this dream my daughter in-law kills me for the money
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out
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"She's laughing up at us from hell"
(Taylor Swift, "Anti-hero")
While Godzilla is the most well known of this mythical species, Japanese folklore contains stories of many more like him.
Kaiju
Phrase meaning lacking in awareness or sympathy + action worth 6 points in football
Out of touchdown
While everyone has seen the classic movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," fewer people know that, this sequel book picks up where the first story left off.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
The capital of Vermont almost shares a name with this city near the French coast of the Mediterranean. (The French city has two "L"s instead of one.)
Montpellier.
Hush little baby, don't say a word
and never mind that noise you heard.
Its just the beast under your bed,
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"In your closet, in your head"
(Metallica, "Enter Sandman")
This mythical North American creature resembles a jackrabbit with antlers.
Jackalope
Phrase meaning that two people get along very well + popular form of audio-only media.
Two peas in a podcast
This writer from the 1800s is best known for the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," which was eventually turned into a Twilight Zone episode.
Ambrose Bierce
This city in the United States is named after a city in England. In contrast, the U.S. city does not have a Duke to march 10,000 troops to the top of a hill and march them back down again.
In sixteen hundred seven, we sailed the open sea
for glory, god, and gold
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"And the Virginia company"
(Pocahontas, "The Virginia Company")
After the death of his sheep at the hands of Odysseus (and his crew), this creature prayed to his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus.
The Cyclops, Polyphemus
Song about a musician playing a large instrument in a bar + personification of a celestial object near earth.
Piano man on the moon.