Internet Lore and Memes
This viral internet slang term, popularized by Gen Z, describes someone who is stylish, confident, and effortlessly cool.
What is aura (or rizz)?
This global conflict, lasting from 1914 to 1918, was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What is World War I (or the Great War)?
This streaming giant dominated cultural conversations with Korean-language dystopian death games in its hit 2021 series.
What is Squid Game?
In this wildly popular survival crafting game made entirely of blocks, your ultimate boss fight is taking down the Ender Dragon.
What is Minecraft?
In biology, this powerhouse organelle is responsible for generating most of the chemical energy (ATP) needed to power biochemical reactions in the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
Originating as a joke about an Area 51 raid in 2019, this mythical fictional runner became a viral sensation for "running faster than them bullets."
Who is Naruto runner?
Lasting from approximately the 14th to the 17th century, this "rebirth" of European culture began in Italy and emphasized classical art and learning.
What is the Renaissance?
Taylor Swift sent fans into a frenzy re-recording her older albums with this specific suffix added to the title to reclaim her masters.
What is (Taylor's Version)?
Written by Suzanne Collins, this dystopian trilogy features Katniss Everdeen fighting for her life in a televised death match.
What is The Hunger Games?
On the periodic table, this chemical element has the symbol Au and atomic number 79.
What is Gold?
This annoying blue hedgehog-adjacent speed meme or the absolute classic rickroll—which celebrated its 15th+ anniversary—stems from a 1980s music video by this artist.
Who is Rick Astley?
Signed in 1215 by King John, this historic document limited the power of the English monarchy and established the principle that nobody is above the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This composer is the mastermind behind the iconic, booming brass soundtracks for Inception, Interstellar, and Dune.
Who is Hans Zimmer?
Developed by FromSoftware, this brutally difficult 2022 open-world fantasy game was created in collaboration with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.
What is Elden Ring?
According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite this.
What is a reaction?
This decentralized, anonymous collective of hacktivists is famous for wearing Guy Fawkes masks inspired by the graphic novel V for Vendetta.
Who is Anonymous?
The 19th-century geopolitical rivalry and political competition between the British Empire and the Russian Empire in Central Asia was known by this chilly moniker.
What is The Great Game?
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is the fictional, hyper-advanced African nation ruled by the Black Panther.
What is Wakanda?
In Rick Riordan's universe, this camp for the children of Greek gods is hidden away safely on Long Island, New York.
What is Camp Half-Blood?
This mathematical constant, approximately equal to 2.718, is the base of the natural logarithm.
What is e (Euler's number)?
Before AI art took over, this early 2010s meme template featured a poorly drawn MS Paint dog with multi-colored Comic Sans text like "such skill" and "very wow."
What is Doge?
This 1648 series of treaties ended the Thirty Years' War and established the modern concept of national sovereignty in Europe.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This legendary anime studio, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, created masterpieces like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.
What is Studio Ghibli?
In Dungeons & Dragons, this classic creature type is famously known for hiding in dungeon corridors, waiting to dissolve adventurers with its acidic touch.
What is a Gelatinous Cube (or mimic)?
In physics, this phenomenon occurs when a wave passes through an aperture or around an obstacle, bending and spreading out rather than traveling in straight lines.
What is diffraction?