Music you think you know
This band’s Don’t Stop Believin’ contains its chorus only once—at the very end.
Who is Journey?
This 1972 film’s “offer you can’t refuse” line is quoted more often than it’s actually understood.
What is The Godfather?
This country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
What is Canada?
This punctuation mark was originally called the “note of admiration.”
What is the exclamation point?
This everyday writing tool was once made from goose feathers before metal nibs replaced them in the 19th century.
What is a pen?
This composer wrote the instantly recognizable “dun‑dun‑dun‑DUN” opening of Symphony No. 5.
Who is Beethoven?
This 1980 film features a hedge maze, a typewriter, and a very stressed Jack Nicholson
What is The Shining?
This fruit is a berry, but strawberries are not.
What is a banana?
This U.S. president spoke English as a second language; his first was Dutch.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
This common household item was originally invented to help soldiers keep their socks from slipping
What is Velcro?
This 1992 hit by Whitney Houston is actually a cover of a Dolly Parton song.
What is “I Will Always Love You”?
This 1994 prison drama is IMDb’s top‑rated film, despite modest box office success.
What is The Shawshank Redemption?
This animal can’t walk backward, making it a symbol of forward progress.
What is a kangaroo?
This chemical element is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
This familiar office object was created accidentally when a scientist was trying to invent a new type of rubber.
What is a Post‑it note?
This rapper became the first artist to replace himself at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Who is Drake?
This 1982 sci‑fi film’s neon‑soaked dystopia inspired decades of cyberpunk aesthetics.
What is Blade Runner?
This U.S. state is the only one with a one‑syllable name.
What is Maine?
This mathematician’s sequence appears in pinecones, sunflowers, and nautilus shells.
Who is Fibonacci?
This musical instrument, now used in classrooms everywhere, was originally designed in the 17th century as a simplified version of the flute.
What is a recorder?
This jazz musician’s 1959 album Time Out introduced the unusual 5/4 time signature to mainstream audiences.
Who is Dave Brubeck?
This 1954 Japanese epic was remade into The Magnificent Seven and influenced countless ensemble action films
What is Seven Samurai?
This planet rotates in the opposite direction of most others in the solar system.
What is Venus?
This ancient city’s library was so large that its catalog alone filled 120 scrolls.
What is the Library of Alexandria?
This everyday measurement system was standardized during the French Revolution to replace hundreds of regional units
What is the metric system?