Pop Culture Deep Cuts
This director is known for creating intricate sci-fi films like Inception and Interstellar.
Who is Christopher Nolan
This country has the most time zones in the world, including its territories.
What is France
This branch of mathematics is used to describe rates of change and slopes of curves.
What is calculus
This sacred text is central to Islam and was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
What is the Quaran
This 1994 film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman is based on a Stephen King novella.
What is The Shawshank Redemption
This 1999 film, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, is based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk.
What is Fight Club
The Andes mountain range stretches across seven countries in this continent.
What is South America
Discovered in 1930, this celestial object was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
What is Pluto
This religion, originating in India, is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism
This director is known for helming Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List.
Who is Steven Speilburg
This musician and activist founded the ONE Campaign to fight poverty and disease in Africa.
Who is Bono
This is the only Central American country that does not have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
What is El Salvador
This particle, discovered at CERN in 2012, is also known as the "God particle.
What is the Higgs Boson
This festival of lights is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains around the world.
What is Diwali
This silent film star, known as “The Tramp,” directed and starred in Modern Times and The Gold Rush.
Who is Charlie Chaplin
This influential hip-hop group released the landmark album The Low End Theory in 1991.
Who is A Tribe Called Quest
The Danube River flows through the most countries of any river in the world. Name one.
What are Germany, Austria and Hungary
This process, used to date ancient objects, relies on the decay of carbon-14 isotopes.
What is radiocarbon dating
In Judaism, this day of atonement is considered the holiest day of the year.
What is Yom Kippur
This 1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola is a Vietnam War epic based on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
What is Apocalypse Now
This groundbreaking anime series, directed by Hideaki Anno, explores deep psychological themes and features giant robots.
What is Neon Genesis Evangelion
This African country is completely surrounded by South Africa.
What is Lesotho
This theory in physics states that particles can exist in multiple states until observed
What is quantum superposition
This Japanese religion focuses on rituals and the worship of kami, or spirits.
What is Shinto
This production company made I Saw the TV Glow and The Whale
What is A24