Erm, Pac-tually
You Can't Get Ye Flask
Eurocomics
1968
Thick Description
200

In the original arcade release, this iconic ghost enemy was given the alternate name of "Shadow."

Blinky

200

This 1997 adventure game with pre-rendered 3D graphics was billed as "The Sequel to Myst."

Riven

200

'Peyo' is the mononym of this popular Belgian comic's author, whose creatures have inspired cartoons, feature films, and theme parks.

The Smurfs

200

The American Independent Party made waves winning five southern states with this pro-segregation presidential candidate. 

George Wallace

200

In 1929, Margaret Mead published this popular work of ethnography detailing teenagers' experiences of puberty on a South Pacific island.

Coming of Age in Samoa

400

This game combined a digital maze display with a physical pinball cabinet for unique hybrid gameplay. 

Baby Pac-Man
400

This episodic adventure was based on the the web-toon creation of the Brothers Chaps.

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People

400

In the first 1929 Tintin story, Hergé's boy reporter travels to this country.

The Soviet Union

400

Indonesian President Suharto's ascension to office began a 30 year long reign nicknamed this.

The New Order

400
He was the last survivor of the Yahi Native American culture, whose biography was adapted twice into film.

Ishi

600

Prior to his appearance in Super Smash Brothers, Pac-Man made his fighting game debut teamed up with this Tekken mainstay.

Mokujin

600

Washington based studio HeR Interactive is best known for their series of adventure-mystery titles based on this literary detective.

Nancy Drew

600

While Donald Duck's superhero alter-ego is localised as 'The Duck Avenger' for English speaking markets, in the original Italian, he takes this thief-inspired moniker. 

Paperinik

600

Lord Mountbatten and tabloid mogul Cecil King plotted an abortive coup to remove this British Prime Minister.

Harold Wilson

600

Anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the ethnographic concept this category is named for in his famous account of this banned gambling sport in Bali.

Cockfighting

800

The name of the rarely seen purple ghost who first debuted in Ms. Pac-Man.

Sue

800

She co-founded Sierra Interactive, and pioneered the graphic adventure genre with King Graham's adventures in Daventry.

Roberta Williams

800

This talking horse is cowboy Lucky Luke's faithful companion.

Jolly Jumper

800

The collapse of the London Gold Pool spelled the downfall of this international bouillon-backed currency scheme.

What is the Bretton Woods System?

800

In "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari," Anthropologist Richard Lee recounts the holiday traditions of this San ethnic group known for their language's use of tongue-clicks.

!Kung

1000

This game developer made a name for itself bypassing Nintendo's patented lock-out chip to publish Pac-Man on the NES.

Tengen

1000

LucasArts' proprietary game engine, which shares a name with the bar visited by the pirate protagonist of Monkey Island.

SCUMM

1000

This Dundee-based comic firm, known for characters like Desperate Dan and Dennis the Menace, shares the first half of its name with a better known American publisher.

DC Thomson

1000

The name of the barnyard nominee the Youth International Party forwarded as their antiwar protest candidate.

Pigasus J. Pig

1000

This African American anthropologist who studied Vodou with Franz Boas is better known for her work as a playwright.

Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

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