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100
Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman in this 1985 American teen comedy written and directed by John Hughes.
What is Weird Science?
100
This American comic-book write, editor, and publisher is best known for co-creating many Marvel characters, including Spider-man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Daredevil, and Doctor Strange.
Who is Stan Lee?
100
The motto of House Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
What is "Winter is Coming?"
100
The English slogan for the Pokémon franchise.
What is "Gotta Catch 'Em All?"
100
The song "One Week" from Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies is rife with pop culture references, including one about watching this show "with no lights on."
What is The X Files?
200
The four houses that make up Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
What are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin?
200
This character, the primary antagonist of J. R. R. Tollkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, invaded the Dwarf kingdom of Erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the novel.
Who is Smaug?
200
Mike, Lucas, and Dustin, aided by the mysterious "El," search for their friend Will who disappeared one night on his way home in this sci-fi horror Netflix series.
What is Stranger Things?
200
This video game series, developed by Naughty Dog, follows the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake.
What is Uncharted?
200
The very first feature-length computer-animated film.
What is Toy Story?
300
The highest grossing DC Extended Universe film domestically.
What is Wonder Woman?
300
This 1998 comic book limited series is a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it
What is 300?
300
A new Star Trek television series, debuting this fall on CBS and set roughly a decade before the events of the original series.
What is Star Trek: Discovery?
300
The best-selling handheld video game console to date.
What is the Nintendo DS?
300
In this type of role-playing game, participants physically act out their characters' actions.
What is a live action role-playing (LARP) game?
400
Since 2000, Hugh Jackman has appeared in this many X-Men films.
What is 9?
400
The only character in The Watchmen that possesses actual superpowers.
Who is Doctor Manhattan?
400
Supergirl's secret "Earth" identity in her TV series, which airs on The CW.
Who is Kara Danvers?
400
Nintendo, one of the world's largest video game companies, got its start in 1889, originally producing this type of "gaming device."
What are playing cards?
400
This was the name Walt Disney originally intended to give the character that would go on to be Mickey Mouse, but his wife, Lillian, felt the name sounded too pompous.
What was Mortimer Mouse?
500
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that," is a line made famous by HAL 9000 in this 1968 sci-fi classic, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
500
This is the official eighth Harry Potter story.
What is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
500
This former companion of the Doctor went on to be the central character in the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood.
Who is Captain Jack Harkness?
500
Released in 1972, this device was the first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set.
What was the Magnavox Odyssey?
500
When he was 17, John Travolta played this character in the first national tour of Grease.
Who is Doody?
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