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this iconic nintendo mascot recognizable by his red cap and blue overalls, first appeared as jumpman in the 1981 arcade game donkey kong
Mario
Founded in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, this fortress-themed chain is widely recognized as America's first fast-food hamburger joint.
White Castle
This 2007 comedy-drama starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman popularized the very phrase 'bucket list' into the everyday lexicon
The Bucket List
This Swiss city lends its name to the core body of international treaties and conventions that establish the legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war
Geneva
This three-letter acronym refers to the decentralized phonebook of the internet, which translates human-readable web addresses into numerical IP addresses so hosting servers can be found
DNS (Domain Name System)
this classic arcade game requires players to navigate a yellow, circular character through a maze.
pac-man
FEMA unofficially uses an 'index' named after this 24-hour diner chain to gauge the severity of a storm's impact based on whether the local restaurant is open, closed, or on a limited menu
Waffle House
In the summer of 2014, this viral social media phenomenon raised over $115 million for ALS research by challenging participants to dump freezing water over their heads.
the Ice Bucket Challenge
Among fans of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players joke about committing war crimes due to their hilariously cruel, high-tech contraptions built to torture these peaceful, leaf-masked forest spirits
Koroks
If you are hosting a wine night, you might prepare one of these fancy, French-named platters traditionally loaded up with cured meats, artisanal cheeses, crackers, and nuts
charcuterie board
in this long running survival horror series, players find themselves in the zombie infested corridors of raccoon city.
resident evil
This massive casual dining chain targets hungry families by promising 'Never Ending' helpings of soup, salad, and breadsticks
Olive Garden
In 1957, this fast-food giant revolutionized the industry by introducing its signature 14-piece paper packaging, complete with a graphic of its bespectacled founder.
KFC
According to internet legend, an integer overflow bug in this strategy game series turns a famously peaceful world leader into a war-mongering tyrant who drops nuclear weapons at the slightest provocation
Sid Meier's Civilization
this service lets you rent out your spare bedroom to travelers and is the worlds largest homestay platform
Airbnb
Morrowind and Skyrim are iterations of this 'venerable' set of games
The Elder Scrolls
Originally founded as the St. Louis Bread Company in 1987, this fast-casual bakery-cafe chain still goes by its original name in its home metro area
Panera Bread
In the 2022 Ultra Deluxe edition of this meta-narrative video game, players can carry around a yellow-labeled 'Reassurance Bucket' that completely alters the Narrator's dialogue and unlocks multiple brand-new endings
The Stanley Parable
According to the Chemical Weapons Convention, using this standard law-enforcement riot control agent as a method of warfare is strictly classified as a war crime
tear gas
this canadian born host held the jeopardy podium for 37 seasons until 2020
alex trebek
This 1998 Nintendo 64 masterpiece was the first video game ever to receive a perfect 10/10 score from GameSpot
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Ted Nivison and Eddy Burback spent three weeks driving across North America, enduring terrifying animatronic storms just to make a viral video series about visiting every single location of this restaurant chain.
Rainforest Cafe
In 1325, a bloody war broke out between the rival Italian city-states of Bologna and Modena, sparked entirely because soldiers from Modena snuck into Bologna and stole one of these ordinary wooden items from a city well
bucket
Formally established by the Rome Statute in 1998, this permanent international tribunal sitting in The Hague is tasked with investigating and prosecuting individuals for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity
International Criminal Court
this mid tier web hosting option gives your site its own virtual machine with dedicated cpu, ram, and storage on a shared physical server
VPS (virtual private server) hosting