Comics
Fairy Tales
Myths and Scifi
Food and Poetry
2010s
100
How do comics separate panels/scenes?
Gutters
1,637 × 2,623
100
What is an example of the Rule of 3 in Cinderella?
3 stepsisters
3 tries for the shoes
100
Why is Frankenstein considered the first scifi?
Using electricity to reanimate the dead
100
What is the difference between slam poetry and regular performed poetry?
competitive 3 minute rounds
100
Lady Gaga is known for her interesting fashion. However, in 2010, she made a statement by wearing a dress made out of what?
Meat
200
How do comics get released?
Monthly issues
200
What caused the audience of fairy tales to switch from adults to children?
Increased ability to read meant children needed cleaner stories
200
What's an example of katabasis?
Persephone and Hades
200
where are doughnuts from?
Greece
200
What social media challenge in 2016 had people standing still in various poses as if frozen in time?
Extra 50 points if you can demonstrate it
Mannequin Challenge
300
What was the goal of the CCA?
Comics Code Authority would advertise whether a comic was PG enough for kids
300
What is an example of something uncanny about Little Red Riding Hood?
It looks like Grandma in grandma's clothes but there's something off about it
300
What was unique about the Finnish goddess' son, Vainamoinen?
He was born hella old
300
What made blackout poetry so trendy in the 50-70s?
Cold War/ Vietnam War/ Civil Rights had people focusing on inequality and trying to turn books into something everyone could understand
300
What mobile game, released in 2016, uses augmented reality to allow players to catch virtual creatures in the real world?
PokemonGo
400
What was the Comicsgate Controversy?
Male comic creators threatening and harassing female/ LGBT/ colored comic artists so that they would stop creating comic (especially ones with heroes of those backgrounds)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3864018/4088528-5_jl_37_cooke_var.0.jpg)
400
What are some flaws with the ATU?
-organization doesn't make sense
-only has Eurasian fairy tales
400
Which creature coated the Great Turtle's back with mud to protect Sky Woman in the Iroquois creation myth?
Brother Toad
400
What major historical event made soda bread so popular?
Irish Potato Famine
400
2014-2016 saw an epidemic that was named a global emergency. Which epidemic was it?
ebola
500
Can you identify this comic character?
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Mantis
500
In the Chinese version of Cinderella, what is special about Fairy Godmother?
It's a fish
500
At the Nuclear History Museum, they had unique birth certificates on display in the WWII section. All the birth certificates listed people's birth city as PO Box 1663. Best guess as to why
The Manhattan Project required secrecy so all children born at Los Alamos were given a fake city on their birth certificates.
500
How many tortillas can one corn cob make?
20
500
What new sub-genre of music, characterized by heavy bass and synthesizers, gained mainstream popularity in the 2010s?
Dubstep