MUSIC
This rapper born Aubrey Graham got his start on the Canadian teen drama Degrassi.
Drake
This 1999 supernatural thriller has a kid who "sees dead people" and stars Bruce Willis.
The Sixth Sense
A South American dish of raw fish "cooked" in citrus juice.
ceviche
Launched in 1977, this NASA probe became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012.
Voyager 1
The same year the Civil War broke out, this is when Pingry was founded.
1861
Released for Game Boy in the US in 1998, these paired original versions launched Nintendo's monster-catching phenomenon and gave us Pikachu.
Pokémon Red and Blue
André 3000 and Big Boi made up this Atlanta hip-hop duo who told everyone to "shake it like a Polaroid picture."
OutKast
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton starred in this 1999 dark comedy adapted from a Chuck Palahniuk novel whose first rule you don't talk about.
Fight Club
A spread of cured meats and cheeses served on a board, originally a French tradition.
charcuterie
This donut-shaped region beyond Neptune contains many icy bodies, including Pluto.
the Kuiper Belt
Pingry first admitted female students in this year, following the merger with Short Hills Country Day School.
1974
Sonic the Hedgehog was the flagship mascot of this 16-bit console, released in North America in 1989 to challenge Nintendo's dominance.
Sega Genesis
Thom Yorke fronts this British rock band whose 1997 album OK Computer keeps showing up on "greatest of all time" lists, for very good reasons.
Radiohead
This 1996 Coen brothers crime film, set in snowy Minnesota, is famous for a scene involving a wood chipper.
Fargo
A small, round semi-soft cheese from Normandy with a bloomy white rind and a strong smell.
Camembert
The largest moon in our solar system, this Jovian satellite is bigger than the planet Mercury.
Gannymede
Adam Gardner, class of 1991, plays guitar for this indie rock band, known for songs like "Happy Frappy," "Satellite," and "Amsterdam."
Guster
This 1997 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, based on a James Bond film, defined split-screen multiplayer for an entire generation.
Goldeneye 007
Real name Christopher Wallace, this Brooklyn rapper was killed in a 1997 drive-by shooting.
Notorious B.I.G. (or Biggie Smalls)
Ray Liotta narrates this 1990 Scorsese mob epic that opens with "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."
Goodfellas
This Italian-American seafood stew, born in San Francisco, mixes crab, clams, and fish in a tomato broth.
cioppino
Discovered in 2005 and named after a Greek goddess of strife, this dwarf planet's discovery directly led to Pluto's demotion.
Eris
This Pingry alum, class of 1955, won the 1972 Indianapolis 500 and the 1973 Can-Am Championship.
Mark Donohue
First released by MicroProse in 1991, this turn-based strategy series lets you guide a society from settlers to spaceships while leading historical figures like Gandhi and Cleopatra.
Civilization (or Sid Meier's Civilization)
This Icelandic art-pop singer wore a swan dress to the 2001 Oscars and released Post in 1995.
Björk
This Ingmar Bergman-directed film from 1957 contains a classic scene in which Antonius Block (played by Max von Sidow) plays Death in a game of chess.
The Seventh Seal
An Argentinian green sauce of parsley, garlic, and oregano served with grilled meats.
chimichurri
This boundary marks where the Sun's solar wind slows to subsonic speeds as it pushes against interstellar gas.
heliopause
In 2021, Pingry purchased this closed school's 82-acre campus, now known as Pingry's Pottersville campus, used for experiential learning.
The Purnell School
Released in 1998 by Blizzard, this real-time strategy game features three asymmetric races (Terran, Zerg, and Protoss) and became a televised national pastime in South Korea.
StarCraft