Colors
Until 2004, RI liquor sales on Sunday were restricted under this type of law
BLUE LAW
This mobile payment company from the cofounder of Twitter derives its name from the shape of its credit card readers
SQUARE
Alexandre Dumas wrote this French adventure novel about a merchant sailor seeking vengeance on those who framed him for political crimes
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
One of the first “Eurogames” to gain popularity in the United States, this strategy board game allows you to trade wood for sheep
SETTLERS OF CATAN
Author of Good Omens, but not of the Discworld series
NEIL GAIMAN
This 2018 Pantone color of the year takes its name from a type of light invisible to the human eye
ULTRAVIOLET
This Disney song composed by Elton John is featured in the opening scene of a 1994 movie and a 2019 remake.
CIRCLE OF LIFE
You might find this seasonal mascot for a morning meal next to Boo Berry, Franken Berry, and Fruit Brute.
COUNT CHOCULA
This popular series of video games published from 1999 to 2015 featured characters like Bam Margera, Kareem Campbell, and Andrew Reynolds
TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER
Author of A Thousand Plateaus, but not of Difference and Repetition
FELIX GUATTARI
Onion skins, Eastern Oak bark, and pomegranate rind are all natural sources of this color of dye
YELLOW
The fire at this Manhattan location on March 25, 1911 is considered one of the deadliest industrial disasters in US history and caused a union-led push for increased safety legislation
This American rock band received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for its song “Accidentally in Love,” featured in Shrek 2
COUNTING CROWS
The protagonist of this English-language clapping game played by schoolyard children has silver buttons, buttons, buttons all down her back, back, back
Singer of “I Got You Babe,” but not “If I Could Turn Back Time”
SONNY BONO
A 1794 song by Scots poet and lyricist Robbie Burns compares his love to this color and type of plant
RED, RED ROSE
Also known as Hurricane Alley, this region in the North Atlantic Ocean is alleged to be the source of mysterious disappearances
BERMUDA TRIANGLE
This title track and first single to Europe’s third album was voted the second-worst song of the 1980s in a Rolling Stone poll
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Patented by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, this board game served as direct inspiration for the more popular Monopoly
THE LANDLORD’S GAME
Songwriter of “Eleanor Rigby,” but not “Imagine”
PAUL MCCARTNEY
This shade, extracted from murex sea-snails, was a status symbol in Phoenicia and Rome and heavily restricted under sumptuary laws
TYRIAN PURPLE
In the 4th century BCE dialogue Timaeus, the four classical elements are linked to types of this kind of regular polyhedron
The 1922 silent film Nosferatu featured this pointy-eared, blood-sucking antagonist
This chess-playing computer became the first to beat a reigning world champion when it defeated Gerry Kasparov in 1996
Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of spontaneous radiation, but not for the discovery of radium
PIERRE CURIE