Internet Rabbit Holes
Which website is famous for sending users down endless chains of links and articles?
A. Netflix
B. Wikipedia
C. Amazon
D. LinkedIn
B. Wikipedia
Which classic board game was originally created to demonstrate the dangers of monopolies and unchecked land ownership?
A. Scrabble
B. Monopoly
C. Risk
D. Clue
B. Monopoly
Which 2023 superhero movie featuring Ezra Miller struggled at the box office despite featuring multiple versions of Batman?
A. Aquaman
B. The Flash
C. Blue Beetle
D. Shazam!
B. The Flash
Which country produced the horror film Train to Busan?
A. Japan
B. China
C. South Korea
D. Thailand
C. South Korea
What was the first planet discovered with a telescope?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Uranus
D. Jupiter
C. Uranus
Which social media app is famous for users saying they opened it for 5 minutes and stayed for an hour?
A. Calculator
B. TikTok
C. Maps
D. Weather
B. TikTok
The modern game of Clue was invented during which major historical event?
A. The Great Depression
B. The American Civil War
C. World War II
D. The Cold War
C. World War II
Which movie about a sinking ship was a huge success, NOT a bomb?
A. Titanic
B. Waterworld
C. John Carter
D. The Lone Ranger
A. Titanic
Which Japanese horror film inspired the American remake The Ring?
A. Ju-On
B. Dark Water
C. Ringu
D. Pulse
C. Ringu
What was the first country to grant women the right to vote?
A. United States
B. United Kingdom
C. New Zealand
D. Canada
C. New Zealand
The "Backrooms" internet phenomenon originated from what type of online content?
A. A video game mod
B. A Reddit thread
C. A creepypasta image post on an imageboard
D. A YouTube documentary
C. A creepypasta image post on an imageboard
Which board game was originally called "Lexiko" before becoming one of the world's most popular word games?
A. Boggle
B. Scrabble
C. Taboo
D. Scattergories
B. Scrabble
Which superhero movie starring Dwayne Johnson was expected to launch a new era for DC but underperformed?
A. Shazam!
B. Black Adam
C. Aquaman
D. Blue Beetle
B. Black Adam
Which Thai horror film involves a photographer who sees ghosts in his pictures?
A. Shutter
B. The Medium
C. Pee Mak
D. Ladda Land
A. Shutter
This first animal to go to space became a symbol of early space exploration after being launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Which was it?
A. Monkey
B. Dog
C. Cat
D. Mouse
B. Dog
The phrase "Rickrolling" became an internet prank involving which song?
A. "Take On Me"
B. "Africa"
C. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
D. "Sweet Dreams"
C. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Candy Land was originally created to entertain children in what setting?
A. Summer camps
B. Hospitals
C. Schools
D. Libraries
B. Hospitals
Which Disney animated film about a family exploring a mysterious underground world became one of Disney's biggest recent box-office bombs?
A. Encanto
B. Frozen II
C. Strange World
D. Zootopia
C. Strange World
Which American horror film about grief and a mysterious book has been compared to Australian psychological horror like Lake Mungo?
A. The Babadook
B. It Follows
C. Sinister
D. The Lodge
A. The Babadook
This early computer network became the first system to connect multiple machines using packet switching, laying the foundation for the modern internet. What was it?
A. Ethernet
B. ARPANET
C. World Wide Web
D. NSFNET
B. ARPANET
This internet mystery involved a user posting cryptic clues before disappearing, leading thousands to investigate an alleged hidden treasure in the Rocky Mountains.
A. Polybius
B. Forrest Fenn Treasure
C. The Voynich Manuscript
D. The Max Headroom Incident
B. Forrest Fenn Treasure
Which of these games is the oldest?
A. Chess
B. Go
C. Backgammon
D. Monopoly
C. Backgammon
What 2011 animated film, featuring owl warriors and directed by Zack Snyder, underperformed despite positive reviews and impressive visuals?
A. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
B. Rise of the Guardians
C. Epic
D. The Secret of NIMH
A. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Which American horror film is widely credited with reviving folk horror in the 2010s, similar to European films like The Wicker Man?
A. The Witch
B. Hereditary
C. Midsommar
D. The Lighthouse
C. Midsommar
This was the first vaccine ever developed for a disease, using a method that introduced immunity without causing the illness itself. What disease did it target?
A. Cholera
B. Smallpox
C. Tuberculosis
D. Polio
B. Smallpox