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This director’s 1994 crime anthology Pulp Fiction won the Palme d’Or at Cannes before shocking audiences worldwide.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
Before becoming a superstar, Lady Gaga wrote songs for artists like Fergie, The Pussycat Dolls, and this R&B singer.
Who is Britney Spears?
LL Cool J clashed with Kool Moe Dee after this LL single was seen as a diss.
What is “I’m Bad”? (LL track that sparked Kool Moe Dee’s ire)
This element, symbol W on the periodic table, is also known as wolfram.
What is tungsten (W), also called wolfram?
This HBO drama, set in Baltimore, is often hailed as one of the greatest TV shows for its layered depiction of institutions.
What is The Wire?
The “Rosebud” mystery drives the plot of this Orson Welles masterpiece, often cited as the greatest film ever made.
What is Citizen Kane?
What groundbreaking 1982 album spent over 500 weeks on the Billboard 200?
What is Thriller (1982)?
Ice Cube left this rap group in 1989, sparking one of hip-hop’s earliest and most iconic beefs.
What is N.W.A.?
What ancient library, located in Egypt, is said to have contained hundreds of thousands of scrolls before its destruction?
What is the Library of Alexandria?
Which dystopian series, adapted from a Margaret Atwood novel, features the phrase “Under His Eye”?
What is The Handmaid’s Tale?
In Do the Right Thing (1989), what kind of food shop does Sal own, where tensions boil over?
What is a pizzeria (Sal’s Famous Pizzeria)?
Before Lemonade, Beyoncé referenced her alter ego “Sasha Fierce” on which 2008 double album?
What is I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008)?
Which rap beef started with a dispute over a beat for the song “Dead Wrong”?
Who are LL Cool J and Canibus (over “4,3,2,1”)? [Corrected from “Dead Wrong” to be historically accurate.]
This African country is the only one never to have been colonized.
What is Ethiopia?
In Breaking Bad, what chemical compound does Walt use in place of phosphine gas to kill rivals in a basement?
What is mercury fulminate? [Adjusted: iconic Tuco scene, more precise than the original wording.]
This 2017 horror film is both a racial satire and a nod to the Stepford Wives, directed by Jordan Peele.
What is Get Out?
What pioneering hip-hop group released the politically charged 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back?
Who is Public Enemy?
Common and Ice Cube traded disses in the ‘90s, beginning with Common’s track that criticized “gangsta” rap — name that song.
What is “I Used to Love H.E.R.”?
What mathematical constant is known as Euler’s number, approximately 2.718?
What is e (Euler’s number, ≈2.71828)?
Donald Glover created and starred in this surrealist comedy-drama series set in Atlanta’s rap scene.
What is Atlanta?
Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai directly inspired this 1960 American western classic.
What is The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
Which classical piece did Nas famously sample for his hit “I Can”?
What is Beethoven’s “Für Elise”?
Which Queens rapper dissed Jay-Z by referencing Hawaiian shirts in his track “Takeover”?
Who is Nas? (the “Hawaiian Sophie” jab appears in “Ether”)
In 1921, this scientist won a Nobel Prize — not for relativity, but for explaining the photoelectric effect.
Who is Albert Einstein?
What is the name of the shadowy corporation that dominates the world in Mr. Robot?
What is E Corp (a.k.a. Evil Corp)?