Lingusistics
Gay History
Bands
Tea
Quests
100
In this group of languages, 拉拉 (Lālā ) is a common term for lesbians in urban areas where a language in this group is commonly spoken. The most spoken language in this group shares its name with a fruit.
Chinese
100
This country was the first in the world to legalize gay marriage, in 2001. Its name means "lower countries" and its capital is Amsterdam.
The Netherlands
100
This supergroup of 3 queer indie artists won 3 grammys for their latest record, The Record.
Boygenius
100
This English tea blend is named after a prominent British Whig politician and holder of an eponymous royal title famous for the Reform Act of 1832 and the abolition of slavery across the British Empire.
Earl Grey
100
In this Roman epic, the namesake man embarks on a quest to make his return to Ithaca after the fall of troy
The Odyssey
200
This phrase was often used in the '70s and '80s as an identifier between gay men. This phrase sparked the US Navy to search for the eponymous woman, but she was not real.
Friend of Dorothy
200
This civil rights leader and performer is often cited as the person that threw the first brick at Stonewall, but she was not. She is known for her work with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) and is sometimes referred to as the Saint of Christopher Street.
Marsha P Johnson
200
This indie rock band is most known for an album documenting the front man's break-up with his ex-partner. On that album, the band urges their ex-partner to stop smoking in the song "Stop Smoking (We Love You)"
Car Seat Headrest
200
This country drinks the most tea per person per year but it only produces around 4% of the world's tea supply. This country is also locked in a land dispute with Cyprus.
Turkiye or Turkey
200
In the game Elden Ring, a quest from this character leads to the Age of the Stars ending. In which, she subplants Marika as a goddess.
Ranni the Witch
300
This British anti-language was used within gay subcultures in the united kingdom. It is primarily a mixture of Sailors' Slang, thieves' cant, and 1960s drug subculture slang.
Polari
300
This New York civil rights organization shares a name with many worldwide. They were founded shortly after the Stonewall riots and many participants went on to join the group.
Gay Liberation Front
300
Four out of five members of this band behind the hit 1970s tune “Rock Lobster” identify as queer!
The B52s
300
Black tea fully completes this process and green tea does not undergo this process at all. This process is described in the mnemonic device OIL RIG.
Oxidation
300
In Baldur's Gate 3, you can complete The Pale Elf to learn about Astarion's past and eventually track down what vampire that turned Astarion?
Cazador
400
Takatāpui refers to any LGBTQ+ person in this language. Members of the indigenous group that speaks this language are known for dancing haka.
Māori
400
In a popular story set in the time of this Chinese dynasty, Emperor Ai cut off his own sleeve as to not wake his lover.
Han
400
This band with a queer frontwoman asks listeners "Would you live forever, never die / while everything else passes?" in the song Changes.
Big Thief
400
Agua de Jamaica is the spanish name for what type of tea common in Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America and the Caribbean
Hibiscus Tea
400
What object does Frodo Baggins throw into the Crack of Doom?
The One Ring
500
The word for gay in this auxiliary language created by L. L. Zamenhof is gejo
Esperanto
500
This civil rights organization is the first to advocate for the rights of lesbians. They are named after a fictional contemporary of Sappho.
Daughters of Bilitis
500
This popular trans hyperpop artist has a lesser known indie rock side project called venturing. Their only album released under this name is Ghostholding.
Jane Remover
500
What is this Russian metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water for tea-making called?
Samovar
500
This character is sent on a quest to find The Green Knight after cutting off his head a year prior. In this story, he stays in a castle with Bertilak de Hautdeser whom he kisses 3 times in exchange for a fox.
Sir Guwain