All About the Maps
To keep maps updated, this crowdsourced navigation app—acquired by Google in 2013—lets users report traffic, police, and hazards from their cars.
What is Waze?
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn crash parties in this 2005 film, where fake backstories, meatloaf, and unexpected love lead to mayhem on the marriage circuit.
What is Wedding Crashers?
“He loved Big Brother” is the chilling final line of this dystopian novel, showing the triumph of totalitarian control.
What is 1984?
On Inside the NBA, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley frequently refers to this co-host, the former Rockets point guard, by his nickname “The Jet.”
Who is Kenny Smith?
In this 1994 animated film, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is reimagined with meerkats, warthogs, and a princely lion confronting betrayal, exile, and ghostly guidance.
What is The Lion King?
This FX series follows Carmy, a fine-dining chef who returns to run his late brother’s Chicago sandwich shop — and finds the kitchen’s chaos more intense than any Michelin-starred brigade.
What is The Bear?
This explorer’s map helped Harry, Ron, and Hermione sneak around Hogwarts, famously activated by saying, “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
What is the Marauder’s Map?
This rare but enduring Scottish tradition features a handfasting ceremony, where the couple’s hands are bound — the origin of this modern phrase meaning "to marry."
What is "tying the knot"?
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." closes this Charles Dickens novel about sacrifice during the French Revolution.
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
Outside the U.S., this Canadian sports network runs its own version of SportsCentre, styled similarly but tailored for Canadian sports fans.
What is TSN?
This 1623 collection, compiled by Shakespeare’s colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell, preserved 36 of his plays in print.
What is the First Folio?
Julia Child co-authored this 1961 cookbook that made complex French cuisine accessible to American home cooks — and never left the bestseller lists.
What is Mastering the Art of French Cooking ?
Though he didn’t live to finish the journey, Ferdinand Magellan's 1519–1522 expedition was the first to complete this around-the-world feat—crucial for improving global maps.
What is circumnavigation of the globe?
In a traditional Jewish wedding, the ceremony includes this sequence of blessings — recited over wine and often repeated at post-wedding meals during the week that follows.
What are the Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings)?
After trials and tribulations, this Brontë heroine ends her story with “Reader, I married him.”
What is Jane Eyre?
Before being called Versus, and later NBCSN, this cable network was originally launched in 1995 under a name focused on outdoor sports like fishing and hunting.
What is Outdoor Life Network (OLN)?
In King Lear, this daughter is disowned for refusing to flatter her father, though she ultimately proves the most loyal.
Who is Cordelia?
This type of salt, often pink and mined from Pakistan, is believed (questionably) by some to have healing properties.
What is Himalayan salt?
This 16th-century map projection distorts size but preserves shape and direction, making it perfect for nautical navigation—and controversial in classrooms.
What is the Mercator projection?
This French word is used for the morning-after gift bag or meal the couple offers, literally meaning “waking up.”
What is le lendemain?
This novel about teenage alienation ends with, “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
What is The Catcher in the Rye?
This iconic boxing commentator, known for his signature phrase “It’s showtime!” became the voice of major fights on Showtime, covering legends like Tyson, Holyfield, and Mayweather.
Who is Jimmy Lennon Jr.?
This rival playwright, born the same year as Shakespeare, was stabbed to death under mysterious circumstances in 1593 — fueling conspiracy theories about authorship.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
Used in Japanese cooking, this savory, umami-rich broth is traditionally made with kombu (seaweed) and bonito flakes.
What is dashi?
This ancient Greek scholar is often called the "father of geography"; he coined the word and drew one of the earliest known maps of the known world.
Who is Eratosthenes?
This colorful South Asian custom involves the bride’s female relatives stealing the groom’s shoes during the ceremony — and demanding money for their return.
What is Joota Chupai?
This modernist novel ends: “Yes I said yes I will Yes,” in a stream-of-consciousness soliloquy from Molly Bloom.
What is Ulysses?
When ESPN launched 30 for 30 in 2009, its debut film about the rise and fall of the USFL was directed by this NFL legend-turned-broadcaster.
Who is Steve Sabol?
This London-based acting company performed most of Shakespeare’s plays and eventually became the “King’s Men” under royal patronage.
What is the Lord Chamberlain’s Men?
Before launching his global restaurant empire, Gordon Ramsay trained under this notoriously intense French chef known for his “no excuses” kitchen.
Who is Marco Pierre White?