Poems, Do You Know ‘Em?
Pittsburgh Music, Part 2
90’s/2000’s TV
Memes, How Do They Work? Part 2
Post-WWII American History (AKA What I Focused On for My Degree)
200
This is both the title and subject of one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous love poems, which takes place “in a kingdom by the sea.”
What/who is Annabel Lee?
200
This Lawrenceville music venue was closed for several years to undergo massive internal renovations, re-opening in 2019.
What is Thunderbird Cafe / the Thunderbird?
200
This was the special ingredient, along with “sugar, spice and everything nice,” canonically used to create the Powerpuff Girls.
What is 'Chemical X?'
200
Finish the meme:
What is "You were the chosen one?"
200
The burning of these documents became a powerful symbol of resistance to the Vietnam War in the 1960’s.
What are draft cards?
400
While he also penned novels, plays, and essays, this early-twentieth-century African-American writer is most well-known for his poetry, including “Mother to Son,” “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” and “Dreams.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
This co-founder of the Deutschtown Music Festival has been one of the most prominent supporters of Pittsburgh music for many years: photographing shows, running a blog, and hosting his own series of concerts at various small venues.
Who is Hugh Twyman? (Hughshows also OK)
400
This stereotype of an Italian mobster frequently appeared in sketches from Nickelodeon’s "The Amanda Show."
Who is Tony Pajamas?
400
Name the show from which this meme/reaction image is taken:
What is Queer Eye?
400
This was the name of the Congressional committee that rose in prominence largely due to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the height of the Red Scare in the 1950’s.
What is the House Unamerican Activities Committee / HUAC?
600
In the poem “Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep,” these are two of the natural phenomena the narrator claims to be instead of the body in the graveyard. (Name any 2)
What is…(any two of these):
-a thousand winds that blow.
-the diamond glints on snow.
-the sunlight on ripened grain.
-the gentle autumn rain.
-the swift uplifting rush / Of quiet birds in circled flight.
-the soft stars that shine at night.
600
This Pittsburgh venue, operational from 2000 - 2013 in East Liberty, was renowned as a gathering spot for artists and music fans of all kinds, and one of the launching pads for Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller.
What is the Shadow Lounge?
600
Macy Gray sang the theme song for this popular Nickelodeon show, which ran from 2000 - 2004.
What is “As Told by Ginger?”
600
Fill in the standard text that is usually seen in this meme:
What is “I wish all [blank] a very pleasant evening?” (just “a very [blank]” also acceptable, since these memes often change “pleasant evening” to something else)
600
This name refers to the failed, CIA-backed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba in 1961.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion / Bay of Pigs?
800
The following lines are some of the more frequently quoted from this iconic poem (author must also be named to get full points)
“April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and Desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain."
What is “The Waste Land?” by T. S. Eliot?
800
This Pittsburgh-based hip-hop artist has been reaching wider audiences through his pre-COVID tour with EARTHGANG and his contributions to the Spillage Village album that dropped last year.
Who is Benji.?
800
These three female recurring characters in Cartoon Network’s "Ed, Edd, and Eddy" are hot-tempered, and known to pursue and harass the protagonists. (Last name(s) are fine.)
Who are the Kanker sisters / Lee, Marie, and May Kanker?
800
Name the song and artist responsible for the 2006 viral YouTube hit from which this screencap was taken:
What is “Shoes” by Kelly? (YouTuber name LiamKyleSullivan also acceptable)
800
The 1963 book, "The Feminine Mystique," which is widely credited with kickstarting second-wave feminism in the United States, was written by this author.
Who is Betty Friedan?
1000
Name the author AND poem from which these lines are taken:
“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.”
What is “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver?
1000
Name the two official music videos (not lyric/live videos) that have been released by Pittsburgh synthpop band Balloon Ride Fantasy.
What are “0100101” and “Arcadia?”
1000
This animation studio is responsible for such famous Nickelodeon shows as Rugrats, Ahh!! Real Monsters, and Rocket Power.
What is Klasky Csupo?
1000
What does Tom Hardy say just before he makes this face that was quickly turned into a meme?
What is "Gang bang?" (from a Venom press tour interview)
1000
This student-led organization played a key role in carrying out many direct action protests of the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s, including sit-ins, “Freedom Rides,” boycotts, and the 1963 March on Washington.
What is SNCC / Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee / “snick?”