The Animal Kingdom
This aquatic animal is the star of the movie Jaws and also has its own week on the Discovery Channel
Shark
A highly popular Korean game show that debuted on Netflix, and a fantasy epic starring Emilia Clarke (and a few airborne, incendiary reptiles)
Squid Game of Thrones
The name "Johannes" is the Dutch version of this very common English name
John
This Middle Eastern building is the tallest in the world, but that didn't stop Tom Cruise from attempting to scale it
Burj Khalifa
In the Star Wars movies, this method of contactless strangulation from afar is commonly used by Darth Vader
Force Choke
This long-extinct flightless bird has somewhat of a repetitive name
Dodo
A hugely popular TV show about zombies, and the title of the seventh Mission Impossible movie
The Walking Dead Reckoning
"Cavalry" comes from the word "cavallo", which is the word for horse in this language
Italian
This country, in relation to sea level, is the lowest in Europe
Netherlands
In the 2024 presidential debate, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" star Donald Trump claimed that Haitian immigrants were eating pets, after which the moderator performed this, disproving his statement
These frigid animals, popularized by Benedict Cumberbatch's Discovery Channel documentary on them, will sometimes bow to each other before engaging in intimate relations
Penguins
An award-winning TV show starring Aaron Paul, and a buddy cop movie featuring the Fresh Prince
Breaking Bad Boys
The majority of Slavic languages use this writing system, in tandem with the worldwide Latin system
Cyrillic
This underwater area is the deepest point on Earth, and also shares its name with a popular Canadian band
Marianas Trench
Originally sung by Tracy Chapman, this song recently spiked in popularity because a country singer released a cover of it
Fast Car
This animal is the largest species of rodent in the world
Capybara
A 1996 prison-penetrating movie starring a former James Bond actor, and the title of the Elton John biopic
The Rocketman
Practically every language in the world has this one word in common, and it's an important one
The word for mother (Mom, Mama, etc.)
This Martian peak is the tallest mountain in the solar system
Olympus Mons
The Godfather movie was directed by this filmmaker of Italian descent
Francis (Ford) Coppola
Unknown to most, these adorable Southern-Hemisphere mammals have the highest rate of syphillis contraction in the animal kingdom
Koalas
A recent romcom starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, and a less recent romcom where Tom Hanks falls in love with a sworn enemy over the internet
Anyone But You've Got Mail
Used in Nordic/Scandinavian languages, the letter "รพ" used to be common in the English language hundreds of years ago, but has since died out and been given this name
Thorn
A special tidal phenomenon, where the water level fluctuates by dozens of metres each day, occurs in this Canadian province
New Brunswick
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies starring Megan Fox, the evil Shredder employs a group of henchmen with this name
Foot Clan