NINTENDO GAMES
It is the ultimate friendship destroyer; this winged blue item targets the player in first place and blows them up right before the finish line.
What is the Blue Shell?
If you live in SoCal, you know to order your fries "Animal Style" at this burger chain to get them covered in cheese, grilled onions, and spread.
What is In-N-Out?
This artist's "Eras Tour" was so massive it caused a literal earthquake in Seattle and boosted the U.S. economy by billions.
Who is Taylor Swift?
In 2023, everyone wore pink to see this movie about a doll having an existential crisis and escaping her homeland.
What is Barbie?
It’s the fastest-growing sport in America; it looks like tennis but is played on a smaller court with a wiffle ball and makes a loud "thwack" sound.
What is Pickleball?
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you spend your days fishing, catching bugs, and paying off massive debts to this raccoon landlord.
Who is Tom Nook?
This Taiwanese drink features tea, milk, and chewy tapioca pearls that you suck up through a giant straw.
What is Boba (or Bubble Tea)?
This former Disney star got her "Driver's License" in 2021 and spilled her guts on her sophomore album GUTS.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
This animated sequel features Miles Morales traveling across the multiverse to stop the Spot, meeting hundreds of other "Spider-People" along the way.
What is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?
Instead of buying new clothes at the mall, many Gen Z teens prefer "thrifting" at these stores to find vintage 90s and Y2K gear.
What are Goodwill (or Salvation Army/Second-hand stores)?
In 2023, players built wild contraptions to torture Koroks in Tears of the Kingdom, the massive open-world sequel to Breath of the Wild.
What is The Legend of Zelda?
Often dipped in a rich red broth called consommé, these "queso-tacos" made with stewed beef became a massive food trend in Los Angeles.
What is Birria?
Held every April in the Indio desert, this music festival is arguably more famous for the influencer outfits and Ferris wheel photos than the actual music.
What is Coachella?
Timothée Chalamet rides a giant sandworm on the desert planet Arrakis in this massive sci-fi epic directed by Denis Villeneuve.
What is Dune?
In this group activity, you are locked in a themed room (like a prison or a haunted mansion) and have 60 minutes to solve puzzles to get out.
What is an Escape Room?
This colorful shooter game replaces bullets with ink; you play as a squid-kid hybrid and try to cover the map in your team's color.
What is Splatoon?
This trendy green powder is made from ground tea leaves; it tastes grassy, costs $7 a latte, and is obsessed over by influencers.
What is Matcha?
Known for wearing baggy clothes and neon green roots (in the past), she whispered her way to stardom with "Bad Guy" and won an Oscar for "What Was I Made For?"
Who is Billie Eilish?
This A24 film swept the Oscars with its story about a laundromat owner jumping through multiverses where people have hot dogs for fingers.
What is Everything Everywhere All At Once?
This app-based scavenger hunt uses GPS to help you find hidden containers or "caches" that strangers have hidden all over the world.
What is Geocaching?
In this strategy game, Captain Olimar commands a horde of tiny, plant-like creatures that come in colors like Red, Blue, and Yellow to carry heavy objects.
What is Pikmin?
Originating in Hawaii, this dish consists of diced raw fish (usually tuna or salmon) served over rice with toppings like seaweed, edamame, and crab.
What is Poke?
This creator of the album IGOR runs the Camp Flog Gnaw carnival in Los Angeles and is known for his chaotic, gravelly voice and colorful fashion.
Who is Tyler, the Creator?
This horror movie involves a terrifying robot doll who does a viral dance in a hallway while hunting down anyone who threatens her owner, Cady.
What is M3GAN?
Every summer, Southern California experiences "June Gloom," caused by this thick layer of clouds that rolls in from the ocean and ruins your beach morning.
What is the Marine Layer?