Great Accomplishments: Sports and Science
LA Food and Culture
Hollywood and its Films
Medicine in Pop Culture
Nerd culture
100

He retired after the 2016 Rio olympics with 23 gold medals, the most of any olympian in history

Who is Michael Phelps?

100

Founded in Baldwin Park in 1948, this chain is famous for animal style fries and a not-so-secret menu

What is In-N-Out?

100

In July 2023, "Barbie" opened the same weekend as this Christopher Nolan Biopic, creating a double-feature phenomenon.

What is Oppenheimer?

100

Meredith Grey is a surgeon at Seattle grace on this long-running ABC medical drama. 

What is Grey's Anatomy?

100

Pikachu evolves into this pokemon when exposed to a thunder stone.

What is Raichu?
200

Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the 2020 chemistry Nobel for developing this Gene-editing tool, often called "genetic scissors"

CRISPR

200

Home of the Dodger Dog, this ballpark sits in the chavez ravine neighborhood.

What is Dodger Stadium?

200

Released in 1975, this Steven Spielberg shark thriller is widely credited as the first summer blockbuster.

What is Jaws?

200

This NBC Drama, set in a Chicago emergency room, made George Clooney a star.

What is ER?

200

In Marvel comics, Wakanda's wealth and technology come from this fictional metal.

What is vibranium?

300

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Medicine Nobel for modifying this molecule, the tech behind the covid-19 vaccines.

What is mRNA?

300

Chef Roy Choi helped start the gourmet food truck craze with Kogi, mixing korean flavors and this country's food

What is Mexico?

300

In 2020 this South Korean film became the first non-english-language movie to win best picture.

What is parasite?

300

Before becoming a Marvel Sorcerer, Stephen strange practiced this surgical specialty.

What is Neurosurgery?

300

In Dragon Ball Z, this is Goku's birth name on the saiyan planet.

What is Kakarot?

400

In a 2019 Vienna Exhibition Run (NOT OFFICIAL), this Kenyan Athlete covered 26.2 miles in 1:59:40, the first person in under two hours

Who is Eliud Kipchoge?

400

Opened in 1917 on Broadway, this downtown market is home to eggslut and countless other vendors.

What is Grand Central Market?

400
In 2023 she became the first asian woman to win best actress, for "everything everywhere all at once".

Who is Michelle Yeoh?

400

On "House", the running joke is that the diagnosis is never this disease.

What is Lupus?

400

This Studio Ghibli co-founder directed "spirited away", which won the oscar for best animated feature in 2003.

Who is Hayao Miyazaki?

500

In 2019 the event horizon telescope shared the first-ever photo of a black hole, at the center of this galaxy, M87.

What is Messier 87?

500

Phillippe the Original and Cole's, both in Downtown LA, each claim to have invented this sandwich served with a side of Au Jus.

What is the French Dip?

500

The original 1923 Hollywood sign ended with these four letters, advertising a real estate development.

What is "LAND"? (Hollywoodland)

500

This actor returned to the ER in this 2025 Max drama that unfolds over a single 15-hour shift at a Pittsburgh hospital.

Who is Noah Wyle?

500

"Game of Thrones" author George RR Martin helped with the lore of this 2022 Fromsoftware Game that won game of the year.

What is Elden Ring?

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