Origin Story
Pop culture from 2001-2026
Just For Nerds
Who said that?
General Knowledge
100

A great city and a Broadway hit

What is Hamilton

100
No, the name of this protagonist rat in Ratatouille is not "Ratatouille"

Who is Remy the Rat

100

This modern love story is famously known to have been written by a Mormon

What is Twilight

100

So, I just want to say that I'm just disappointed that Marvel made The Tesseract a cube. A tesseract (in math) is actually the 4-d analog of a cube.

Who is Jeancarlo

100

This set of three positive integers give the same result whether you add them all or multiply them all together. 


What are 1, 2, and 3

200

Prior to the release of Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse, this animated movie pentalogy featuring historically inaccurate retellings of mass extinction events was Olivia's favourite animated series. 

What is Ice Age

200

This florescent track served as the theme song for a certain Puerto Rican hero.

What is Sunflower

200

The subway lines of this US city define the setting for a bestselling YA book series which rides on the coattails of the Hunger Games

What is Chicago

200

The combination of butter chicken, a double IPA, and bloodsport politics may be the perfect night.

Who is Devin

200

The "reference mineral" for a 10 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness is diamond, which has an absolute hardness of 1500. This soft mineral, often found in commercial products like baby powder, is the reference mineral for 1 on the Mohs scale. 

What is Talc?

300

This DIY cardboard box costume I wore to my 7th grade Halloween dance dispensed exactly zero actual mints.

What is a box of Tic Tacs

300

Iconic gold medalist Alysa Liu skated to this "ego boosting"  track during this year's gala at the Olympics

What is Stateside

300

The book "The Lost Hero", published in 2010, is the first of what series? 

What is the Heroes of Olympus series

300

Woot passed undergrad LOL Thank Mr. Goose

Who is Quin

300

This branch of mathematics was independently developed by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz.

What is Calculus


400

Carly Rae Jepsen opened for this now-disgraced Canadian band in what was the first live concert that Olivia attended

What is Hedley

400

This mobile game, released in 2012, is also associated with improved focus and attention. 

What is Subway Surfers

400

Banger quotes by this Shakespearean protagonist include "Frailty, thy name is woman" and "What a piece of work is a man!"

Who is Hamlet

400

When your 2 hours early for your flight...then it gets delayed another 2 hours #4morehours

Who is Grant

400

This Italian Baroque painter is known for dramatic religious scenes and intense contrasts of light and shadow, as seen in Judith Beheading Holofernes.

Who is Caravaggio 

500

This Olympic sport was the theme of my first birthday party.

What is gymnastics

500

This tasty idiom, synonymous with "it is what it is", also happens to be the episode title of S2E20 of the hit PBS children's television show Arthur.

What is "that's the way the cookie crumbles"
500

This Oscorp executive’s vendetta against Spider-Man culminated in the death of Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker's first serious girlfriend.

Who is the Green Goblin / Norman Osborne

500

#ihavethisthingwithfloors @ihavethisthingwithfloors

Who is Atom

500

A hyphenated term that describes a bird with complete plumage or anything matured

What is full-fledged

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