World History
In 1912, this "unsinkable" British passenger liner famously sank after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
What is the Titanic
This "Anti-Hero" singer broke records in 2023 with her massive, career-spanning Eras Tour.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This "King of Pop" released Thriller in 1982, which remains the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
In 1989, Nintendo released this handheld system that came bundled with the puzzle game Tetris.
What is the Game Boy?
In 1997, this British author released The Philosopher's Stone, the first book in a series about a "Boy Who Lived."
Who is J.K Rowling?
This 1215 document, signed by King John of England, established that the king was not above the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This HBO series based on a video game stars Pedro Pascal as a smuggler escorting a girl across a post-apocalyptic U.S.
What is The Last of Us?
This basketball superstar led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and starred alongside Bugs Bunny in 1996's Space Jam.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Launched in 1990, this famous space telescope initially had a "blurry" mirror that required a 1993 repair mission.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
This American artist, known for his "happy little trees," hosted The Joy of Painting on PBS until 1994.
Who is Bob Ross?
This French military leader and emperor was famously defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Before becoming a solo superstar, Harry Styles was a member of this British-Irish boy band formed on The X Factor.
What is One Direction
Before winning Oscars, this actor was the "Fresh Prince" of a popular 90s sitcom set in Bel-Air.
Who is Will Smith?
In 1997, this IBM supercomputer became the first to defeat world champion Garry Kasparov at chess.
What is Deep Blue?
This 1988 Salman Rushdie novel caused a global controversy and led to a fatwa being issued against the author.
What is The Satanic Verses?
This 14th-century pandemic, also known as the Black Death, is estimated to have killed nearly half of Europe's population.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
This 2023 "Pink" blockbuster became the highest-grossing film ever directed by a solo woman.
What is Barbie
In 1987, this actor's "Brat Pack" status was cemented when he played the bad-boy rebel Bender in The Breakfast Club.
Who is Judd Nelson?
This 1996 scientific breakthrough in Scotland resulted in the first mammal cloned from an adult cell—a sheep named this.
What is Dolly?
This 1990 legal thriller was the first "mega-hit" for John Grisham, later becoming a movie starring Tom Cruise.
What is The Firm?
This ancient civilization is famous for building the Great Wall to protect against invasions.
What is China
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this billionaire genius is the man behind the red and gold Iron Man suit.
Who is Tony Stark (or Robert Downey Jr.)?
This "Material Girl" sparked trends with lace gloves and "Boy Toy" belts before starring in the 1996 film Evita.
Who is Madonna?
Tim Berners-Lee changed the world in 1989 by inventing this system of interlinked hypertext documents.
What is the World Wide Web?
This 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features a masked musical genius living beneath the Paris Opera House.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?