VIDEO GAMES
THIS IS THE BEST-SELLING SINGLE GAME OF ALL TIME BECAUSE IT CAME FREE WITH NINTENDO'S BEST-SELLING CONSOLE. QUEEN ELIZABETH IS REPORTEDLY A FAN OF THE TENNIS MINIGAME.
WHAT IS WII SPORTS?
ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS A PUPIL OF THIS PHILOSOPHER, WHO IN TURN WAS TAUGHT BY PLATO.
WHO IS ARISTOTLE?
FREDDY KRUEGER.
WHAT IS "A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET?"
AS A LITTLE KID, I LOVED "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF" THIS A. A. MILNE CHARACTER. NOT SURE WHY THE BOOK WAS SKY BLUE, AS HIS FAVORITE COLOR WAS YELLOW, LIKE HUNNY.
WHO IS WINNIE THE POOH?
ADJECTIVE FOR A CHEMICAL REACTION THAT RELEASES HEAT.
WHAT IS EXOTHERMIC?
THE BEST SELLING GAME SERIES OF ALL TIME IS THIS RUSSIAN ONE. IT'S AN URBAN MYTH THAT THE DIFFERENT SHAPES HAVE THEIR OWN NAMES.
WHAT IS TETRIS?
AFTER THE DEATH OF KUBLAI KHAN IN 1294, THIS EMPIRE BROKE INTO FOUR PIECES.
WHAT IS THE MONGOL EMPIRE?
MICHAEL MEYERS.
WHAT IS "HALLOWEEN?"
THE BEST AUDIOBOOKS OF ALL TIME ARE THIS SERIES, WITH ALL SEVEN BOOKS READ BY JIM DALE. THE BRITISH VERSIONS BY STEPHEN FRY ARE ONLY OKAY.
WHAT ARE THE HARRY POTTERS?
THE STUDY OF HORMONES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE BODY.
WHAT IS ENDOCRINOLOGY?
IN GAMER LINGO, SOMEONE WHO IS "TILTED" IS ANGRY, A TERM THAT COMES FROM THIS PRE-VIDEO GAME PASTIME, AS ANGRY PLAYERS WOULD LITERALLY TILT THE MACHINES.
WHAT IS PINBALL?
THE ABBASID AND UMAYYAD DYNASTIES WERE THIS TYPE OF MUSLIM EMPIRE, FROM THE ARABIC WORD FOR "SUCCESSOR."
WHAT ARE CALIPHATES?
THE XENOMORPH.
WHAT IS "ALIEN?"
ALL OF MY DOGS ARE NAMED AFTER BOOK CHARACTERS. ONE GOOD BOY I HAVE NOW IS HOLDEN, WHO IS NAMED FOR THE TITULAR CHARACTER OF THIS J. D. SALINGER NOVEL.
WHAT IS "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE?"
IF YOU ARE AN OOLOGIST, YOU STUDY THESE, ALONG WITH BIRD'S NESTS AND BREEDING BEHAVIOR.
WHAT ARE EGGS?
COOKIE CLICKER IS THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS SUBGENRE WHERE ACTION IS MINIMAL AND WAITING IS PART OF THE FUN.
WHAT ARE IDLE GAMES? (ACCEPTABLE: INCREMENTAL GAMES)
THIS CITY, WHICH EXPERIENCED ITS GOLDEN AGE UNDER THE MALI EMPIRE, IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
WHAT IS TIMBUKTU?
PAMELA VORHEES.
WHAT IS "FRIDAY THE 13TH?"
MY FAVORITE STORY OF ALL TIME IS "THE SANDMAN" COMIC SERIES BY THIS AUTHOR WHO ALSO WROTE "CORALINE" AND "AMERICAN GODS."
WHO IS NEIL GAIMAN?
TWO OF THE THREE ELEMENTS STARTING WITH E. ONE NAMED AFTER A CONTINENT, ONE AFTER A CITY, AND THE OTHER AFTER A PERSON.
WHAT ARE EUROPIUM, ERBIUM, AND EINSTEINIUM? (TWO OF THREE IS ACCEPTABLE)
WE HAVE MUCH REASON TO THANK THIS JAPANESE GAME DESIGNER, INCLUDING CREATING MARIO, STAR FOX, AND THE LEGEND OF ZELDA.
WHO IS SHIGERU MIYAMOTO?
THIS PHARAOH UNIFIED THE TWO EGYPTIAN KINGDOMS AROUND 3100 BCE.
WHO IS MENES? (ACCEPTABLE: NARMER)
JOHN KRAMER.
WHAT IS "SAW?"
HERE'S A TIP: ALL GOOD BOOKS HAVE A GREAT LINE ON THE FIRST PAGE. THIS KURT VONNEGUT NOVEL PASSES THAT TEST BY STARTING: "ALL OF THIS HAPPENED, MORE OR LESS. THE WAR PARTS, ANYWAY, ARE PRETTY MUCH TRUE."
WHAT IS "SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE?"
IT IS THE FATHERLY EQUIVALENT OF AN OEDIPUS COMPLEX, NAMED AFTER A TITULAR CHARACTER OF A EURIPIDES TRAGEDY.
WHAT IS AN ELECTRA COMPLEX?