Modern Pop Culture
This social media platform, launched in 2016, became famous for short-form videos and viral dance challenges.
Tik Tok
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Echo
This fruit’s name comes from the Latin word for “seedy apple,” though it’s technically a berry.
Pomegranate
This 21st-century entrepreneur founded SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company.
Elon Musk
This 1994 film follows the life of a slow-witted man from Alabama who witnesses and influences key historical events.
Forest Gump
This 2023 film became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time and starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
Barbie
There are three houses — one red, one blue, and one yellow. If the red house is on the left and the blue house is on the right, where is the white house?
Washington D.C.
Originating in Japan, this dish consists of vinegared rice combined with seafood or vegetables and is often served rolled in seaweed.
Sushi
Founded in 2004, this social media platform was originally limited to Harvard students.
This 2001 fantasy film, directed by Peter Jackson, is the first installment of a trilogy based on a J.R.R. Tolkien novel.
Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
This artist’s fans are known as the “Swifties,” and her “Eras Tour” became one of the highest-grossing concert tours in history.
Taylor Swift
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
This popular comfort food, often served with gravy, was created in Belgium and later perfected in the U.S. South.
Fried Chicken and Waffles
In 1997, this computer developed by IBM famously defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
Deep Blue
In this 1999 film, Keanu Reeves plays a hacker who discovers the world he knows is a simulated reality.
The Matrix
This South Korean survival drama became Netflix’s most-watched series in 2021, featuring contestants competing in deadly versions of children’s games.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
This Italian dessert, whose name means “pick me up,” is made with layers of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone cream.
Tiramisu
This tiny computer component, first developed in the 1950s, replaced bulky vacuum tubes and revolutionized electronics.
Transitor
This 2010 Christopher Nolan film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who enters people’s dreams to steal secrets.
(Daily Double)
This musician made history in 2020 as the youngest solo artist ever to win all four major Grammy categories — Album, Record, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist — in one night.
Billie Eilish
What 8-letter word can have a letter taken away each time and still form a word until only one letter remains? (Example: starting word → single letter)
Starting
starting → staring → string → sting → sing → sin → in → I
This ancient grain, once a staple of the Inca Empire, is now praised as a modern “superfood” rich in protein.
Quinoa
(Daily Double)
Created in 2009 by an unknown person or group under the name Satoshi Nakamoto, this digital currency introduced the concept of blockchain technology.
Bitcoin
This 1972 crime film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, chronicles the rise of the Corleone family in New York City.
The Godfather