Cryptozoology
This cryptid's name combines the Tibetan words for "rocky place" and "bear"
What is yeti?
In a series of lawsuits between Apple and Samsung, the latter has used 2001: A Space Oddysey as evidence that the former did not invent this technology
What are tablets (or tablet computers)?
Originally built as an Orthodox cathedral, in 2020, this Istanbul landmark was controversially reclassified from a museum to a mosque
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Not New Amsterdam
What is New York?
Say it ain't so, I will not go
Turn the lights off, carry me home
What is "All the Small Things"?
Known for its players' iconic red & black uniforms, this NHL team's name takes inspiration from a local cryptid
What are the New Jersey Devils?
Na'vi and Klingon are examples of these
What are constructed languages (conlangs)?
Stop by the bazaar and try one of these sweet desserts, flavored with rosewater and stuffed with nuts
What is Turkish delight?
Not Leningrad
What is Saint Petersburg?
Now listen, it's okay, I understand, this ain't no never-never land
I hope that when this issue's gone, I'll see you when your clothes are on
What is "Centerfold"?
Things get hairy in this 1981 horror-comedy which features two backpackers, one of whom turns into the titular folklore creature
What is An American Werewolf in London?
This 1956 sci-fi classic starring Anne Francis is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest
What is Forbidden Planet?
In 1453, this Ottoman sultan, known by the sobriquet the Conqueror, took Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire
Who is Mehmed II (the Conqueror)?
Not Tenochtitlan
What is Mexico City?
And the people were singing
They went, "Na, la-la-la, na-na
La-la, na-na, la-la-la-la-la"
What is "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?
First spotted in West Virginia in 1952, fifty years later, investigators suggest it may have been a meteor and/or barn owl
What is the Flatwoods monster?
Written in 1954 by Richard Matheson, this post-apocalyptic novel has been adapted to film three times under different titles - first in 1964, then 1971 and most recently in 2007
What is I Am Legend?
Author Agatha Christie penned this novel while staying at the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul
What is Murder on the Orient Express?
Not Bombay
What is Mumbai?
I got a certain little girl, she's on my mind
No doubt about it, she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad
What is "Hush"?
P.T. Barnum exhibited this now infamous hoax as the mummified remains of a creature, but it was actually created by sewing a monkey head to a fish torso
What is the Fiji mermaid?
Beam me up, Scotty? Fans of Star Trek have compared the series iconic transporters to this philosophical paradox
What is the Ship of Theseus?
While in much of the world this flower is associated with the Netherlands, the first of these flowers were sent to northern Europe as a gift from Istanbul
What is the tulip?
Not Léopoldville
What is Kinshasa?
Got to know how to pony
Like Bony Moronie
Mash Potato, do The Alligator
Put your hand on your hips, yeah
Let your backbone slip
Do the Watusi
Like my little Lucy
What is "Land of 1000 Dances"?