What is the name of the clown in "It"?
Answer: Pennywise
Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer both opened in theaters on July 21, 2023. What was the name of the meme that emerged in the weeks leading up to their release?
Answer: Barbenheimer
Conflict Theory was largely inspired by this sociologist’s critique of capitalism and his work on class struggle.
Answer: Karl Marx
Who won the 2025 World Series?
Answer: LA Dodgers
What is your body’s largest organ?
Answer: The skin
In The Ring, how many days do people have to live after watching the tape?
Answer: 7 days
Before he was the frontman for Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl was the dummer for which band?
Answer: Nirvana
This type of research collects data in numerical form and is often analyzed using statistical techniques.
Answer: Quantitative research
Which popular toy was a viral Halloween costume trend in October 2025?
Answer: Labubu dolls
Which planet spins clockwise?
Answer: Venus
What is the name of the infamous motel in Psycho?
Answer: The Bates Motel
What TV show aired the first interracial kiss in the United States?
Answer: Star Trek
The belief that one's culture is inferior to another culture is called...
Answer: Ethnocentrism
Which actor stars in the 2025 biopic 'The Smashing Machine'?
Answer: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Who painted the famous artwork “The Last Supper”?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the name of the alien species in the Alien franchise?
Answer: Xenomorph
Whitney Houston famously covered “I Will Always Love You”—who sang the original?
Answer: Dolly Parton
This theory developed by Emile Durkheim; each part of society works together to benefit the whole
Answer: Structural Functionalism
Which East Asian country elected its first female prime minister?
Answer: Japan
What’s the best-selling video game console to date?
Answer: The PlayStation 2
What was the first horror film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?
Answer: The Exorcist
What singer holds the record for most Grammy nominations?
Answer: Beyoncé, who has 88 nominations
Erving Goffman, a key figure in Symbolic Interactionism, developed this theory that compares social interactions to theatrical performances.
Answer: Dramaturgy
As of late October 2025, the United States is in the midst of its second-longest government shutdown in history. Which year’s shutdown still holds the record as the longest?
Which country was the first to use paper currency?
Answer: China