Obscure Sports Rules
In hockey, losing this protective item means you must immediately pick it up or skate to the bench--playing without it draws a penalty.
What is a helmet?
This 2003 Christmas movie was expected to flop, but WIll Ferrell's green-suited main character turned it into a holiday staple.
What is Elf?
A master shapeshifter in Norse myth, this god once became a mare and gave birth to an eight-legged horse.
Who is Loki?
This 2006 video of a little kid biting his brother's finger became one of YouTube's first massively viral home videos.
What is "Charlie Bit My Finger"?
This kingdom sits entirely inside South Africa's borders, making it one of the world's few completely landlocked enclaves.
What is Lesotho?
In soccer, this type of free kick allows a player to score without thee ball touching another player first.
What is a direct free kick?
This low-budget 1999 horror film, shot with handheld cameras in the woods, became one of the most profitable movies ever.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
In Egyptian mythology, this sun god travels through the underworld at night in a solar boat.
Who is Ra?
This tall, faceless entity from creepypasta lore became the subject of countless fan games and ARGs.
What is Slender Man?
This tiny European principality squeezes about 160,000 people into less than a square mile, making it the most densely populated nation on Earth.
What is Monaco?
In baseball, if the catcher's glove makes contact with a batter's swing, the batter is automatically awarded first base by this rule.
What is catcher's interference?
Critics trashed this 2004 teen comedy, but quotes like "On Wednesdays we wear pink" cemented it as a cultural icon.
What is Mean Girls?
In Japanese folklore, these fox spirits gain additional tails as they grow older and more powerful.
What are kitsune?
One of YouTube's earliest megavirals, this video featured a teen swinging a golf-ball retriever like a lightsaber
What is the Star Wars Kid?
These two islands--one Russian, one American--are only a few kilometers apart, but crossing between them jumps nearly a full day.
What are the Diomede Islands?
In lacrosse, once the goalie gains control of the ball in the crease, they have this many seconds before they must clear or pass the ball.
This 1987 fantasy film featuring Inigo Montoya struggled in theatres but became a classic through home video.
What is The Princess Bride?
This Mesopotamian hero journeyed with Enkidu to slay the forest guardian Humbaba.
Who is Gilgamesh?
This strange YouTube channel gained attention for uploading thousands of near-identical test videos with cryptic titles.
What is Webdriver Torso?
Cut off from its country by Poland and Lithuania, this Russian exclave sits on the Baltic Sea.
What is Kaliningrad?
In the NFL, this rule prevents offenses from intentionally fumbling forward by only allowing the fumbling player to advance their own fumble late in the game.
What is the Holy Roller rule?
This sci-fi comedy about a slacker named Fry was cancelled, revived, cancelled again, and revived once more thanks to fan devotion.
What is Futurama?
Owned by the Dagda, this Celtic cauldron could feed endless warriors without ever emptying.
What is the Cauldron of Plenty?
This infamous 2008 video featuring a pixelated stick figure and looping music became the backbone of countless "You have been trolled" bait links.
What is the RickRoll bait "Never Gonna Give You Up" redirect? (Acceptable: Rickroll, the Rick Astley link, Get RickRolled)
The world's shortest international border--only 206 meters--lies between Zambia and this neighbour.
What is Botswana?