I'm So Meta Even This Acronym
This American football player has been a guest host of Jeopardy, and said that he wants to have the job full time
Aaron Rodgers
This Jamaican musician could have you "Jamming" along to his reggae music
Bob Marley
This is the valuation that a startup must reach in order to be considered a "unicorn" -- only about 0.07% of startups ever do.
$1 Billion
This animal is popularly known as the unicorn of the sea
the narwhal
This character serves as the primary antagonist of Treasure Island, and also lends his name to an American fast food franchise.
Long John Silver
The title of our current category comes from this popular webcomic by Randall Munroe
XKCD
This journalist worked with Carl Bernstein to break the story that ultimately ended Richard Nixon's presidency.
Bob Woodward
Founded by another Evan who went to Stanford, this social media company made a spectacle when it popped off for a cracking $30 billion market cap with its 2017 IPO.
Snap, Inc.
This is the German word for unicorn, which also features in the problematic conclusion of the Ace Ventura movie
Einhorn
Edward Teach is known for being the captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge, and even better known by this colorful nickname.
Blackbeard
this Jeopardy category deals with alcoholic beverages
Potent Potables
This pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals helped make 1968 the year of the pitcher, dominating with a 1.12 ERA and causing the mound to be lowered for future seasons.
Bob Gibson
Although it's the namesake of a man who focused on moving wealth to the less fortunate, this fintech unicorn came under fire in 2021 for stopping some of its users from getting in on the game with a hot stock.
Robinhood
The Unicorn is the official national animal of this country
Scotland
In The Adventures of Tin-Tin, this pirate sinks Captain Haddock's ancestor's ship, the Unicorn. Tin-Tin and Captain Haddock seek his treasure.
Red Rackham
In dungeons and dragons or other role-playing games, this is the use of a player's additional knowledge to try and get to better outcomes for their character instead of role-playing through situations.
Metagaming.
Among other roles, this actor co-starred with Roger Rabbit (although he did not frame him) in the 1980's.
Bob Hoskins
Evan was surprised to discover that this vaping company was acquired for over 12 billion dollars in 2018
JUUL
This man wrote The Last Unicorn, and was also involved in a very sad elder abuse case before regaining rights to his intellectual property as part of a recent lawsuit.
Peter S. Beagle
The first film where the trio of Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, and Basil Rathbone co-starred; it is the story of an Irish doctor who becomes a pirate (and then governor of Port Royal).
Captain Blood
The stand-alone use of "meta" was popularized by this 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter, popularly initialized as GEB
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Before he starred in the Joy of Painting, Bob Ross had this job, which was in sharp contrast to his calm and friendly demeanor on that show.
Sergeant in the Air Force
TikTok is owned by this Chinese parent company, although I don't think any of its users perform the company's name in their videos.
ByteDance
An origami unicorn features in the final scene of the director's cut of this science fiction film, hinting that the protagonist may not be as human as we've been led to believe.
Blade Runner
A prostitute who married a successful privateer, this Chinese woman took over operations after his death, and eventually commanded a fleet of over a thousand ships and over 80,000 pirates -- making her perhaps the most successful pirate in history.
Zheng Yi Sao