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Despite his prominence as a classic internet meme, this "Never Gonna Give You Up" singer has only received about $12 in royalties from Youtube's use of the song.
Who is Rick Astley?
200
This widely known theorem about right triangles is actually a special case of the Law of Cosines.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
200
A game is often dubbed a "Metroidvania" if its gameplay mechanics are similar to that of Nintendo's Metroid and this Konami vampire-hunting series
What is Castlevania?
200
This Andrew Lloyd Weber production is Broadway's longest consecutively-running show.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
200
Tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice.
What is a margarita?
400
Before Desmond Child wrote this 1986 Bon Jovi hit, the music was first used for Bonnie Tyler's "If You Were a Woman (and I was a Man)". in 2020, Child again sampled the music for Ava Max's "Kings' and Queens".
What is "You Give Love a Bad Name"?
400
This band (pictured below) is the simplest non-orientable surface.
What is a Mobius strip?
400
This Nintendo title was the first 3D game in its franchise, as well as one of the first video games ever to implement a virtual camera system.
What is Super Mario 64?
400
After happening four times in the 1960s, a musical film didn't win the Academy Award for Best Picture until 2002 when this Broadway musical was adapted to the big screen.
What is Chicago?
400
Vodka, coffee liqueur, cream.
What is a white Russian?
600
This glam rock superstar named himself after close friend Long John Baldry - not John Lennon as his biopic suggests.
Who is Elton John?
600
This operation, notated with an '!', takes an integer and multiplies it with every integer smaller than it, down to 1 (e.g. 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1).
What is a factorial?
600
Japanese-American rock band Crush 40 was formed to record music for this fast-paced video game series.
What is Sonic the Hedgehog?
600
Trey Parker and Matt Stone burst into the Broadway scene with their Best-Musical-winning Book of Mormon, but they are probably better known for their writing of this adult cartoon series.
What is South Park?
600
Vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice, lime juice.
What is a cosmopolitan?
800
This pop singer's long history with the Vatican began in 1989, when the music video for her hit single "Like a Prayer" featured her seducing a black depiction of Jesus.
Who is Madonna?
800
Position, velocity, and acceleration are all related to each other via this calculus operation.
What is differentiation?
800
This 1998 Valve title is tied with its own sequel (and GTA V) for the highest reviewed PC game of all time on Metacritic.
What is Half Life?
800
Come From Away tells of the selfless hospitality of the citizens of Gander, New Foundland following this U.S. tragedy.
What is 9/11?
800
Sugar, bitters, water, whiskey.
What is an old fashioned?
1000
The 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens is one of many deep cultural changes immortalized in this 1971 folk rock classic.
What is "American Pie"?
1000
This three letter word describes a collection of elements. The theory surrounding it gets quite abstract!
What is a set?
1000
In this Zelda-inspired rogue-lite, the player takes the role of a crying five year-old who must tackle his fear of his mother and her extreme Christian indoctrination.
What is The Binding of Isaac?
1000
This musical tragedy set in the height of the Vietnam War is based on the 1904 opera Madame Butterfly.
What is Miss Saigon?
1000
Gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, crème de mûre.
What is a bramble?