Pop Culture
What year was the first ever black president elected in the United States?
What is 2008?
Who is Barry Bonds?
Reflecting the artist's real name, "The Marshall Mathers EP," which features songs like "Stan" and "Kim," is a 2000 studio album by what one-named rap star?
Who is Eminem?
What actress won an Best Actress Academy Award (for "The Blind Side") in 2010, the same year she won a Golden Raspberry (Razzie) award for Worst Actress (for "All About Steve")?
Who is Sandra Bullock?
The American version of the show "The Office" premiered on NBC in 2005. The show takes place in which Pennsylvania city?
What is Scranton?
“50 First Dates,” “Hitch,” and “The Fifth Element” were among the first films that were released on what new colorfully-named disc format on June 20, 2006?
What is blu-ray?
This team was historically bad before winning their first Super Bowl in 2002. What team is it?
Who are the New England Patriots?
2003 was when Beyoncé Knowles become simply Beyoncé. That was the year she released her first solo album, “Dangerously In Love,” after splitting from which girl group that ruled the ‘90s?
What is Destiny's Child?
A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, and Nights in Rodanthe were all 2000s films set in North Carolina's Outer Banks and based on best-selling novels by what writer?
Who is Nicholas Sparks?
The subject of many recent internet memes, a 2007 episode of what Nickelodeon teen sitcom features the two title characters trapped in a newly-built treehouse after forgetting to cut out a doorway?
What is Drake & Josh?
Founded by an Australian surfer in California who longed for the soft sheepskin boots of his youth, what American boot brand took off in 2003 after being featured as one of Oprah's "favorite things"?
What is Ugg?
The Red Sox broke this curse when they won the World Series in 2004. What is it called?
What is the Curse of Bambino?
In 2002, Justin Guarini finished in second place to what future superstar in the inaugural season of American Idol?
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
In 2006, which star hot off “Mean Girls” starred in a rom-com called “Just My Luck” with Chris Pine?
Who is Lindsay Lohan?
In “Friends,” Ross famously lets Rachel’s name slip when he’s saying his wedding vows to his second wife. What was her first name?
What is Emily?
Which celebrity/socialite admitted that her early 2000s catchphrase—“that’s hot”—was a favorite of her sister Nicky’s, but she ran with it and eventually trademarked it?
This player was stabbed 11 times in 2000 but went on to play every game in the 2000-2001 NBA season. Who was it?
Who is Paul Pierce?
One of the biggest hits of 2003, "Bring Me to Life" was recorded by what rock band whose name is a synonym for "impermanence?"
What is Evanescence?
Nathalia Ramos, Skyler Shaye, Logan Browning, and Janel Parrish starred in a 2007 film based on what line of "fashion-forward" kids' dolls?
What is Bratz?
The songs "Hey Mama" by the Black Eyed Peas, "Technologic" by Daft Punk, and "Vertigo" by U2 appear in a series of commercials featuring black silhouettes dancing in front of brightly coloured backgrounds. What product, released in 2001, were these commercials created to advertise?
What is iPod?
What is Livestrong?
This BCS bowl game included Boise State and Oklahoma in 2007. What is it called?
What is the Fiesta Bowl?
In the year 2000, Kentwood, Louisiana opened a museum dedicated to which 18-year-old songstress who, along with her siblings Bryan and Jamie Lynn, calls the town home?
Who is Britney Spears?
"The Devil Wears Prada", starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep, debuted in what year?
What is 2006?
The last episode of series Friends went to air in 2004. The character Chandler had the last line of the series at the end of the episode which was only one word. What was that word?
What is "where"?