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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"?
Ugg
“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?
Blu-ray
What Will Wright created video game series released in 2000 (with sequels in 2004, 2009, and 2014) saw players watching and directing characters to mundane things like eating, sleeping, and cleaning their houses?
The Sims
E.L. James's erotic "Fifty Shades of Grey" was originally created as fan fiction for what book/movie series about vampires?
Twilight
Flaunt Your Fashion is a 2022 video game whose characters are based on what brand of dolls that debuted in 2001 and instantly became known for their pouty-lipped faces?
Bratz Dolls
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?
iPod
Oh, say, say, say! What band with a triple exclamatory name had a hit with 2003’s “Maps?”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Worn regularly by Paris Hilton in the 2000s, the fashion brand Juicy Couture is best known for producing what rhinestoned, velour, two-piece outfits?
Tracksuits
Before creating the hit Netflix show Orange is the New Black, Jenji Kohan created what Showtime series, which was set in the conservative suburb of Agrestic, California, and premiered in 2005?
Weeds
What popular publication targeted at teenage girls and young women was first published in 2003 as a "sister publication" to a well-known magazine?
Teen Vogue
Nike co-founder Phil Knight's son Travis was a lead animator for a 2009 film that was nominated by the Visual Effects Society for best "Character Animation in a Feature Production." What was the name of this stop-motion animated fantasy film based on a 2002 novel by Neil Gaiman?
Coraline
What word, describing a channel for creativity and communication arising out of the Internet age, was Merriam-Webster's top Word of the Year in 2004?
Blog
The iPod, launched in 2001, was named by freelance copywriter Vinnie Chieco, based on images from what movie?
2001: A Space Odyssey
Made of chenille and equipped with transformative velcro straps, what toys--or decorative home goods, depending on how you look at it--were invented by entrepreneur Jennifer Telfer in 2003?
Pillow Pets
Fountains of Wayne frontman Adam Schlesinger wrote several of the songs featured in what 2001 film, which was loosely based on both an Archie Comics series and a Hanna-Barbera cartoon?
Josie and the Pussycats
In 2002, which 3D game in the Nintendo franchise was released for GameCube and took players on an adventure around Isle Delfino?
Super Mario Sunshine
What color did one of the Project Runway contestants claim was red in a now often memed moment?
Blood orange
What makes April 25th the perfect date?
"It’s not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket."
Which tiny iPod model was marketed for runners and people on the go?
The iPod Shuffle
What device allowed you to never miss your favorite TV shows ever again?
TiVo
One of the top five television series of the 2000s according to IMDb.com, what miniseries about an army regiment in Europe during W.W.II was created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who also acted as executive producers?
Band of Brothers
With an assist from Timbaland, Nelly Furtado became the first Canadian woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the 2000s with what 2006 single that really got around to a lot of radio stations?
Promiscuous
Which Disney star actually released a self-titled album a year after her 2003 pop debut “Metamorphosis” which featured hits like “So Yesterday” and “Coming Clean?”
Hilary Duff
French actress Audrey Tautou is perhaps best known in the United States for playing what whimsical waitress in a namesake 2001 film?
Amelie
"A History of Violence" (2006) was the last Hollywood movie to be released in what format? It dates back to 1976.
VHS