Mythological Homophones
This sun god's name sounds like a descriptor of uncooked meat
What is Ra/Raw?
Traditional fortune-tellers gaze into these spheres
What are crystal balls?
"Jurassic Park" fans will surely know of this small, fast dinosaur with a huge claw on each foot
What is velociraptor?
When someone is "AFK" it means they are this.
What is "away from keyboard"?
The netflix adaptation of this anime involving a supernatural black journal was widely disliked.
What is Death Note?
When you are "capping", "posing", or being otherwise disingenous, you might be called this word, which sounds like this instrument used by Satyr's
What is a lyre/liar?
Popular since the 19th century, spirit talking boards were sold in 1966 in a Parker Brothers game version under this name
What are Ouija boards?
This dinosaur is known for having 3 huge horns. It also had spikes surrounding its sometimes nearly 10-foot-long skull
What is triceratops?
In a game you might encounter an NPC, which stands for this.
What is "non-playable character"?
The stage production of this volleyball anime ran from 2015-2019 and has received acclaim.
What is Haikyuu?
This Mayan rain god's name sounds like another name for calcium carbonate
what is Chaac/chalk?
Be careful when you come across one of these, a "double-goer" in German-- some can be evil & dangerous
What is a doppelganger?
This dinosaur with a spike tail & plates sticking out of its back was once thought to have 2 brains due to an enlargement in the spinal cord
What is stegosaurus?
The "III" version of "A.C.", this game, takes place in part in 1775 Colonial America
What is "assassin's creed"?
In the final fight scene of the movie "Scott Pilgrim Vs The World", the villain uses hand signs which reference this famous anime, who's titular character's name means "fish cake".
What is Naruto?
When your hairline recedes more, your description sounds like the name of this nearly invincible Norse god who appeared in the "God of War" series.
What is Baldur/Balder?
A type of medieval chemistry, it aimed in part to transmute base metals into gold
what is the alchemy?
This dinosaur was possibly the largest land animal of all time, and it's named after the home country of Lionel Messi and Manu Ginobili
What is Argentinosaurus?
Street Fighter players have nicknamed the "Shoryuken" as DP, which stands for this simplified translation of the move's japanese name
What is "Dragon Punch"?
Scarlett Johansson was controversially cast as the lead role in the 2017 film adaptation of this futuristic anime
What is Ghost in the Shell?
In 2019, this political event happened in Bolivia. It is also the title for a popular social deduction game. It sounds like the "first name" of this Irish mythological hero who appears in the "Persona" series.
What is Cú (in Cú Chulainn)/Coup?
These events, when a grouped tried communicating with spirits, were popular in Victorian days. The name of these events is the french word for "session".
Séance
This was the first dinosaur to be named and classified. Its name means "great lizard", similar to how the name of the largest predatory shark ever discovered means "great tooth".
Megalosaurus
In Portal, the main antagonist is GLaDOS. The "GLa" stands for "Genetic Lifeform and". The "DOS" (in homage to a Microsoft product) stands for this.
What is "Disk Operating System"?
In 2008, the Watchowskis directed a futuristic adaptiation of this racing anime with a two-word title, whose main character drives a white car with red lines on it.
What is Speed Racer (or Mach GoGoGo)?