21st Century
Video Games
Video Games
Beautiful Beasts
Literature
Geography
Quotable Women
100
This game, manufactured by Mojang, forces one to think out of the "box"
Minecraft
100
This African animal shares part of its name with an American plains behemoth, although less parched
What is a water buffalo?
100
This novel by Ken Kesey is set in a mental hospital
What is "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
100
This is a state of political division based on social or other arbitrary lines
What is apartheid?
100
Concerning her 1949 nude calendar photos this actress said It's not true I had nothing on; I had the radio on
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
200
Referring to a false promise, "The cake is a lie" became famous meme that sprang from this Valve game
What is Portal?
200
This boreal animal is known to have fewer than 600 wild specimens remaining.
What is the Siberian Tiger?
200
Kobayashi Issa mastered this form; Robert Hass translated one as Don't worry spiders / I keep house / casually
What is the Haiku?
200
This river has a major tributary, the Missouri
What is The Mississippi River?
200
On August 10 1945 this former First Lady wrote The times now call for mankind as a whole to rise to great heights
Who is ELEANOR ROOSEVELT?
300
It may be a surprise to some, but the titular character of this game is actually a Princess, and not the green-clad mini-man, Link
What is the Legend of Zelda?
300
This comfy undersea dweller shares many characteristics with its relatives, squid and octopi, including the ability to change color.
What is the cuddlefish?
300
In Les Miserables, he is imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread
Who is Jean Valjean?
300
This is the term for the act of leaving a political union
Secession
300
"Love you, Hate dogs" or, "Remember who you are"
Who is LORAC? <3
400
Revived in full color in 2019, this old-school Sony Character is famous for his outlandish exclamations: such as, "#*$)%*@_"
Who is Q*bert?
400
This animal was often held in the stores of ships at sea because they were able to withstand famine for many moons, and could be prepared fresh at any time!
What is a tortoise, or Giant tortoise?
400
This novel is about Ignatius J. Reilly, the Don Quixote of the French Quarter
What is A Confederacy of Dunces?
400
When a hill or mountain has an abrupt leveling off point for a great distance, it is called this
What is a plateau?
400
This Bronte sister revealed in an 1840s letter I am neither a man nor a woman but an author
Who is Charlotte Bronte?
500
A successor to the Wii, and Wii U, this Nintendo console has been selling like hotcakes during the coronavirus pandemic.
What is the Nintendo Switch?
500
When this animal was first discovered (by colonialists), its discovery was printed far and wide in Europe as it had been considered a manmade myth for decades.
What is a Gorilla?
500
Upton Sinclair refers to the Chicago stockyards as Packingtown in this 1906 novel
What is "The Jungle"?
500
The Sunrise Kingdom refers to this modern day island nation.
What is Japan?
500
She told Ernest Hemingway You are all a lost generation
Who is Gertrude Stein?