Google: Year In Review
World Trade Center, Harry Potter, Anthrax
What is 2001?
Audio-Technica is one company still making this device used to listen to music. Time to break out those 33s, 45s, and even 78s
What is a turntable?
Alan Nguyen almost always selects this leader whose unique district is a Hansa when he plays
Who is Frederick Barbarossa?
Set up in 1923 as an advertisement for new homes in this city, the Hollywood sign originally had "land" at the end until it was dropped in 1949
What is Los Angeles, California?
Now seen as a beloved Italian plumber whose games have sold over 800 million copies worldwide, he got his start in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong as "Jumpman"
Who is Mario?
Pokemon Go, Donald Trump, Prince
What is 2016?
It's commonly used to allow only one person to pass at a time
What is a turnstile?
Often regarded as one of the best Great People in the game, he grants a free economic policy card slot in vanilla Civ (he also wrote The Wealth of Nations)
Who is Adam Smith?
Remember the Alamo! Though severely outnumbered, troops fortified within the Alamo successfully defended it after thirteen days of fighting in this city
What is San Antonio, Texas?
Players of this popular board game have to reach a certain amount of "Victory points" to win by acquire certain resources to build, trade, and buy certain cards with
What is (The Settlers of) Catan?
Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, Xbox 360
What is 2005?
This adjective comes from the Latin for "of the night"
What is nocturnal?
Once you research apprenticeship, you unlock the ability to upgrade your Swordsman to this medieval era melee unit (if you're Japan, you get a samurai instead)
What is a Man-At-Arms?
Starting in 2014 and lasting just under five years, the water crisis at this city exposed upwards to an estimated 12,000 children to lead
What is Flint, Michigan?
Typically set or themed to music are these types of games that aim to challenge a player's accuracy and speed among other things
What are rhythm games?
Robin Williams, Ebola, Malaysia Airlines
What is 2014?
A person who is reserved or uncommunicative in speech is said to be this
What is taciturn?
Players who want a challenge -- but not that extreme of a challenge -- in Civ VI can choose to play at this difficulty level that is one step easier than deity
What is immortal?
This city is home to the longest one-word state capital in the United States
What is Indianapolis, Indiana?
Once the best selling video game of all time, this game which features seven different blocks was developed by Russian programmer Alexey Pajitnov and published worldwide without permission
What is Tetris?
iPhone, Transformers, YouTube
What is 2007?
It is another word used to describe a person who is melancholic
What is saturnine?
Running out of places to build farms on? No worries, this civic in the Industrial Era allows you to build farms on hills
What is civil engineering?
The creators of the hit television series South Park based the setting off this real city in the Centennial State (hint: the name is two syllables and can mean respect for the rules)
What is Fairplay, Colorado?
In 1972 the video game industry was forever changed when the first video game console, the Magnavox this, was released to the public
What is Odyssey?