GEN Z ICONS
MUSICAL HISTORY
WORD OF THE YEARS
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GAMES AND GAMING
100

DISNEY STAR TURNED SINGER, THIS POP ICON'S TIME IN THE LIMELIGHT IS EXPECTED TO ANYTHING BUT "SHORT N' SWEET".

Who is Sabrina Carpenter?

100

HAMILTON'S FRENCH COMPANION, THIS ARISTOCRAT CONTRIBUTED HEAVILY TO THE AMERICAN WIN AT YORKTOWN IN 1781.

Who is Marquis de Lafayette?

100

THIS SLANG TERM DESCRIBES THE SUPPOSED MENTAL OR INTELLECTUAL DECLINE RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO TRIVIAL OR UNCHALLENGING ONLINE CONTENT.

What is brain rot?
100

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH EXAGGERATES SOMETHING FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT.


What is a hyperbole?
100

IN MODERN SOCIETY, THIS 3-LETTER GAMING ACRONYM HAS COME TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO IS PERCEIVED TO LACK INDEPEN



What is NPC?
200

WITH HER CAMPAIGN, "FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE", THIS SWEDISH POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHALLENGES WORLD LEADERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

Who is Greta Thunberg?
200

THE NAMESAKE OF A CITY PREDOMINANTLY FEATURED IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, THIS IS THE FIRST NAME OF A MUSICAL SET AT EAST HIGH.


Who is Troy?

200

POP SINGER CHARLI XCX REDEFINED THIS WORD TO MEAN A CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT AND HEDONIST ATTITUDE, MOVING AWAY FROM NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS OF A SPOILED CHILD.


What is brat?
200

THIS WORD MEANS TWO WORDS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SIMILAR, LIKE "QUIET" AND "HUSHED".

What is a synonym?
200

THIS IPHONE GAME INVOLVES CREWMATES AND IMPOSTORS IN SPACE.


What is Among Us?
300
THIS DISNEY CHILD STAR-TURNED-SINGER WAS A POPULAR GEN Z ICON BEFORE SHE EVEN HAD HER "DRIVER'S LICENSE".
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
300

HER RUMOURED SURVIVAL FOLLOWING THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION INSPIRED A 1997 FILM AND A 2017 MUSICAL.

Who is Anastasia?
300

THE MERRIAN-WEBSTER WORD OF THE YEAR FOR 2022, THIS REFERS TO A TYPE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION WHERE SOMEONE TRIES TO MAKE ANOTHER PERSON DOUBT THEIR OWN SANITY, PERCEPTION OF REALITY OR MEMORIES.





What is gaslighting?

300

THIS 13-LETTER WORD MEANS A WORD MADE BY COMBINING PARTS OF TWO OTHERS, LIKE "BRUNCH".



What is a portmanteau?
300

THIS FANTASY TABLETOP ROLE-PLAYING GAME FEATURED PREDOMINANTLY IN SEASON ONE OF NETFLIX'S 2016 TV SHOW STRANGER THINGS.

What is Dungeons and Dragons?

400

THIS WOMAN BECAME THE FIRST GEN Z WOMAN TO WIN BEST ACTRESS FOR "ANORA" IN 2025.

Who is Mikey Madison?

400

THIS 2013 DISNEY MOVIE MUSICAL IS SAID TO BE LOOSELY BASED ON THE FAIRYTALE THE SNOW QUEEN BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON.


 

What is Frozen?

400

THIS TWO-WORD EVOCATIVE IMAGE DESCRIBES A CATASTROPHICALLY BAD SITUATION, TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSALVAGEABLE.


What is dumpster fire?
400

A WORD LIKE JUMBO SHRIMP OR DEAFENING SILENCE IS THIS TYPE OF CONTRADICTION.


What is an oxymoron?
400

The acronym FPS stands for these two things that can be related to gaming.

What is First Person Shooting and Frames Per Second?

500
EVEN HARD-CORE FANS OF THIS EUPHORIA AND SPIDER MAN STAR WOULD SHOCKED TO FIND OUT SHE HAS A LAST NAME: COLEMAN.
Who is Zendaya?
500
HAD SHE BEEN REAL, MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS FEMINIST ICON WOULD HAVE CONCEIVABLY MET THE CEO OF META DURING THEIR TIME AT UNIVERSITY TOGETHER.
Who is Elle Woods?
500

THIS FRENCH SOUNDING WORD CAME INTO PROMINENCE IN 2024, MEANING "RESERVED, MODEST AND SHY" (TYPICALLY USED OF A WOMAN).


What is demure?
500

THIS IS THE FANCY NAME FOR A WORD THAT IMITATES A SOUND, LIKE BUZZ OR SIZZLE.



What is Onamatopoeia?
500

THE HORROR GAME SERIES FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S TAKES PLACE IN A HAUNTED VERSION OF THIS LOCATION.

What is a pizza restaurant?