Pop Culture
This artist’s tour became the first ever to gross over $1 billion
Taylor Swift
In Minecraft, you need a diamond pickaxe to mine this purple-black volcanic glass.
Obsidian
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Often called the "powerhouse of the cell," it generates most of the chemical energy.
Mitochondria
A triangle with three sides of equal length is called this
Equilateral
This NBA superstar is the all-time leading scorer in league history.
LeBron James
This is the smallest continent by land area.
Australia)
In The Hunger Games, this character is "the girl on fire."
Katniss Everdeen
This company created the iPhone and the Mac.
Apple
A collapsed star with gravity so strong that even light cannot escape.
Black Hole
"I am your father" is a famous (and often misquoted) line from this franchise.
Star Wars
If you’re running a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second
This 5-letter term refers to the money you earn before taxes and deductions are taken out of your paycheck.
Gross (as in Gross Income)
This short-form video app’s "FYP" algorithm is famous for knowing exactly what you want to watch.
TikTok
This Nintendo franchise features a protagonist named Link who rarely speaks.
The Legend of Zelda
This "Great" wall was built to protect China from these northern invaders.
Xiongnu, Khitans, and Mongols
This is the most abundant element in the entire universe.
Hydrogen
In the equation y = mx + b, the letter m represents this.
Slope
A "hat trick" in soccer or hockey refers to scoring this many goals.
Three
Which country has the largest population in the world as of 2024?
India
A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile
This "AI" chatbot created by OpenAI started the current tech revolution in 2022.
ChatGPT
This is the name of the boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape.
The Event Horizon
This HBO show features the warring families of Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen.
Game of Thrones
What has keys but can't open locks, and has space but no room?
A Keyboard
In the context of a car or health insurance policy, this is the specific amount of money you must pay out-of-pocket before the insurance company starts to pay.
Deductible
his 2024 film starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman saved the MCU’s box office.
Deadpool & Wolverine
The most-watched esport in the world, where players battle in the "Summoner’s Rift."
League of Legends
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, gave this group the right to vote.
Women
When an object stays at rest unless acted upon by an external force, it is demonstrating this physical property.
Inertia
This is the square root of 225
15
This city hosted the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Paris
This mountain range contains the world's highest peak, Mt. Everest.
The Himalayas
He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth
William Shakespeare
In computer science, this 8-bit unit of data is the basic building block of memory.
Byte
This is the name of the most famous comet that visits Earth every 75–76 years.
Halley’s Comet
This 2025 live-action remake of a 2002 Disney film features a genetically engineered blue alien and his "Ohana."
Lilo & Stitch
A farmer has 17 sheep; all but 9 die. How many are left?
9
When moving into an apartment, you usually pay this "deposit" upfront to cover any potential damages to the property.
Security Deposit
This singer/actress starred in the 2024 Wicked movie as Glinda the Good Witch.
Ariana Grande
Rockstar Games set the internet on fire by announcing the sixth installment of this series.
Grand Theft Auto
This 19th-century conflict remains the deadliest war in American history.
The Civil War
This type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
Igneous
The sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is always this many degrees.
360
In American football, this is the number of points awarded for a safety.
2
This is the only country that is also a continent.
Australia
This dystopian novel by George Orwell introduced the concept of "Big Brother."
1984
This coding language, named after a snake, is the most popular for beginners.
Python
A "Light Year" is a measurement of this.
Distance
In the show The Last of Us, this character is immune to the Cordyceps fungus.
Ellie
The more of this there is, the less you see.
Darkness
This is the three-digit number (usually between 300 and 850) that lenders use to decide how "trustworthy" you are to borrow money.
Credit Score (or FICO Score)
This 2024 album by Billie Eilish features the hit singles "LUNCH" and "BIRDS OF A FEATHER."
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
This 2023 Game of the Year is based on the Dungeons & Dragons universe.
Baldur’s Gate 3
This 14th-century pandemic wiped out nearly half of Europe’s population.
The Black Death / Bubonic Plague
In the periodic table, the vertical columns are known as "groups," while the horizontal rows are called this.
Periods
In a right triangle, the square of the longest side is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, per this theorem.
Pythagorean Theorem
This female gymnast has won more World Championship medals than any other gymnast in history.
Simone Biles
This African river is generally regarded as the longest in the world.
The Nile
In the Harry Potter series, this is the name of the map that shows everyone’s location within Hogwarts.
The Marauder's Map
This term refers to a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across many computers, and is the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain
The name of the galaxy that is on a collision course with our Milky Way.
Andromeda
n the 2024 film Inside Out 2, this orange-colored emotion arrives at Headquarters as Riley enters her teenage years, quickly becoming the leader of the new emotions.
Anxiety
What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary?
"Incorrectly"
In the world of investing, "ROI" stands for this 3-word phrase which measures how much profit you made compared to what you spent.
Return on Investment