Movies
"The first rule of __________ is, you do not talk about __________"
What is Fight Club (1999)?
Every episode of NBC's iconic late-night sketch show begins with a cold open that ends with a cast member shouting, "Live from New York, it's..."
What is Saturday Night Live?
Famous for their hyper-symmetrical camera angles and pastel color palettes.
Who is Wes Anderson?
The process of recreating everyday sound effects in post-production to add realism to movies, TV shows, and video games.
What is Foley?
A dark fantasy film about a lonely girl who discovers a sinister, parallel version of her parents behind a secret door.
What is Coraline (2009)?
"Stop trying to make fetch happen!" is one of the most quoted lines from this 2004 Tina Fey-scripted teen comedy starring Lindsay Lohan.
What is Mean Girls (2004)?
Uploaded in 2005 by co-founder Jawed Karim, an 18-second clip titled "Me at the zoo" was the very first video uploaded to this massive video-sharing platform.
What is YouTube?
After starring in a popular sketch comedy show, this filmmaker won an Oscar for writing his smash-hit 2017 directorial debut.
Who is Jordan Peele?
The process where actors re-record their lines in a quiet studio to fix bad set audio.
What is Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR)?
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, this 2001 Studio Ghibli masterpiece follows a young girl named Chihiro who enters a magical world of spirits.
What is Spirited Away (2001)?
Directed by the Coen brothers, this 1998 cult classic follows a laid-back slacker known as "The Dude" who just wants his stolen rug back because "it really tied the room together."
What is The Big Lebowski (1998)?
Running for 10 seasons, this mega-hit sitcom follows a close-knit group of six friends navigating their twenties and thirties in New York City.
What is Friends?
Famous for matching sharp comedic editing to kinetic soundtracks, this British filmmaker directed the cult-classic horror comedy, Shaun of the Dead (2004).
Who is Edgar Wright?
Sound designer Ben Burtt created the heavy, mechanical breathing of this Sci-Fi villain by placing a small microphone inside a scuba diving regulator.
Who is Darth Vader?
This groundbreaking animated masterpiece introduced a multiverse of alternate-reality heroes, winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)?
Directed by Barry Jenkins, this 2016 coming-of-age drama told in three chapters became the first film with an all-Black cast and the first LGBTQ+ film to win Best Picture.
What is Moonlight (2016)?
Held in 1960 and watched by over 60 million people, this iconic matchup marked the first-ever televised U.S. presidential debate.
What is Kennedy vs. Nixon?
To finance his directorial debut, this filmmaker famously sold his original screenplay for the 1993 film True Romance.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
This famous stock audio clip of a man screaming has been used in over 400 films, including almost every Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies.
What is the Wilhelm Scream?
This low-budget Adult Swim animated comedy follows the surreal daily lives of a talking milkshake, a bag of fries, and a meatball.
What is Aqua Teen Hunger Force?
Directed by Greta Gerwig, this 2017 coming-of-age film stars Saoirse Ronan as a Sacramento high school senior who gives herself the artistic name _________.
What is Lady Bird (2017)?
Known as "the most trusted man in America," this legendary CBS anchor famously signed off his evening news broadcasts with the phrase, "And that's the way it is."
Who is Walter Cronkite?
Know for their distinct visual style exploring internet culture and media obsession, this director helmed the acclaimed A24 psychological drama, I Saw the TV Glow (2024).
Who is Jane Schoenbrun?
This German composer is known for blending traditional orchestral arrangements with modern electronic and synth sounds in films like Interstellar and Dune.
Who is Hans Zimmer?
Originally launched as a crude flash animation on the internet in 2003, this foul-mouthed cartoon about a dysfunctional musical rock band created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett won a Guinness World Record.
What is Gorillaz?