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This company famously fumbled opportunities to acquire Google and Facebook in the 2000s, but they did acquire tumblr, whose value dropped from 1 billion to just 3 million USD.
What is Yahoo?
The Dark Knight shared part of its title with the third film in the trilogy, but did not share part of its title with this, the first.
What is Batman Begins?
I was surprised to find that they have no standardized name, but "wheel chock", "stop", or "bumper" are among the names Wikipedia calls the thing that you can find in this kind of spot.
What is a parking spot?
Kal Penn
What is Hinduism?
Twilight, Divergent, The Hunger Games
What is Twilight (2005), The Hunger Games (2008), Divergent (2011)?
This French word meaning an appointed meeting, literally means to "render yourself [there]."
What is rendezvous?
This African-American guitarist is usually considered by most publications to be the greatest of all time, and was a member of the infamous 27 club.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
In the height of the "Cola Wars" in the late 80s and early 90s, Pepsi partnered with Michael Jackson for musical commercials, while Coca-Cola turned to this singer, dancer, and future American Idol judge.
Who is Paula Abdul?
This crime and horror novel, later adapted into an award-winning film, is the sequel to the less popular Red Dragon, itself adapted into a film titled Manhunter.
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
This is the name for the day after tomorrow.
What is an overmorrow?
Ken Jennings
What is Latter-Day Saint (Mormon)?
What is Russia (1917), China (1927), Cuba (1953)?
One of the most infamous loanwords in the English language is this military rank, whose spelling comes from Italian but pronunciation comes from French.
What is "colonel"?
This Mexican guitarist frequents lists of greatest guitar players, and his 1999 single "Smooth" featuring vocals by Rob Thomas is the 2nd most successful song in Billboard history.
Who is Carlos Santana?
This company is often credited with the decline of Blockbuster, as it was able to obtain 25% of the physical DVD retail market share while saving on employee and real estate costs with its DVD vending machines.
What is Redbox?
Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander is Frank Miller's 2018 sequel and prequel to this historical fiction series.
What is 300?
This is the little plastic thing that holds your shoelace together...making them was the dream job of Beautiful Gorgeous from Jimmy Neutron.
What are aglets?
Jesus
What is Judaism?
Dracula, Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
What is Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), Dracula (1897)?
This Sanskrit word, referring to Hindu deities taking on physical forms, gained more widespread use during the early days of the internet.
What is "avatar"?
In the Jonas Brothers, this brother played lead guitar.
Who is Kevin?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a delivery-only online company called "Pasqually's Pizza & Wings" was revealed to be a rebrand of this pizza place.
What is Chuck E. Cheese?
This sequel to William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is named after the main characters, who are eventually defeated by Octavius, the soon-to-be Augustus Caesar. (who for whatever reason has been mentioned in Jeopardy more often than Godzilla I believe)
What is Antony and Cleopatra?
This somewhat pejorative name refers to the turntable that allows convenient distribution of served food, particularly in Chinese restaurants.
What is a Lazy Susan?
Irrfan Khan
What is Islam?
Stanford University, Yale University, Harvard University
What is Harvard (1636), Yale (1701), Stanford (1891)
This word, which I used to think was Japanese, actually comes from Italian and means "a small appearance", referring to both physical size or duration.
What is a "cameo"?
Though mainly known as a pop musician, this guitarist is also well-respected due to this virtuosic technical playing, demonstrated in songs such as Neon.
Who is John Mayer?
The success of Universal Studio's immersive Harry Potter lands led to Disney, who famously rejected the IP and concept, to create these two fully immersive lands where all merchandise, food, and drink had to have narrative, in-universe justification.
What are Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Pandora: The World of Avatar?
The title of this sequel to Stephen King's The Shining refers to a grown-up Danny Torrance, the main character.
What is Dr. Sleep?
This is the name for the dot that goes on top of an "i" or a "j". (I'll give you a hint: the word itself includes one!)
What is a "tittle"?
Tiger Woods
What is Buddhism?
Rings of Saturn, Sharks on Earth, Trees on Earth, Dinosaurs on Earth
What is Sharks (450 MYA), Trees (385 MYA), Dinosaurs (240 MYA), Rings of Saturn (100 MYA)?
A common theory is that this food item, though spelled very differently, can trace its etymology to various Chinese dialects.
What is "Ketchup"?
This inventor was not a guitar player himself, but through his eponymous company created the world's first commercially successful mass market electric guitars and electric basses.
Who is Leo Fender?
In the aftermath of the "Chicken Sandwich Wars" of 2019, Popeyes became the second largest chicken restaurant by sales, surpassing this franchise while still trailing far behind this other franchise.
What are KFC and Chick-Fil-A?
Joseph Heller's 1961 Catch-22 introduced a new idiom to the English language, but this lesser-regarded 1994 sequel to the novel probably didn't influence the 1998 pop hit of the same name.
What is Closing Time?
This is the name of the little metal part that holds the eraser to the pencil, or the hairs of the brush to the handle.
What is a "ferrule"?
Freddie Mercury
What is Zoroastrianism?
Basketball, Lacrosse, Volleyball, Pickleball
What is Lacrosse (1100), Basketball (1891), Volleyball (1895), Pickleball (1965)?
The name of this animal is an anglicized corruption of the Spanish phrase "the lizard" mashed up into one word.
What is alligator (el lagarto)?
This young Polish flamenco player gained international attention after reaching the semi-finals of America's Got Talent, featuring on Will Smith's "First Love", and co-composing Mihawk's theme for the One Piece live action Netflix adaptation.
Who is Marcin?