Famous Vessel Sinkings
This is the famous boat sinking you were initially thinking of.
What is...
the RMS Titanic?
This Kryptonian smashed the 2025 box office, making over $600 million dollars to date.
What is...
Superman?
More mouse bites!! Hugh Laurie plays the misanthropic genius Doctor House in this Fox medical drama.
What is...
House, M.D.?
Taylor Swift compares these two musicians and the titular actress to an unnamed musician (likely Sabrina Carpenter) on the 16th song of The Tortured Poet's Department.
Who are...
Clara Bow, Stevie Nicks, and Taylor Swift?
The 33rd president of the United States serves as the first two words in Billy Joel's seminal 1989 rock ballad "We Didn't Start the Fire".
Who is...
Harry Truman?
This Titanic-seeking submarine sank in June 2023.
What is...
the Titan Submersible?
This Bruckheimer production stars Brad Pitt as an aging athlete tasked with saving a failing sports team.
What is...
F1?
The Gilmore Girls Season 2 finale include Rory kissing Jess for the first time, and Lorelai getting a surprise visit from this man, who ends up leaving after discovering his girlfriend is pregnant.
Who is...
Christopher?
After an incident at the 2009 VMA awards, Kanye West called Taylor Swift this animal, which would then become part of the iconography for her next album, Reputation.
What is a...
snake?
This 80s pop star and Gary native is referenced with the line "rock and roller cola wars", where he infamously was set on fire during the recording of a Pepsi commercial.
Who is...
Micheal Jackson?
The legend of this Great Lakes Freighter lives on in an aptly titled Gordon Lightfoot song.
What is...
the SS Edmund Fitzgerald?
Nothing to see here! Liam Neeson fills the shoes as protagonist in The Naked Gun, playing this bumbling detective.
Who is...
Lieutenant Frank Drebin?
Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called this.
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground is where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight, and my mom got scared
And said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in a town called this."
I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kiss, and then she gave me my ticket
I put my Walkman on and said, "I might as well kick it"
First class, yo, this is bad
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass
Is this what the people of a town called this living like?
Hmm, this might be all right
But wait, I hear they're prissy, bourgeois, and all that
Is this the type of place that they should send this cool cat?
I don't think so, I'll see when I get there
I hope they're prepared for the Prince of a town called this.
What is...
Bel-Air?
There goes the last great American Dynasty! Taylor Swift bought Holiday House in Rhode Island from this wealthy industrialist family.
What are...
The Rockefellers?
In verse 6, Billy Joel rhymes "heavy metal suicide" with this person's name, notably the first American woman in space.
Who is...
Sally Ride?
This sinking of the British cruise ship RMS Lusitania brought this nation into Allied Powers during World War I.
What is...
The United States of America?
Call the Dallas Cowboys! This mixture of Football and Horror starring Marlon Wayans received mixed reviews from audiences.
What is...
Him?
"Would you prefer AM or FMMMMM?" says Mr. Moseby in The Suite Life of Zach and Cody after London Tipton mistakenly calls the gear shift of her car this.
What is...
the PRNDL?
When "Abigail called me with the bad news", Taylor was most likely referring to high-school friend Jeff Lang on this song.
What is...
Ruin the Friendship?
In verse 4 of "We Didn't Start The Fire", Billy Joel sings about Richard Nixon's visit with Zhou Enlai to this rapidly industrializing country.
What is...
China?
On the morning of December 6th, 1917, two ships collided in the harbor of this Canadian port city. The explosion was the largest man-made detonation until the bombing of Hiroshima.
What is...
Halifax?
Zǎoshang hǎo zhōngguó! This is the top grossing film of 2025, grossing over $2 billion dollars at the box office.
What is...
Ne Zha 2?
Christopher Moltisanti and Paulie Walnuts get lost in this New Jersey forest chasing down a Soviet Spec Ops guerilla in what is widely considered to be the best episode of The Sopranos.
What is...
The Pine Barrens?
In the Taylor's Version of Speak Now's "Better Than Revenge" the problematic line "She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress, woah" is replaced with this line.
What is...
"He was a moth to the flame. She was holding the matches, woah."
"Liston beats Patterson" refers to Sonny Liston beating Floyd Paterson in this sport greatly popularized by America.
What is...
Boxing?