Spooky
This green ogre voiced by Mike Myers just wants people to stay out of his swamp.
Shrek
What 2004 cult classic movie produced iconic high school quotes like "On Wednesdays we wear pink" and "That's so fetch"?
Mean Girls
If Genghis Khan had an Instagram, this animal would definitely be in almost every single one of his photos.
Horse
What Italian merchant spent over two decades in Eurasia, served in the court of Kublai Khan, and wrote a widely read travelogue that ignited European commercial interest in Asia?
Marco Polo
Which Marvel superhero's fictional home country of Wakanda is famous for rich mineral wealth, similar to Mali's gold reserves?
Black Panther / T'Challa?
This Andean empire relied on the mandatory m'ita labor draft to build its mountain roads.
Inca
This syncretic language developed on the East African coast by combining Bantu grammar with Arabic vocabulary.
Swahili
n 1932, the military of Australia lost an actual declared "war" against what large, flightless native bird population?
This fast-food chicken chain is famously closed every single Sunday nationwide.
Chick-fil-A
What Moroccan Islamic scholar and judge traveled over 73,000 miles across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, recording detailed notes on the Islamic world?
Ibn Battuta
What 1518 phenomenon in Strasbourg, France, saw hundreds of people compulsively dance in the streets for days on end without stopping, resulting in several deaths from exhaustion?
Dancing Plague
What is the only mammal on Earth capable of true, sustained flight (not just gliding)?
bat
In the classic slasher franchise Scream, what iconic mask does the killer wear while asking victims, "What's your favorite scary movie?
Ghostface
Disney’s Pocahontas heavily romanticizes the historical interactions between the Powhatan nation and this English settlement.
Jamestown
What massive Hindu temple complex in the Khmer Empire was built in the 12th century and later gradually transformed into a Buddhist site?
Ankor Wat
What common household fruit is technically a berry, radioactive due to its potassium content, and botanically classified as an herb?
banana
In 2019, an Australian man called emergency services to report a suspected robbery, only to realize this animal had snuck into his house and eaten his entire block of cheese.
possum
Taylor Swift's song "Gold Rush" references this 1920s classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The Great Gatsby?
Which famous magician and escape artist dramatically died on Halloween night in 1926?
Harry Houdini?
In a dataset, this term describes the value that appears most frequently.
Mode
In The Office, Dwight Schrute runs a family farm that primarily grows this root vegetable.
beets
In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen hails from this coal-mining district.
District 12
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington holds this official title in Halloween Town.
Pumpkin King
In 1998, the NSA banned this talking, furry electronic toy from its headquarters over fears it was spying.
Furby
In Inside Out 2, this new orange emotion takes over Riley's mind as she enters high school.
Anxiety