The Golden Age of Internet Memes
From Broadway to Hollywood
Gambling
Small Screen Period Pieces
One-Hit Wonders of the 2010s
English Loanwords by Original Language
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The earliest known instance of this challenge came in 2001, when Erik Goodlad attempted to eat a tablespoon of a certain spice without spitting it out or vomiting
What is the Cinnamon Challenge?
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In the original 1987 production of Fences, James Earl Jones played the lead role of Troy Maxson... for the 2010 revival and the 2016 film adaptation, this actor played that role
Who is Denzel Washington?
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In the 2008 film 21, Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth get rich by counting cards playing this table game
What is blackjack?
400
The story of a 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster is retold in this 2019 HBO miniseries
What is Chernobyl?
400
The only hit for Gotye was this song from 2011, which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year
What is "Somebody That I Used to Know"?
400
rabbi, sabbatical, golem
What is Hebrew?
800
Until 2010, the first "friend" anyone would have upon joining Myspace was this person, the website's founder
Who is Tom Anderson (aka "Tom" -or- "Tom from Myspace")?
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This play, about a priest who might be getting too close to one of the students at his Catholic school, was adapted into a 2008 film starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman
What is Doubt?
800
In poker, the only hand that can beat a four-of-a-kind is this
What is a straight flush?
800
This series on the History Channel follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok and his descendents, who are warriors from medieval Scandinavia
What is Vikings?
800
The rapper Silentó urged us to watch him do these two things in 2015 with his song "Watch Me"
What is whip and nae-nae?
800
mahjong, kowtow, lychee
What is Chinese (Cantonese)?
1200
The first instance of this type of prank came in 2007 when a link to a preview for the newly released Grand Theft Auto IV actually led to the music video for "Never Gonna Give You Up"
What is Rickrolling?
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning play from 1953 about the Salem witch trials didn't get the Hollywood treatment until 1996
What is The Crucible?
1200
In Las Vegas parlance, this is sometimes called a "one-armed bandit"
What is a slot machine?
1200
ABC ran three miniseries (in '85, '86 and '94) based on John Jakes's North and South novels, all of which center around this war
What is the American Civil War?
1200
A popular internet meme developed in early 2013 when videos of people dancing to this song by Baauer began appearing on YouTube... the first half of the video was usually just one person in a helmet or mask doing the dancing
What is "Harlem Shake"?
1200
algebra, tahini, saffron
What is Arabic?
1600
This rapper, the host of MTV's "Pimp My Ride", became a meme in 2007 when an image of his face would be posted with a caption that usually began with the words "Yo dawg"
Who is Xzibit?
1600
Only two plays have won the Tony for Best Play, then been adapted into a Best Picture-winning film: A Man for All Seasons, and this one about duelling composers in the late 18th century
What is Amadeus?
1600
On a roulette wheel, the only numbers not colored red or black are these two
What are zero and double zero?
1600
Ciarán Hinds played Julius Caesar and James Purefoy played Mark Antony on this HBO series, which ran for two seasons from 2005 to 2007
What is Rome?
1600
EDM duo Duck Sauce only had one hit, this song from 2011 named after the director of Yentl
What is "Barbra Streisand"?
1600
jumbo, safari, marimba
What is Swahili?
2000
The Japanese video game Zero Wing earned its place in internet meme history when an English translation of its opening cutscene produced this seven-word phrase
What is "all your base are belong to us"?
2000
This 2007 play by Tracy Letts about the Weston family of Pawhuska, OK was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film in 2013
What is August: Osage County?
2000
James Bond is first introduced in the 1962 film Dr. No, where he is playing this card game
What is baccarat?
2000
The Showtime series Carnivàle was largely set in the Dust Bowl during the period of time in American history known as this
What is the Great Depression?
2000
Elle King, daughter of this comedian from SNL, hit #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015 with the song "Ex's & Oh's"
Who is Rob Schneider?
2000
khaki, shampoo, dungaree
What is Hindi?