Internet Phenomena
Taken from a webcomic published in 2013, this image of an anthropomorphic dog at a table drinking a cup of coffee in a room that is fully on fire, is now a massively popular meme named after this comment the dog makes about its situation.
What is “this is fine”
What Italian actress had her breakthrough role as a troubled nightclub singer in the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet?
Who is Isabella Rosselini
This term describes the phenomenon where the ocean absorbs atmospheric CO2, leading to a decrease in its pH.
What is ocean acidification
This model turned TV personality is known for her food-focused series, cookbooks, and memoir called “Love, Loss, and what we Ate”
Who is Padma Lakshmi
This TikTok sub community is credited with reviving interest in reading among Gen Z and caused bookstore shelves to sell out overnight.
What is Booktok
What groundbreaking international film from the year 2000 won 4 Academy Awards and brought the wuxia genre to a wider audience?
What is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
What key component in a solar panel converts sunshine into electricity?
What is Silicone
This chef is best known for Beef Bourguignon and her cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”
Who is Julia Child?
In 2021, at the Inauguration of Joe Biden, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders went viral after an iconic photo of him was taken wearing a parka, a face mask and what else?
What is mittens
This South Korean film, directed by Bong Joon-ho, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020.
What is "Parasite"
These cyclical variations in Earth's orbit, including eccentricity, obliquity, and precession, influence long-term climate patterns.
What are Milankovitch cycles
This California chef is well known for her seminal cookbook “Salt Fat Acid Heat”
Who is Samin Nosrat
In 2020, a TikTok video went viral of man casually skateboarding and sipping cranberry juice listening to this Fleetwood Mac song, leading to a spike in the song’s popularity.
What is Dreams
This Mexican director won Oscars for "Gravity" and "Roma.
Who is Alfonso Cuarón?
Which is often cited as the first mammal species driven to extinction due to climate change?
What is he Bramble Cay melomys also known as the Bramble Cay rat
This chef's "Momofuku" restaurants and cookbooks popularized dishes like pork buns and ramen.
Who is David Chang
During the early days of the COVID pandemic, a Texas lawyer appearing in an official court hearing over Zoom, with a filter unintentionally activated, appeared before the court as what animal?
What is a cat
This Japanese director is renowned for films like "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon."
Who is Akira Kurosawa?
Changes in climate are affecting the geographic range of many species. What term describes the movement of species to higher latitudes or elevations in response to warming temperatures?
What is poleward and upward shift
This Chef, known for his work with the food network, and his show "Iron Chef America" is known for his japanese inspired cuisine.
Who is Masaharu Morimoto