Pop Culture & Media
Superman was born on this planet named after one of the noble gases.
Krypton
It's the m in mRNA
Messenger
Lake Como and Lake Garda are both located in which Southern European country?
Italy
This part of an egg gets its name from the old English for 'yellow'
Yolk
An early name for this social media app was Picaboo—the ghost of the old name still haunts their logo
Snapchat
Which artist holds the record for highest-grossing tour of all time?
Taylor Swift
This famous constant describes the energy of photons (light) and has the value 6.62607015 × 10^-34 J·s
Planck’s constant
Rivers in this country include the Ganges, Tapi, and Indus
India
This 9-letter word for an insect may have come about because people believed this bug ate uncovered dairy products
Butterfly
Inky, Blinky, Pinky & Clyde are the ghosts in this classic video game
Pac-Man
This animated movie follows the Parr family, who are secretly superheroes
The Incredibles
In 2015 gravitational waves were first directly observed after this man predicted them a century earlier.
Albert Einstein
The Berlin Wall fell in November of this year
1989
The Hawaiian name of this fish means “strong strong.”
Mahi-Mahi
In the 1950s these candy dispensers were adorned with heads; they’ve now been adorned with almost 2,000 different ones.
PEZ Dispensers
In the Disney film he’s alphabetically last of Snow White’s seven dwarfs.
Sneezy
One of the three principal classes of rock, it’s formed by solidification from a molten state.
Igneous
As early as 1901 this U.S. state was described as “The Mitten State.”
Michigan
This animal term for a football official is derived from the patterned shirt that he wears
Zebra
This basketball player made a buzzer beater 3-point shot to beat UNC in the finals of the NCAA tournament in 2016.
Kris Jenkins
Which instrument is Lizzo classically trained in?
The Flute
During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives.
Smallpox
Who was Egypt's last pharaoh?
Cleopatra VII
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe
Vandals
The International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi was founded in this year
1907