Durham Tid-bits
This popular Netflix-original TV show has many allusions to Durham.
What is "Stranger Things?"
This 2015 Pixar movie stars five emotions.
What is "Inside Out?"
His 1914 assassination in Sarajevo sparked World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Duke's beloved "Crazy Rich Asian."
Who is Ken Jeong?
The second Hunger Games novel spontaneously combusts, alerting a large red emergency vehicle to quickly leave its post at a roadside rest area for travelers.
What is Catching Fire Truck Stop?
This lip balm brand is headquartered in Durham.
What is Burts Bees?
A team of specialists rob three Las Vegas casinos in this iconic 2001 heist film.
What is Oceans 11?
This Jazz legend, nicknamed "The Duke", composed classics like Take the ‘A’ Train.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This former executive VP of the Walt Disney Company got a gym named after him.
Who is Gary Wilson?
A pharmaceutical giant teams up with a colorful resort-wear brand to write a children’s book that wins an award for excellence in “journalism, arts and letters.”
What is Eli Lilly Pulitzer Prize?
The name of the 10-foot bronze bull statue in downtown Durham.
Who is Major?
This 1992 Disney animated film is set in “A Whole New World,” or Agrabah.
What is Aladdin?
He founded the American Tobacco Company, along with a prestigeous university.
Who is James Buchanan Duke?
A Duke Athletics Hall of Famer, he's celebrated for his role in the Hail Mary play in the NCAA tournament regional final against Kentucky in 1992.
Who is Grant Hill?
A Christmas gift-exchange game becomes the obvious problem everyone ignores during Aaron Burr’s solo “wannabe” song in Hamilton.
What is White Elephant in the Room Where it Happens?
The Wall Street Journal covered this famous Durham bridge.
What is the "Canopener?" (Or 11'8")
Keanu Reeves goes undercover as an FBI agent to infiltrate a gang of surfers in this 1991 action film.
What is Point Break?
Bo and Luke outrun the law in the orange Dodge Charger “General Lee” in this Southern-set TV series.
What is the Dukes of Hazzard?
This Duke alum and FUQUA professor was named in the newly-released Epstein files.
Who is Dan Ariely?
A vibrant shade of Barbie’s signature color inspired Nicki Minaj’s 2010 award-winning album, featuring songs played on a Texas-set football drama about the Dillon Panthers.
What is Hot Pink Friday Night Lights?
The mayor of Durham.
Who is Leo Williams?
This 2010 animated film stars unconventional characters, namely Hiccup and Toothless.
What is How to Train Your Dragon?
This Southern condiment brand was founded in 1917 by Eugenia Duke.
What is Duke's Mayonnaise?
Rumor has it, this alum took a pill in Ibiza.
Who is Mike Posner?
A Hollandaise-laden breakfast dish was beloved by a famous traitor to the United States who liked his tea mixed with lemonade.
What is Eggs Benedict Arnold Palmer?
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
After solving the Sphinx’s famous riddle, this man unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother, later inspiring Freud’s name for a famous psychological complex.
Who is Oedipus?