Pop Culture
This viral 2012 South Korean music video by PSY became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views.
What is "Gangnam Style"?
This European country is shaped famously like a high-heeled boot kicking a triangular island. What is it?
What is Italy?
Often called the "powerhouse of the cell," this tiny structure generates most of the cellular energy your body needs. What is it?
What is the mitochondria?
Despite sharing part of its name with a popular ocean predator, this land-dwelling marine mammal lookalike actually has tusks, whiskers, and a whole lot of blubber. What is it?
What is a walrus?
This iconic 1996 meta-slasher film directed by Wes Craven features a masked killer who loves calling his victims to quiz them on horror movie trivia.
What is Scream?
Released in 2008, this Marvel Cinematic Universe film starring Robert Downey Jr. kicked off the entire MCU franchise.
What is Iron Man?
Famous for its ancient pyramids and the Sphinx, this country sits in the northeastern corner of Africa. What is it?
What is Egypt?
Ranging from 0 to 14, this common scientific scale is used to measure how acidic or basic a liquid solution is. What is it?
What is the pH scale? (Or: What is pH?)
This animal is famous for holding hands with its buddies while floating on its back so they don't drift apart while sleeping. What is it?
What is a sea otter?
This 2017 supernatural horror film based on a Stephen King novel follows the "Losers' Club" as they battle an ancient shape-shifting entity that usually takes the form of a creepy clown.
What is It?
This fantasy television series based on George R.R. Martin’s books dominated pop culture throughout the 2010s with its motto "Winter Is Coming."
What is Game of Thrones?
Hidden high in the Andes mountains, this South American country is home to the famous ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu
What is Peru?
This green pigment found inside plant leaves absorbs sunlight to help drive photosynthesis. What is it?
What is chlorophyll?
This bird has bones that are actually hollow to keep it light, but ironically, it is completely unable to fly. What is it?
What is an ostrich (or penguin)?
In this 2022 psychological horror movie, characters witness terrifying, smiling entities pass a supernatural curse to them through traumatic events. What is it?
What is Smile?
Winning Album of the Year at the 2014 Grammys, this electronic music duo wore iconic robotic helmets until their breakup in 2021.
Who is Daft Punk?
This is the only U.S. state that isn't attached to the North American mainland and is made up of a chain of tropical islands.
What is Hawaii?
This is the name and chemical symbol of the heavy, silvery-white liquid metal traditionally used inside old-school thermometers. What is it?
What is mercury?
It sounds like a winged creature that swoops around caves at night, but this animal is actually a blind, burrowing mammal that spends its entire life underground. What is it?
What is a mole?
In this 2018 smash-hit horror film, a deaf mother and her family must live in total silence while evading blind alien monsters that hunt strictly by sound.
What is A Quiet Place?
This streaming service disrupted network television in the 2010s by releasing entire seasons of shows like House of Cards all at once.
What is Netflix?
Spanning across 11 different time zones, this country holds the title of the largest nation on Earth by total land area. What is it?
What is Russia?
Discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming in 1928 from a mold growing in a Petri dish, this substance became the world's first true antibiotic. What is it?
What is penicillin?
This common household pet technically walks around on its tiptoes and is the only common mammal that cannot taste anything sweet. What is it?
What is a cat?
This 2023 viral horror film is based on a popular retro indie video game franchise where a night security guard has to survive five nights working at a creepy abandoned family pizzeria.
What is Five Nights at Freddy's?