San Jose Public Library
This virtual/eLearning resource offered by SJPL includes 7 hours of live virtual tutoring per week, AP test prep, and essay proofreading.
What is Tutor.com?
This book, the first in a trilogy authored by Leigh Bardugo, also shares its name with a Netflix series, making its screen debut in 2021.
What is Shadow & Bone?
This term, coined by Gen Z, is an exclamation for discarding an item at a high velocity.
What is yeet?
Some may find it sus if you don't know this online multiplayer social deduction game.
What is Among Us?
This iconic French tourist attraction served as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
With your regular SJPL library card, you can borrow up to this number of physical items.
What is 100?
This 2018 film is based on Angie Thomas' debut YA novel of the same name.
What is The Hate U Give?
What is square?
These are the three starter pokemon choices from the original Pokemon Red/Blue.
What are charmander, squirtle, and bulbasaur?
This pyramid is the oldest and largest of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
San Jose Public Library is the largest library system between San Francisco and Los Angeles, totaling this number of branches.
What is 25?
This 1980 horror flick, based on the Stephen King novel by the same name, was filmed in-part at Oregon's Timberline Lodge.
What is The Shining?
A term generally meaning "mooch", it became colloquial with Millennials after TLC's 1999 hit song featuring this slang word.
What is scrub?
This video game, developed by Mojang studios and originally released in 2011, is the best selling video game of all time.
What is Minecraft?
This ivory-white marble mausoleum served as the tomb for Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's favorite wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
These two Bay Area sports teams released limited edition San Jose Public Library cards.
Who are the SJ Sharks and the SF 49ers?
This 1999 rom-com starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
What is 10 Things I Hate About You?
This Gen X slang term appeared in the 1980s and was derived from an acronym for "Young Upwardly-mobile Professional", generally referring to Ivy League graduates from wealthy families.
What is yuppie?
These two installments in the "Legend of Zelda" franchise were originally released for Nintendo 64.
What are "Ocarina of Time" and "Majora's Mask"?
This 15th century Incan citadel is built above the Urumbaba River Valley in the Andes.
What is Machu Picchu?
This San Jose Public Library City Librarian was named Library Journal's Librarian of the Year in 2017.
Who is Jill Bourne?
Mads Mikkelsen plays this character in a 2013 TV series named after the same character, a character also played by Anthony Hopkins in a major motion picture, and first appearing in the book "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris.
Who is Hannibal/Dr. Hannibal Lector?
While today "hack" has a couple different meanings, in the 1920s it was slang for this mode of transportation.
What is a taxi?
League of Legends, Dota 2, and Heroes of the Storm are all examples of a genre of game typically referred by this acronym.
What is a MOBA?
This is the largest religious structure in the world by land area. Originally constructed as a personal mausoleum for the Khmer King Suryavarman II, it was converted to a Buddhist Temple towards the end of 12th century
What is Angkor Wat?