Modern Horror is Lit
Koji Suzuki's novel "Ring" involves one of these outdated pieces of technology; teens watching it die a week later
What is a VHS tape?
According to his brother & successor Raúl, before his 2016 death, this man said he wanted no public memorials or tributes
Who is Fidel Castro?
The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things
What are the present and the future?
The Economist publishes an index named for this fast food sandwich that helps determine if national currencies are undervalued
What is the Big Mac?
In this board game you must solve the case of millionaire Samuel Black, murdered in his own mansion
What is Clue?
In "Tender Is the Flesh", a virus has contaminated most of Earth's protein supply, so folks become these unsavory sorts
What are cannibals?
Roman dictator Quintus Hortensius ended centuries of struggle between the privileged patricians & these, the general citizens
Who are plebeians?
Laerad is the great tree around which this hall of the slain was built
What is Valhalla?
This word can precede curve, side & chain; problems with the latter were in the news in 2022
What is supply?
It's "the classic naval combat game"
What is Battleship?
His chilling novel "Lunar Park" features murders similar to those committed in his "American Psycho"
Who is Bret Easton Ellis?
Millions of followers engaged in loyalty dances during the Cultural Revolution to show their devotion to this leader
Who was Mao Zedong?
Forged by the dwarfs Brokk & Eitri, this hammer is Thor's chief weapon & symbol of his power
What is Mjölnir?
Hyperinflation ran rampant in this end-of-the-alphabet nation in 2009 when billions of its currency bought a loaf of bread
What is Zimbabwe?
Good deeds allow you to climb up, but watch out for the slides in this game where you try to reach the 100 square
What is Chutes and Ladders?
In "The Deep", the cure to a disease is found in this, the deepest part of the Pacific, but the lab there has gone silent
What is the Mariana Trench?
The support of working-class followers helped propel this man to the presidency of Argentina in 1946
Who was Perón?
The name Midgard, the world of humans, can be translated as this, a place familiar to Tolkien
What is Middle Earth?
Book III of a 1776 economic work by this man is "of the Different Progress of Opulence in different Nations"
Who was Adam Smith?
Use your skull in all of the activities of this game whose name is a synonym for "skull"
What is Cranium?
This author of impressive horror lineage wrote of a "Heart-Shaped Box" that contained a haunted suit
Who is Joe Hill?
Her lover Grigory Orlov helped organize the 1760s coup that made her an empress
Who was Catherine the Great?
For Norse gods, the "core" of eternal youth was found in these fruits supplied by the goddess Iduna
What are apples?
In 1913, this British economist published "Indian Currency and Finance", then got into government work, which is so him-sian
Who was Keynes?
In 2016 news an A.I. program beat a champion of this 2-letter game with 361 pieces
What is Go?