Literature
What is the #1 selling book of all time?
The Bible
Famed rapper Donald Glover, also known as “Childish Gambino,” stars in what TV series?
Atlanta
What movie, featuring Tommy Wiseau, has become a cult classic based on how objectively terrible it is
The Room
What music genre popularized in the early 1900s was seen as obscene by the American public?
Jazz and/or Ragtime
Who is Simone’s favorite member of the Kardashian/Jenner clan?
Khloe Kardashian
Which best-selling BookTok famous author creates disgustingly vulgar, trash romantic novels?
Colleen Hoover
What cartoon follows the journey of a human who lives in a treehouse and his friend that’s a dog?
Adventure Time
This film is often ranked as one of the best of all time, and half of its title is a year.
2001, A Space Odyssey
What Stuy alum is known for composing jazz standards like “'Round Midnight” and “Straight, No Chaser?"
Thelonious Monk
What is Lucien’s favorite superhero (it’s also the name of an R.E.M. song)?
Superman
What book, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, follows brothers Dmitri, Ivan, and Alexei?
The Brothers Karamazov
What is the most streamed TV show of all time?
Game of Thrones
What movie has the most academy award wins of all time? (Can guess any of the top 3 and you’ll get the points)
Ben Hur (1959), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Titanic (1997)
This New York-based rapper is known for his thought-provoking lyrical adlibs, such as “boomboomboomboomboomboomboom” and “brrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
Westside Gunn
As well as being Santino’s favorite artist ever, this sculptor is known for his distinct hanging mobiles, monumental steel sculptures, and simplistic, colorful paintings.
Alexander Calder
What is the most cited fictional novel of all time?
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
What is the most-watched TV event in American history?
The Apollo 11 Moon landing :) (faked) duh.
One of Santino’s absolute favorites, this 2018 comedy/fantasy film features a telemarketer who uses his “white voice” and ends up selling military arms and horse-people.
Sorry to Bother You
This man (who looks like Jesus) helped executive produce some of the most iconic albums of the last twenty years, including some by Kanye West and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Rick Ruben
Which Netflix movie based on a famous novel grappling with an Ohioan family going through a toxic environmental crisis and existentialism has editor Lucien Clough tried to get editor Simone Raleigh to watch for months?
White Noise (2022)
What book features the recurring line “so it goes”?
Slaughterhouse-Five
What is the theme song to the animated curious George show? Please sing, and name the song and artist (must sing to earn points)
Upside down by Jack Johnson
Name one film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
“Stalker," “Mirror,” “Solaris,” “Andrei Rublev,” etc.
This rapper, who recently surprised fans by having several guest appearances on one of the most anticipated albums of 2022, is famous for lyrics like “Imma ball like spaghetti.”
Kodak Black
This is Lucien’s most anticipated album of the year?
Scaring the Hoes Vol. 1