Literature
She is the protagonist of The Hunger Games series of books/movies
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
These kinds of movies are funny yet romantic
What is a rom com?
This former road cyclist is known for winning the Tour de France seven times before being disqualified for a doping scandal
Who is Lance Armstrong?
This architect received a complaint from a client about a roof leak, to which he responded “tell him to move his chair”
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
Elizabeth I & Bloody Mary were both members of this royal house
What is tudor?
The “Swiffer Duster” uses this to collect dust
What is static electricity?
"Ted Mosby, Architect" & "How Lily Stole Christmas" are episodes of this show about a very long courtship story
What is How I Met Your Mother?
Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly were title these in a 2008 film
What is Step Brothers?
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to duel with this
What are water pistols?
This dystopian novel by George Orwell told the life in a future totalitarian state dominated by “Big Brother”
What is Nineteen Eighty-Four?
These kinds of movies typically appeal more to young women
What is a chick flick?
This social media platform invented the #hashtag, which can now be found across several social media platforms
What is Twitter?
This West Coast team has won 3 world Series since the year 2000
Who are the San Francisco Giants?
Elvis Presley’s colonial-revival-style house in Memphis is named this
What is Graceland?
He was the last emperor in China
Who is Puyi?
This 2014 invention is a monopod used to take selfie photographs
What is a selfie stick?
"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else... noticed?" asked attorney Bob Loblaw on this Bluth-tastic show
What is Arrested Development?
In a kids' rhyme you'll "break your mother's back" if you do this
What is step on a crack?
Pennsylvania was the first of the colonies to legalize this
What is witchcraft?
With over 500 million copies sold, this is the best-selling novel of all time
What is Don Quixote?
This refers to a loss of talented individuals leaving their own country to another in pursuit of better economic opportunities
What is a brain drain?
This company developed a computer with the codename “Lisa” in the 1980’s
What is Apple?
Originally to be able to access Facebook you needed this
What is a university email (with “.edu”)?
This was the fastest horse to win the Triple Crown, running the mile and a half of Belmont Stakes in 2:24, a world record many believe can never be broken.
Who was Secretariat?
This Ireland-based firm run by a female duo Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara was named this year’s winners of the Pritzker Prize
What is Grafton Architects?
This Russian empress became notorious due to her sexually independent lifestyle which led to many scandalous rumors about her behavior
Who is Catherine the Great?
This claims to be the first self-balancing electric transportation device
What is a Segway?
Onetime vampire players Evan Rachel Wood, Tilda Swinton, Danny Trejo & Wesley Snipes all had cameos on "What We Do in" these
What is In the Shadows?
In 1968 this band took us on a musical "Magic Carpet Ride"
What is Steppenwolf?
In Kansas, legally, what can a waiter not do in a teacup?
What is serve wine?
Works by this Nobel Prize winner include “Song of Solomon” & “Beloved”
Who is Toni Morrison?
An excuse for betraying your government
What is a treason reason?
An employee who works for Google is called this
What is a Googler?
When Snapchat was created, this social media app was originally called this
What is Picaboo?
This NFL team is the only team to win the Super Bowl with a perfect season in 1972
Who are the Miami Dolphins?
This type of home with a gable roof is typical of the swiss alps
What is a chalet?
She was the last and most famous Ptolemaic queen of ancient Egypt, who married two of her brothers
Who is Cleopatra VII?
This Italian polymath (sculptor, painter, architect, scientist, and more) invented scissors
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
"When the Whistle Blows" was the sitcom within this Ricky Gervais sitcom about TV bit players
Extras
This 5-word idiom meaning "to take responsibility" comes from what a baseball batter does before seeing a pitch
What is step up to the plate?
According to the 2000 census, in the UK this is now considered a religion?
This Stephen King novel takes place mostly in the fictional Overlook Hotel
What is The Shining?
This seasoned coating mix from Kraft comes in varieties like crunchy pretzel and Parmesan crusted
What is Shake N’ Bake?
After a frustrating day of shoe shopping at the mall, Nick Swinmurn founded this website
What is Zappos?
This person holds the title of most followers on Instagram with 213 million followers
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
He was the first African American permitted to play in the NBA games in 1950
Who is Earl Lloyd?
These are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially Beijing, which were expanded during the Ming and Qing dynasties
What are Hutong?
This infamous Roman emperor killed his own mother
Who is Nero?
This country is where Venetian blinds were invented
What is Japan?
The Lord works in mysterious ways, giving John Goodman & his family of deviant evangelists great wealth on this show
These are found in Rome, though they sound like they should be in Madrid
What are the Spanish Steps?
For $150 you can become a licensed this in Texas
What is a dead animal hunter?