Pop Culture
Before getting signed to a record label, this pop star developed a significant fan base by posting his acoustic and acapella covers to YouTube.
Who is Justin Bieber?
______ was the highest grossing film of 2008, beating out Iron Man and Indian Jones at 533 million dollars.
What is The Dark Knight?
The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
What is Osmosis?
____ was the first president to live in the White House.
Who is John Adams?
The state in which Mark Twain's characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live.
What is Missouri?
______ is a model and TV personality that describes herself as the world's first supermodel, although this is heavily disputed.
Who is Janice Dickinson?
This film by David Lynch holds the number 1 spot on the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century.
What is Mullholland Drive?
The layer of the atmosphere above the Troposphere.
What is the Stratosphere?
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, _____ is the only one that remains.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This dystopian novel published in 1932 is notable for its "bait and switch", where the true protagonist of the story is not introduced until chapter 8.
What is Brave New World?
This Japanese style began as a movement against strict societal rules and the pressure to fit the norm. It is notable for its bright colors and loud patterns, and is named after the district where it was born.
What is Harajuku?
_____ was the first non-English language film to win an Oscar for Best Picture
What is Parasite?
With a melting point of -38.9°C, ______ is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is Mercury?
This US president spent his early life as an actor, starring in films such as Santa Fe Trail alongside Errol Flynn.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Most notable for his bad temperament and dubbed "Sci-Fi's Most Controversial Figure" by Wired in 2017, this science fiction author once mailed 213 bricks and a dead gopher to a publisher.
Who is Harlan Ellison?
__________ was the very first music video to air on MTV.
What is Video Killed the Radio Star?
All of the main actors cast in the film _____ appeared previously in comic book films, most notably Michael Keaton, who was cast because of his performances as Batman.
Having established the very first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879, _______ is considered the father of modern psychology.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
This famous children's game that does not utilize a ball was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
What is Tug of War?
The three parts of The Divine Comedy, in order.
What is Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso?
What are playing cards?
Following the release of this highly controversial film, director Ruggero Deodato made his lead actors stay out of the media spotlight for a year following the movie's release, and this combined with the realistic on screen deaths led to audiences believing the actors were really dead, and Deodato being charged with murder in Italy.
What is Cannibal Holocaust?
An adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
What is Murphy's Law?
in 1953, Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of this country.
What is Israel?
_______ refers to a group of American writers that came of age during World War 1 and found themselves disillusioned and alienated from the morals and values upheld by previous generations. Famous authors belonging to this group include F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and E.E. Cummings.
What is The Lost Generation?