Binge-Worthy Brilliance
This 2004 indie film starring Lindsay Lohan made October 3rd culturally significant.
What is Mean Girls?
This NBA legend returned to the league in 2001 after his second retirement, because apparently twice wasn’t enough.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This Stephenie Meyer series sparked a vampire vs. werewolf debate in high schools everywhere.
What is Twilight?
This ancient city thought a giant wooden horse was a thoughtful gift… and absolutely did not check inside.
What is Troy?
This Nickelodeon show featured kids competing in temple-themed obstacle courses guarded by… mildly terrifying statues.
What is Legends of the Hidden Temple?
This sitcom featured six friends, one orange couch, and a lot of questionable relationship advice.
What is Friends?
This quarterback defined the Patriots dynasty of the 2000s alongside coach Bill Belichick.
Who is Tom Brady?
This novel by Khaled Hosseini includes the line “For you, a thousand times over.”
What is The Kite Runner?
This French queen allegedly responded to food shortages with a tone-deaf suggestion about cake—PR disaster level: legendary.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This handheld gaming system made road trips bearable with games like Pokémon and Mario.
What is the Game Boy?
This early reality show stranded contestants and made voting people off an island prime-time entertainment.
What is Survivor?
This tennis rivalry between Federer and this Spanish star defined the late 2000s.
Who is Rafael Nadal?
This controversial 2003 novel by Dan Brown mixes art history, secret societies, and conspiracy theories.
What is The Da Vinci Code?
This 1986 nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union was worsened by design flaws and, let’s just say, not great decision-making.
What is Chernobyl?
This phrase shouted during a chaotic online gaming video became the universal warning that things are about to go horribly wrong: “_____ Jenkins!”
What is “Leeroy Jenkins”?
This mockumentary-style comedy at Dunder Mifflin introduced us to Jim, Pam, and workplace awkwardness.
What is The Office?
This 2004 MLB team broke an 86-year curse in dramatic comeback fashion against the Yankees.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
This dystopian novel features a society divided into five factions, proving high school cliques can, in fact, become government policy.
What is Divergent?
This 1962 Cold War showdown brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over missiles placed on one island.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This classic computer lab game involved guiding settlers west while trying not to die of dysentery.
What is The Oregon Trail?
This mockumentary film by Sacha Baron Cohen introduced audiences to a fictional Kazakh journalist.
What is Borat?
This Olympic swimmer from the U.S. won a record 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This Margaret Atwood novel imagines a theocratic future where women are stripped of rights—uncomfortably relevant decades later.
What is The Handmaid’s Tale?
This 1970s U.S. scandal began with a break-in and ended with the president resigning—definitely not worth it.
What is Watergate?
This viral phrase, often said in a robotic voice, came from a video warning that “they’re taking the hobbits to” this location.
What is Isengard?