🎬🎤 Pop Culture (Movies, TV, and Music)
This 2019 South Korean film became the first non-English language movie to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
What is Parasite?
NaCl is the scientific formula for this item.
What is table salt?
The Oxford Dictionary defines this as “a piece of land surrounded by water.”
What is an island?
Smaller than only Australia, this is the largest island NOT a continent:
What is Greenland?
This deep-sea fish has a glowing lure on its head to attract prey in the dark ocean depths.
What is an anglerfish?
This actor provided the iconic voices of both Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King.
Who is James Earl Jones?
This queen was beheaded by the guillotine during the French Revolution of 1789
Who is Marie Antionette?
The Oxford Dictionary defines this umami-rich ingredient as “dried seaweed commonly used in Japanese cuisine.”
What is "nori"?
This continent spans all four hemispheres and contains the most countries of all continents:
What is Africa?
This man invented the first practical telephone and was awarded a patent for it in 1876.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
This pop star’s real name is Stefani Germanotta.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This structure in the human body contains the smallest bones, known as the malleus, incus, and stapes.
What is the ear?
The Oxford Dictionary defines this neurological disorder as “a condition that affects movement, causing tremors, stiffness, and slow motion.”
What is "Parkinson’s disease"?
This mountainous island is 33,500 feet, the tallest in the world from base to peak:
What is Mauna Kea?
In Western music, this Italian term meaning “moderately fast” is used to describe a tempo between andante and allegro.
What is moderato?
After 35 years, this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical closed in 2023 as the longest-running show in Broadway history.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
In Einstein’s famous equation E = mc², "c" represents this physical constant.
What is the speed of light?
The Oxford Dictionary defines this life-saving medical device as “a small machine that delivers an electrical shock to the heart to restore a normal rhythm.”
What is a defibrillator?
This Pacific island nation is the only country located in all four hemispheres: north, south, east, and west.
What is Kiribati?
This world leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
The note signed “R.A.B.” in the fake Horcrux locket was left by this brother of Sirius Black.
Who is Regulus Black (Regulus Arcturus Black)?
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 ended a war between the United States and this other country.
What is Spain?
The Oxford Dictionary defines this type of star as “a massive celestial body that has reached the end of its nuclear-burning phase and exploded in a violent burst of energy.”
What is a supernova?
This Pacific island nation is the only country located in all four hemispheres: north, south, east, and west.
What is Kiribati?
What is the value of π (pi) rounded to four decimal places?
What is 3.1416?