Household Items and Furniture
This kitchen utensil consists of a handle and a series of looped wires, and is often used to blend cooking ingredients or create mixtures in a process called whipping.
What is a whisk?
This 1981 arcade classic is known as the first appearance of Nintendo's proverbial plumber mascot, known in this game as simply "Jumpman".
What is Donkey Kong?
Developed by the Walt Disney Company, this 1939 film is first full-length animated feature in history, whose titular character is named for her particularly light complexion.
What is Snow White?
In 1803, this $15 million deal between the United States and Napoleonic France saw the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory by the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
On The Simpsons, the chief executive of Springfield is this corrupt mayor nicknamed Diamond Joe.
Who is Mayor Joe Quimby?
This is form of padded couch often used as coordinating footstool with armchairs, named after the Turkish empire from which it originated.
What is an ottoman?
This Swedish game designer, known as "Notch", is the creator of the popular sandbox video game Minecraft.
Who is Markus Persson?
Moonrise Kingdom and Fantastic Mr. Fox are among the films, known for their distinct visual style and narratives, of this eccentric American filmmaker.
Who is Wes Anderson?
This 1970s political scandal led to the official resignation of U.S. president Richard M. Nixon amid an impeachment investigation.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
Snoopy, the famous dog from the Peanuts franchise, is this breed of dog.
What is a beagle?
This collective term refers to writing materials often found in offices or studies, including paper and envelopes.
What is stationery?
This 1993 educational third-party Nintendo game featured Mario's bother Luigi as a main character for the first time.
What is Mario is Missing!?
Later adapted into a Broadway musical, this 1967 Mel Brooks film follows a theater producer and his accountant who, as part of a money-laundering scheme, develop Springtime for Hitler, the worst and most offensive stage musical they can devise.
What is The Producers?
In 1776, during the American Revolution, this political activist and Enlightenment thinker authored the pamphlet Common Sense, which was heavily persuasive in convincing the Thirteen Colonies to seek independence from Great Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
In The Muppet Show, these two Muppets are seen heckling the rest of the cast from their balcony seats.
Who are Statler and Waldorf?
This melting candle is encased in a thin metal or plastic cup, and is commonly used to create pleasant aromas, to light rooms, or for pure aesthetics.
What is a tealight?
This popular 80s arcade game, featuring animation from Don Bluth, follows the knight Dirk the Daring's quest to save the Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe.
What is Dragon's Lair?
With the original Star Wars trilogy as a prominent example, this sub-genre of science fiction is typically set in outer space and focuses on melodramatic adventure, space warfare, and the like.
What is space opera?
This president was the first to be photographed and the first to have a middle name.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This beloved British sitcom focused on three priests living on Craggy Island, a remote island off the west coast of Ireland.
What is Father Ted?
In American terms, this type of decorative cabinet is often used for storage and aesthetics, and is typically found in hallways, dining rooms, and kitchens. It is often used to house decorative flatware.
What is a hutch?
This is the collective name for the rotating blocks of the puzzle game franchise Tetris, which feature individual names such as Orange Ricky, Hero, and Smashboy.
What are tetromino?
Meant as a warning of the dangers of nuclear war, this 1986 British animated film follows the elderly couple James and Hilda Bloggs, who survive a nuclear attack and then die slowly of radiation poisoning in the resulting fallout.
What is Where the Wind Blows?
In this landmark 1832 case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
In Ricky Gervais' British original version of the American mockumentary The Office, this paper company is analogous to the American version's Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.