Geography
Video games
LOTR
Star Wars
Lit (sometimes classic)
100

Which Southeast Asian capital city, the location of a famous boxing match in 1975, has a name meaning “where indigo is found?”

Manila

100

Introduced on Wii consoles, Nintendo gamers can make their own in-game character by creating an avatar known by what three-letter name that sounds similar to a pronoun?

Mii

100

Aragorn travels under what ranger alias when first met?

Strider.

100

Star Wars fan Mike J. Nichols released a fan edit of "Episode I – The Phantom Menace" entitled "The Phantom Edit" in which, along with other smaller changes, he almost entirely removed which controversial character voiced by Ahmed Best?

Jar Jar Binks

100

What 1897 novel sees Abraham Van Helsing chasing down the title character in his namesake castle in modern-day Romania?

Dracula

200

Once home to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and now a museum, Topkapi Palace is located in which Anatolian city?

Istanbul

200

In Mario Kart, the power-up that seeks out the player in first position and explodes on impact is a shell that is what color?

Blue

200

Faramir is whose brother?

Boromir’s.

200

What species ruled the Infinite Empire?

Rakatans

200

 What is the name of the third book in the “Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer?  

Eclipse

300

Which continent is the only one that doesn’t have a major mountain range (its highest point is about 7,309 feet above sea level)?

Australia

300

Which PlayStation platformer released in 1996 has you play as the titular character—a marsupial prone to mayhem who was captured (and mutated) by Dr. Neo Cortex?

Crash Bandicoot

300

Saruman’s obsidian tower is called?

Orthanc.

300

Apprentice to Darth Malak

Darth Bandon

300

What literary character has a "trusty steed" named Rocinante, who, like him, is awkward, elderly, and not quite up to the task before him?

Don Quixote

400

What bird, that is also the patron animal of the Greek god Zeus, is depicted as a double-headed creature on the official national flag of Albania?

Eagle

400

Used while playing "Contra," the original Konami code gave you 30 extra of what video game things?

Extra Lives


400

Aragorn’s company passes through what ghostly route?

The Paths of the Dead.

400

Who killed Sharad Hett?

Aurra Sing

400

What British author wrote the classic 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?"

Roald Dahl

500

The paper currency in Botswana is named "pula" which translates to what natural phenomenon? This is a reference to the value of this phenomenon as much of the country is within the Kalahari Desert.

Rain

500

What is the name of the best-selling video game franchise to come out of Disney's home-grown intellectual property (ignoring Disney's purchase of Lucas Films)?

Kingdom Hearts

500

Publication year of the final volume?

1955.

500

Killed in Vector Prime, on Sernpidal

Chewbacca

500

Two displaced migrant ranch workers are the dual protagonists of what 1937 novella with a title that starts with a preposition?

Of Mice and Men