Christopher Nolan Films
Programming Languages
Two Words, One Letter Swap
Soccer Vernacular
It's Hot AF Outside
100

In this 2010 film, Dom Cobb leads a team that enters people's dreams to plant an idea rather than steal one.

What is Inception?

100

Native to Africa, Asia, and Australia, this type of constrictor kills its prey by coiling around it rather than using venom.

What is Python?

100

Replace a letter in this bumpy frog’s name and/or Mario character to refer to an action taken each night to migrate Chronicles data into Clarity.

What is Toad and Load?

100

Use this word to describe something of value you don’t want to lose. In the context of soccer, this is the only person wearing gloves.

What is a Keeper?

100

Nowadays, people will refer to one of these as a “Glizzy.”

What is a hot dog?

200

Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale portray rival magicians obsessed with outperforming each other in this 2006 thriller.

What is The Prestige?

200

Not to be confused with a term used to describe something unoriginal, nor a form of money, this programming language powers Epic’s core database today.

What is Cache?

200

As opposed to slamming a basketball through the hoop, this is typically received via mail or email.

What is Dunk and Junk?

200

In college athletics, this acronym represents likeness for marketing deals. In soccer, this represents a team’s score, specifically the lack thereof.

What is Nil?

200

Mattel introduced this toy in 1968 to compete with Tyco Toys until they eventually bought the company in 1997. 

What are hot wheels?

300

Nolan's first Best Picture winner follows a physicist during the creation of the atomic bomb.

What is Oppenheimer?

300

This gemstone marked a classic Pokemon game on Gameboy advanced.

What is Ruby?

300

At breakfast, you might order a short one of these as a side or a tall one as your meal. 

At work, you can use this chat service to communicate with your team and/or to describe your lazy colleague.

What is Stack and Slack?

300

In the medical context, you may open one of these for bandaids and gauze. In soccer, this pertains to their uniform.

What is a kit?

300

“If you want a hot meal without a big deal, what’re you gonna pick? When a hungry bunch shows up for lunch, what’re you gonna pick?”

What are hot pockets?

400

Soldiers struggle to evacuate from France during World War II in this 2017 film.

What is Dunkirk?

400

Released in 2018, this multiplayer survival video game tasks players with gathering resources and building shelters. Chemist may also refer to this as Hydrated Ferric Oxide.

What is Rust?

400

Otherwise known as a wide receiver on the Cowboys or the animal source of wool, changing a letter gives you this term to indicate your arm or leg.

What is Lamb and Limb?

400

The player with the most goals in the world cup receives a gold one of these, but every player technically has two of them in the general sense.

What is a boot?

400

If you played the recorder in elementary school, you likely learned to play this song which shares a name with a Good Friday pastry.

What is Hot Cross Buns?

500

A man with short-term memory loss hunts for his wife's killer in this 2000 film told largely in reverse order.

What is Memento?

500

This note is found between C and D on a piano.

What is C+ (C-Sharp)?

500

While fishing from one of these in a lake or river, you might catch one of these if you are unlucky.

What is Boat and Boot?

500

Those who call soccer “futbol” likely use this term to describe the playing area, but those who call it soccer typically only use this term when talking about baseball.

What is a pitch?

500

This 2007 movie featured Andy Samberg as a subpar stunt man trying to raise money for his stepdad’s operation. 

What is Hot Rod?