Oakland's Own
Filmmaker Ryan Coogler, who has been nominated for 2 Academy Awards and whose 2018 film Black Panther grossed over $1.3 billion at the box office worldwide, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival for this feature-length debut film.
What is Fruitvale Station?
During the opening ceremony, this country enters first and leads the parade of nations for being the birthplace of the Olympics.
What is Greece?
Netflix's "Selling Sunset" revolves around the high-stakes world of real estate in this California city.
What is Los Angeles?
Released on November 29, 1982, this album includes the singles “Human Nature”, “P.Y.T”, and “Beat It”.
What is "Thriller" by Michael Jackson?
This Disney animated movie became the first in history to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
What is "Beauty and the Beast"?
This lead singer of the rock band Green Day, with hits like American Idiot and Boulevard of Broken Dreams, was born in Oakland and is a co-owner of the soccer team Oakland Roots
Who is Billie Joe Armstrong?
Over this number of countries have never won an Olympic medal to this date.
How many is 60 countries?
This Netflix series features amateur bakers competing in a tent in the English countryside.
What is The Great British Bake Off?
Launched in 1980, this video game features four ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
What is Pac-Man?
Singer Emma Lee Bunton is better known by this nickname in the group The Spice Girls.
Who is Baby Spice?
Nicknamed “Beast Mode” this former running back won the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks and played college football for UC Berkeley.
Who is Marshawn Lynch?
Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian with this number of total medals.
How many is 28 medals? (23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
She hosts "The Circle," a Netflix reality show where contestants can only communicate via a social media platform.
Who is Michelle Buteau?
Later played by Austin Butler in the 2024 remake, the character Feyd-Rautha was first portrayed by this actor/music frontman in David Lynch’s 1984 Dune adaption.
Who is Sting?
This 1993 all-Black sitcom is credited as the direct “inspiration” for the 1994 TV show Friends.
What is "Living Single"?
This Oakland born and Hayward raised actor won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Moonlight and will portray the vampire hunter Blade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Mahershala Ali?
This US city will host the 2028 Summer Olympics that will see the debut of flag football and squash and the return of cricket and lacrosse.
What is Los Angeles?
"Too Hot to Handle" features contestants from various countries who must resist temptation in this exotic filming location.
Where is Turks and Caicos? (also accepting Punta Mita, Mexico)
This was the first music video played on the newly launched music TV network, MTV.
What is “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles?
The World Wide Web (WWW) was first introduced to the public in this year
When is 1993?
Zendaya, alumni of the Oakland School for the Arts, became the youngest winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series for her performance as Rue Bennett in this HBO TV show.
What is Euphoria?
This country won its first medal in 2012 when sprinter Kirani James won gold at the London Olympics in the 400m race in track and field.
What is Grenada?
This couple were the winners of the recently premiered Perfect Match season 2, which combines contestants from other Netflix shows.
Who are Christine and Nigel?
“Who shot J. R.?” is a reference to this popular TV show.
What is "Dallas"?
By 1994, it is estimated that 61 million people were using this communication device.
What is pagers or beepers?