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Stuart Hall published this famous essay in 1973.

What is Encoding, Decoding?

100

This former One Direction member recently announce his upcoming solo tour.

Who is Zayn Malik?

100

Known for “I am Legend” and for slapping the host of the 2022 Oscars is this actor.

Who is Will Smith?


100

The first iPhone came out in this year.

What is 2007?

100

Named the chair of the department of MCC, this professor published “An Introduction to Visual Culture” in 1999.

Who is Nick Mirzoeff?

200

The allegory of this landform is a parable presented by the Greek philosopher Plato to compare "the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature."

What is a cave?

200

This celebrity from the Bronx’s bodega order is ham and cheese on a roll with an orange drink if you know you know and a small bag of chips.

Who is Jennifer Lopez?

200

Starring in a movie-adaptation of Wicked is this Grammy-award winning singer.

Who is Ariana Grande?

200

This woman was the first to receive a Nobel Prize, and is still the only woman to receive two Nobel prizes.

Who is Marie Curie?
200

 A core member of the MCC faculty, this professor’s CV lists their affiliations with Applied Statistics, Social Science & Humanities (ASH), Peace and Conflict Studies Minor, and Africa House at NYU.

Who is j. Siguru Wahutu?

300

Now a slang term on TikTok among Gen Z, “aura” was a concept written about by this author.

Who is Walter Benjamin?
300

This former Disney actress currently has 3 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

Who is Sabrina Carpenter?
300

The director of this 2023 film also directed Little Women and Lady Bird.

What is Barbie?

300

This international treaty on climate change was signed by many nations in 2016 and covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance.

What is the Paris Agreement?

300

This feminist icon has an average rating of 4.6/5 on RateMyProfessor and is a co-author of “Communicating Power and Gender.”

Who is Deborah Borisoff?

400

This metaphor allowed Foucault to explore the relationship between 1.) systems of social control and people in a disciplinary situation and, 2.) the power-knowledge concept.

What is the Panopticon?

400

The brother of this NFL star was a winner of Love Island USA Season 6.

Who is Odell Beckham Jr.?

400

This gossip columnist of the Bridgerton world is often exposing secrets of the high society.

Who is Lady Whistledown?

400

The name of this brand/company is a Korean word than means “three stars.”

What is Samsung?

400

Holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Southern California and has also given talks on South Korea pop culture based on their prior experiences as a producer in the K-pop industry.

Who is Edward Kang?

500

This German philosopher worked with Karl Marx to write “The Communist Manifesto.”

Who is Friedrich Engels?

500

Now on “Dancing With the Stars” is this former Bachelor.

Who is Joey Graziadei?

500

This star of “The Bear” graduated from NYU in 2017.

Who is Ayo Edibiri?
500

This planet has the longest year, with one year on ___ equaling approximately 165 Earth years.

What is Neptune?

500

Recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Professional Excellence Award, this scholar has earned both a Masters in English from the University of Delhi, India and a Masters in Journalism from the Ohio State University.

Who is Radha Hegde?