NYC Pop Culture
This green lady has welcomed millions of people arriving in New York Harbor since 1886.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This candy, invented in 1906 by an American candy company, has a peanut butter center surrounded by chocolate and is a popular Halloween treat.
What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
This 1990s toy craze involved colorful digital pets you had to feed, clean, and keep alive.
What is a Tamagotchi?
This animated movie about toys coming to life was Pixar’s very first feature film, released in 1995.
What is Toy Story?
This European country is famous for its Eiffel Tower and croissants.
What is France?
This long-running TV sitcom followed six friends living in Manhattan and hanging out at Central Park.
What is Friends?
Originating in Japan, this dish uses vinegared rice and raw fish, and its name literally means “sour rice.”
What is sushi?
Before text messaging and social media, this instant messaging service, launched by AOL in 1997, was a primary way teens chatted online.
What is AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)?
In the show The Office, this paper company is the central setting of the series.
What is Dunder Mifflin?
Mount Fuji is a sacred symbol and the tallest mountain in this country.
What is Japan?
This Manhattan neighborhood, once home to artists, jazz clubs, and avant-garde theaters, is often called the birthplace of the Beat Generation.
What is Greenwich Village?
This French term describes a method of cooking meat or vegetables slowly in liquid, often with wine or stock.
What is braising?
This portable music player, released by Sony in 1979, changed how people listened to music on the go.
What is the Walkman?
Before his role as Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman portrayed this historic baseball player in the 2013 film 42.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This river, the longest in the world, flows through 11 countries before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile?
The annual event where giant balloons float through Manhattan on Thanksgiving is hosted by this department store.
What is Macy’s?
This Middle Eastern dessert consists of thin layers of pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey; its name comes from Arabic.
What is baklava?
In the 1980s, this TV show featured four older women living together in Miami — and became a cult classic for its humor and heart.
What is The Golden Girls?
This 2016 Netflix series, set in the 1980s, follows a group of kids in Hawkins, Indiana, who encounter a girl with telekinetic powers.
What is Stranger Things?
This South American country, home to Machu Picchu, was once the center of the Inca Empire.
What is Peru?
This legendary NYC nightclub in the 1970s was famous for disco, celebrities, and its exclusive door policy.
What is Studio 54?
This chain, originating in New Jersey in 1932, became famous for a grilled sandwich of corned beef, pastrami, and rye bread, influencing deli culture nationwide.
What is Katz’s Delicatessen?
This now-defunct video rental chain dominated Friday nights in the 1990s with thousands of stores across the U.S., but was ultimately undone by streaming services like Netflix.
What is Blockbuster?
This South Korean series became Netflix’s most-watched show of all time in 2021, where contestants played deadly versions of childhood games for cash.
What is the Squid Games?
This landlocked country in Central Asia, once part of the Silk Road, is known for its capital city Tashkent.
What is Uzbekistan?