Netflix and what?
This Netflix show features Eleven, Demogorgons, and a lot of 80s nostalgia.
What is Stranger Things?
Before Wi-Fi and smartphones, this company’s invention—launched in 1989—was the first handheld game console.
What is Nintendo (Game Boy)?
"Is it worth it? Let me work it / I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it"
What is Work It by Missy Elliott?
You used to feed and raise these digital pets on a keychain. Then they died. A lot.
What is a Tamagotchi?
Originally a Dutch settlement, New York was first called this.
What is New Amsterdam?
Pedro Pascal plays a helmet-wearing bounty hunter in this Disney+ space western.
What is The Mandalorian?
Invented in 1938, this non-stick substance was discovered by accident when a scientist tried to make a refrigerant.
What is Teflon?
“Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?”
What is Complicated by Avril Lavigne?
What does AOL stand for?
What is America Online
New York State produces more of this fruit than any other U.S. state except Washington.
What are apples?
This anime follows a notebook that lets you kill anyone whose name you write in it.
What is Death Note?
This 20th-century toy was designed by NASA engineers to be a stabilizer device for ships—before it became a rainbow-colored staircase thrill.
What is a Slinky?
“They try to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no”
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
You probably ruined your family’s computer downloading a low-quality audio file labeled “Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Shrek version).mp3.”
What is LimeWire (or Kazaa/Napster)?
This city in upstate NY shares its name with a country and is known for its garbage plate.
What is Rochester?
In The Rehearsal, this comedian creates elaborate simulations of real life to prepare people for big events. Existential chaos ensues.
Who is Nathan Fielder?
This invention, now found in every airport and hotel room, was patented in 1930 by a woman named Ruth Wakefield.
What is the chocolate chip cookie?
"I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights"
What is Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood?
The Scholastic Book Fair was life—but you were really there for this gel-filled item you clicked obsessively.
What is a Gelly Roll pen (or a snap bracelet)?
In 2023, New York became the first U.S. state to ban this ingredient often found in candy and soda.
What is Red Dye No. 3?
This Netflix reality show challenges teams to build things out of molten material.
What is Blown Away?
Created in 1965 by Dr. Spencer Silver, this failed adhesive eventually became the perfect medium for passive-aggressive office notes.
What are Post-it Notes?
“Wake up, grab a brush and put a little makeup”
What is Chop Suey by System of a Down?
You learned the value of digital capitalism by feeding your Gelert omelettes and selling fake swords in this virtual pet economy.
What is Neopets?
This unassuming spot in Manhattan is actually the geographic center of NYC.
What is 28th & 5th (or Madison Square Park area)?