Video Games
This classic 1998 stealth game introduced players to Solid Snake infiltrating Shadow Moses Island.
What is Metal Gear Solid?
This unstable liquid explosive, first synthesized in 1847, is the active component of dynamite.
What is nitroglycerin?
This 1999 sci-fi thriller featured Neo discovering that reality was a simulation.
What is The Matrix?
In 1980, this U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in what became known as the “Miracle on Ice.”
What is Team USA?
This Apollo mission suffered an onboard explosion but safely returned its crew to Earth.
What is Apollo 13?
This battle royale game drops 100 players onto an island where only one can remain.
What is Fortnite?
The acronym “PETN” stands for this chemical compound often used in detonating cords.
What is Pentaerythritol tetranitrate?
The 2014 film Interstellar was directed by this filmmaker, known for complex, time-bending narratives.
Who is Christopher Nolan?
In golf, completing a hole three strokes under par is known by this rare term.
What is an albatross (or double eagle)?
The first reusable orbital spacecraft, retired in 2011, flew 135 missions over 30 years.
What is the Space Shuttle?
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, this rare dragon can be found patrolling the Lanayru region
What is Naydra?
The explosive compound C-4 gets its name from this primary ingredient.
What is Composition 4 (based on RDX)?
In Jurassic Park, this billionaire industrialist funds the creation of a dinosaur theme park.
Who is John Hammond?
In soccer, a penalty kick is taken from this distance in yards.
What is 12 yards?
This private company became the first to send astronauts to the ISS aboard a commercially built spacecraft.
What is SpaceX?
Developed by FromSoftware, this notoriously difficult action RPG series begins in Lordran.
What is Dark Souls?
The detonation velocity of TNT is approximately this many meters per second.
What is 6,900 m/s?
This film about a washed-up superhero starred Michael Keaton and won Best Picture at the 2015 Oscars.
What is Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)?
This tennis player holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era (as of 2025).
Who is Novak Djokovic?
In 1990, this space telescope was launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The first Final Fantasy was created when this company was facing bankruptcy—its success saved them.
What is Square (now Square Enix)?
The Brisance of an explosive refers to its ability to do this.
What is shatter or fragment materials upon detonation?
The Revenant finally earned this actor his first Academy Award for Best Actor.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
In baseball, the “Immaculate Inning” refers to this exact achievement by a pitcher.
What is striking out three batters on nine consecutive pitches?
This 1977 NASA project used a golden record to communicate with potential extraterrestrial life.
What is the Voyager Golden Record?