Pop Culture 2023 - Ms. T

Miscellaneous

100

This is a book series, a film series, and now an animated TV series on Disney +. It follows a middle schooler who illustrates his daily life in a diary.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

200

This broadway musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Hamilton 

300

She's the Duchess of Sussex (some people call her a princess) but is an American and former actress most known for her role in the hit tv show Suits.

                                Meghan Markle 

400

This billionaire was born in South Africa and was the inspiration for the character Tony Stark 

Elon Musk 

500

Before he was a rapper, Drake began his career on this hit Canadian TV series as a character named Jimmy. 

Degrassi

600

This popular Tiktoker recently has her own show with her family.

Charlie D' Amieio

Music/Artists

100

He's the King of Pop 

Michael Jackson  

200

This artist performed at the Super Bowl 57 half-time show while pregnant.

 Rhianna 

300

This popular South Korean boy band was formed in 2010. Some of their hit singles include: "FAKE LOVE", "Savage Love", "Permission to Dance", "Boy With Luv ft. Halsey", "Dynamite", "My Universe w/ Coldplay"

                                 BTS

400

She grew up in the Bronx, New York City, and rose to prominence in late 2022 with her song "Munch". She has curly red hair. 

Ice Spice 

500

This song first went viral on social media in 2019, then made history by simultaneously charting on the pop, rap, and country charts on Billboard. Then it was controversially removed from the country charts for not being country enough. The remix features Billy Ray Cyrus.

Old Town Road 

600

What music producer is responsible for the soundtrack for Spiderman Across the Spiderverse? 

                        

  Metro Boomin

Movies

100

This is the #1 highest-grossing movie of all time.

Avatar

200

These two movies will come out on July 21st, 2023, and have created an internet phenomenon that began circulating ahead of the theatrical release of the two films diametrically opposed in genre.

                         Barbie and Oppenheimer 

300

Halle Bailey plays a Disney Princess in the 2023 live-action version of this movie.

The Little Mermaid  

400

This movie franchise is centered on a series of action films that are largely concerned with street racing, heists, spies, and FAMILY. It currently has 12 movies, with the 12th released this year.

                          Fast and Furious 

500

This A24 film won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year. A bagel is used to represent the nihilistic philosophy of the film.

                  Everything Everywhere All At Once

600

In this movie, our main character, Jack, shouts the iconic line "I'm the King of the World!"

Titanic 

Animation

100

The pilot episode of this Nickelodeon show is titled "The Boy in the Iceberg".

Avatar the Last Airbender

200

This series follows the adventures of a boy and his best friend and adoptive brother, a dog with the magical power to change size and shape at will.

Adventure Time 

300

This series is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids; the story follows a young boy who vows to exterminate them after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother.

Attack on Titan 

400

In this 2 season masterpiece, two fraternal twins spend their summer break with their Great Unlce in a mysterious town.  

                             Gravity Falls 

500

This Japanese animation studio is based in Tokyo and is one of the most acclaimed animation studios in the world. Popular films include, "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away".

Studio Ghibli

600

According to the series lore, Professor Utonium was attempting to engineer perfect little girls in his lab when a mystery ingredient called Chemical X was accidentally added to the mix.

The Powerpuff Girls 

TV

100

The medical drama series focuses on a group of young doctors at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, who began their careers at the facility as interns.

Grey's Anatomy

200

Twenty years after a fungal outbreak ravages the planet, survivors Joel and Tess are tasked with a mission that could change everything in this series.

                        

 The Last of Us

300

This US adaptation, set at a paper company in Scranton, follows the work lives of the eccentric staff in a documentary-style format. 

The Office 

400

Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" surpassed 100 million views on Youtube and went viral on Tik Tok for months due to its inclusion in Season Four of this hit Netflix Original. It still holds the record for the most streamed show on Netflix.  

Stranger Things

500

In this 2017 Disney Channel series, our main character finds out on the eve of her 13th birthday that her free-spirited older sister who has been traveling around the world and is finally back home is actually her mother.

                                Andi Mack

600

This is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. Samurai, Dino Charge, and Ninja Steel are some of the series that have been created under this franchise.

Power Rangers