Pop Culture Moments
Back in 2010 at the Video Music Awards, Artist Lady Gaga showed up in an outfit so drastically different than usual pieces. It received this name.
The Meat Dress
This ’70s British rock band behind ‘Stairway to Heaven’ also released a 1973 track simply titled ‘The Ocean.'
Led Zeppelin
This was the first mission to land on the moon
Apollo 11
This 1977 space opera featured a young hero named Luke Skywalker, but its most iconic villain was voiced by this actor.
James Earl Jones
In 2022, this singer re-released her album Red, sending her 10-minute song ‘All Too Well’ to the top of the charts.
Taylor Swift
This 2017 luxury music festival, promoted by influencers and models as a paradise in the Bahamas, collapsed into chaos with cheese sandwiches, FEMA tents, and fraud charges for its founder.
Fyre Festival
This synth-pop project of Adam Young hit No. 1 in 2009 with ‘Fireflies’ on the album Ocean Eyes.
Owl City
The light and radio energy emitted by quasars may come from gases being sucked into these.
Black Hole
In The Dark Knight (2008), Heath Ledger won acclaim as the Joker — but this actor portrayed Gotham’s district attorney Harvey Dent, also known as Two-Face.
Aaron Eckhart
At just 22, this Beatles member shocked the world by announcing the band’s breakup in 1970.
Paul Mcartney
This handheld Japanese toy craze from the late 1990s and early 2000s required kids to feed and clean up after a digital pet.
Tamagotchi
Shape Of Water
In 2008, this astronomer for whom a space telescope is named was honored on a U.S. postage stamp.
Hubble
In Titanic (1997), everyone remembers Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet — but this actor played the treasure hunter Brock Lovett, who framed the story in the present day.
Bill Paxton
In 2022, The first ever heart transplant was completed with this animal.
Pig
In 2023, two blockbuster films, one about the creation of the atomic bomb and the other about a world-famous doll, premiered on the same day, sparking viral dress-up trends and inspiring this portmanteau nickname.
barbenheimer
This Canadian pop-punk band, named after the deepest ocean point, rose to fame with tracks like ‘Fallout’ and ‘Haven’t Had Enough.
Marianas Trench
In March 1986, five spacecraft made fly-bys of this comet.
Haley's Comet
In Jurassic Park (1993), Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill stole the spotlight — but this actress starred as paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler.
Laura Dern
In September 2022, the world watched the funeral of this monarch, the second-longest reigning in history.
Queen Elizabeth II
This music video, released in 1981 as the very first broadcast on MTV, declared that video had ‘killed’ this older entertainment medium.
"Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles
This Seattle grunge band took its name from a lustrous gem found inside oysters, though their 1991 breakthrough album was Ten.”
Pearl Jam
First or last name of the first human in space
Yuri Gargarin
Double Jeopardy
In The Matrix (1999), Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne took center stage — but this actress played Trinity, Neo’s closest ally.
At age 22, this tennis star defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 U.S. Open final, becoming Japan’s first-ever Grand Slam singles champion.
Naomi Osaka