SMALL SCREEN SHOWTUNES
On "Britain's Got Talent", Susan Boyle stunned the crowd with "I Dreamed A Dream" from this show
LES MISERABLES
knowyourmeme.com says this Muppet is the origin of the "Om nom nom nom" eating meme
Cookie Monster
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald never graduated from this New Jersey school; he had to drop out as a result of poor grades.
PRINCETON
This "most beautiful woman in the world," who Homer identifies as the cause of the Trojan War in The Iliad, has a romantic moment for the titular doctor in Marlowe's most famous work.
Helen of Troy
This "Complicated" Canadian singer dropped out of high school in 2000 after she was signed to a record deal in New York. She had fit in with the "skater clique" in her school, and that image was evident her first album cover, as well as a focus of perhaps her most famous song.
AVRIL LAVIGNE
Andy Bernard sauntered into "The Office" singing of this "demon barber of Fleet Street"
SWEENEY TODD
A 2016 interview with this Batman actor found him looking sad; the internet then made him the meme we deserve
BEN AFFLECK
The main campus for Middlebury College is located in the Champlain Valley of this state
VERMONT
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous work, the eyes of this man look out over the city, watching everything that transpires like a godly figure
Dr. TJ Eckleberg
This entertainment icon, whose name is still ever-present more than 50 years after his death, dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and joined the Red Cross (after the army said he was too young to enlist). He didn't introduce his most famous character until over a decade later.
WALT DISNEY
Vanessa Hudgens played Maureen when this musical based on a Puccini opera went live on Fox in 2019
RENT
After she wore a jacket with "I really don't care. Do u?" written on it, memes flew fast & furious
MELANIA TRUMP
While attending this school, George W. Bush was a member of its Skull & Bones secret society
YALE
In Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, the main character, Santiago, has an epic battle with this type of fish.
MARLIN
This director of Pulp Fiction dropped out of high school; he thought he could do a better job educating himself.
QUENTIN TARANTINO
On a memorable "American Idol", Jason Castro sang "Memory" from this Broadway musical
CATS
When Tom Holland as him said, "I don't feel so good" in "Infinity War", half the meme community sprang to life
SPIDER-MAN
Nicknamed "Sadie Lou", this New York college dropped the word "For Women" from its name in 1947
SARAH LAWRENCE
One of the men spearheading the creation of the 11th Newspeak dictionary in George Orwell's 1984, this character gets vaporized for being too smart for his own good.
SYME
This stand-up comedian, known by many as the greatest comedian of all time, was expelled from Cardinal Hayes High School at age 15 in the 1950s
GEORGE CARLIN
An episode of NBC's "Smash" included "Another Op'nin' Another Show" from this musical based on "The Taming of the Shrew"
KISS ME, KATE
One meme about this actor who was "Walker, Texas Ranger": he "counted to infinity--twice"
CHUCK NORRIS
This Jesuit university not far from L.A.'s international airport is known as LMU for short
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
Was it an accident or was it on purpose? Gene confesses in John Knowles' A Separate Peace that he
"[blanked] the limb", sending Finny flying.
JOUNCED
This Nirvana singer and husband of Courtney Love, whose death in 1994 rocked the music world, dropped out of high school as a teen to pursue music.
KURT COBAIN