LOTR
This artifact, forged by Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom reads, "One ring to rule them all, one ring to bind them.' when cast into fire.
What is the inscription on the ring when heated?
In this 1979 sci-fi horror film, a crew encounters a deadly alien species aboard their spacecraft, leading to iconic scenes of survival and the concept of bioengineering.
What is Alien?
This actor played Chani, the main love interest of Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet)
Who is Zendaya
This 1978 song by Queen stands as their second most played song on Spotify with over 1.25 billion plays as of March 2022. Often associated with energy, includes references to outer space and a journey to Mars.
What is Don't Stop Me Now?
This Movie sees the high school age protagonist accidentally get stuck in the 50s where he has to make sure he can return to his present and get his parents together all in one week.
What is Back to the Future?
When attempting to enter the Doors of Durin, this elvish phrase was spoken by Gandalf as the password.
In Contact, a scientist receives a mysterious signal from space that leads to the construction of a machine designed to facilitate travel to this celestial body.
What is the Vega System?
This is a valuable material that is the main export of Arakkis, used for deep space navigation, a hallucinogenic and causes users to gain blue eyes
What is Spice
This album, released in 2021 by Doja Cat, includes hit songs such as "Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)" and "Woman".
What is Planet Her?
This movie broke records at the box office as its main team of protagonists travel through time to gather lost space rocks and double the universe's population.
What is Avengers: Endgame?
The Fellowship of the Ring, formed during the Council of Elrond in Rivendell, consists of these nine members.
Who are: Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, and Boromir
This movie features a world-famous linguist trying to communicate with aliens using their complex language, illustrating concepts from semiotics and communication theory.
What is Arrival?
These people are native to the dunes of Arrakis
What are the Fremen
Released in May 2023, this pop song mentions in its chorus a powerful and luminous explosion that takes place when a star reaches the end of its life.
This movie sees our young and orphaned protagonist get taken to meet a family from the advanced future, rebuild a time machine, and stop a man in a Bowler Hat, only to later find out that this family is closer to him than he knows.
Three to seven Maiar, corrupted by Morgoth have been encountered across Middle Earth. Notably, the Fellowship encountered one on Durin's Bridge in Khazak Dur, to which, Gandalf said, "You shall not pass!"
What is a Balrog or Durin's Bane?
In War of the Worlds, this alien invasion film showcases advanced technology and weaponry, including a deadly heat ray based on this fundamental physics principle.
What is thermal radiation?
This is the composer for the scoring of the Dune movies
Who is Hans Zimmer
This song is part of the album "Hunky Dory", and has in its title the fourth planet from the Sun.
What is Is There Life on Mars?
This movie sees our two main protagonists travel through time collecting historical figures to pass their high school history class. Also, they get the time machine from a future utopia only possible through the music of the protagonists' will-be band.
What is Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?
This character, considered to be older than Middle Earth itself, is known for his rhymes. One of these rhymes reads, "____ is a merry fellow. Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow"
Who is Tom Bombadil?
In this iconic 1982 film, a young boy befriends an alien stranded on Earth, who famously communicates his desire to contact his home planet with this phrase.
What is “E.T. Phone Home”?
This matriarchal order steers the politics of the empire. They control people's wills with the power of The Voice.
What is the Bene Gesseritt
A song by the virtual band Gorillaz, featuring the rapper D.R.A.M. The title of the song is a name of a galaxy, which in Greek mythology is the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
What is Andromeda?
This 5th installment of the series sees our very old protagonist work with his granddaughter to find a time-vortex compass before a team of Nazis find it first and rewrite World War II.
What is Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?