2024 Movies
This film defied expectations and pulled ahead of Mamma Mia! to become the top-grossing film based on a Broadway musical making $634.4 million worldwide
What is Wicked?
Taking over in 2016, this mobile game incorporated Augmented Reality that allowed players to move around their environment and ‘catch ‘em all.’
What is Pokemon Go?
In 1849, this woman made history by becoming the first woman in the US to obtain a medical degree.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
GIF
What is Graphics Interchange Format?
This 1813 classic romance begins with “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”
What is Pride and Prejudice?
Zendaya stars in this intense film serving audiences with a steamy love triangle that spans over a decade
What is Challengers?
This game is considered one of the earliest arcade games where two players use pixelated paddles to hit a ball back and forth
What is Pong?
Also known as the first computer programmer, this Countess was an acclaimed mathematician.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
ACLU
What is American Civil Liberties Union?
The first book of this dystopian series starts with “When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold”
Despite being in two films with a total of 13 Oscar nominations this actor ended the Oscars night with no wins.
Who is Timothee Chalamet?
After arriving on your very own island, this game allows you to build a home, catch animals, and collect resources all while being in debt to a very pushy racoon.
What is Animal Crossing?
In this year, WPI admits its first female students.
What is 1968?
SCUBA
What is Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus?
This 1953 dystopian novel starts with “It was a pleasure to burn”
What is Farenheit 451?
Lily-Rose Depp gave a hauntingly masterful performance as Ellen Hutter who is bewitched by Count Orlok also known as this titular monster
What is Nosferatu?
This series has a reputation for high levels of graphic violence, most notably, its fatalities, which are finishing moves that kill defeated opponents instead of knocking them out.
What is Mortal Kombat?
Judith Love Cohen was a NASA engineer and helped save the Apollo 13 crew while she was in labor with this famous actor.
Who is Jack Black?
SPF
What is Sun Protection Factor?
Despite its title, this illustrated children’s novel opens with “First of all, let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary”
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
Focusing on a cat navigating a post-apocalyptic world, this film took five and a half years to make using only the free and open-source animation software, Blender
What is Flow?
A two season tv show adaptation on Netflix expanded the stories of the playable characters in this multiplayer online battle game
What is League of Legends?
This MIT grad is a New York Times Bestseller, Netflix children’s show host, and recently became the 100th woman in space.
Who is Emily Calandrelli?
NBC
What is National Broadcasting Company?
This Shakespearean play starts with Theseus proclaiming “Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace”
What is A Midsummers Night Dream?