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100

What is the name of the clown in "It"?

Answer: Pennywise

100

Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer both opened in theaters on July 21, 2023. What was the name of the meme that emerged in the weeks leading up to their release?

Answer: Barbenheimer

100

What is the earliest agent of socialization?

Answer: Family

100

C. Wright Mills argued that the sociological ____ helps individuals distinguish between personal troubles and public issues

Answer: Imagination

100

What is your body’s largest organ?

Answer: The skin 

200

In The Ring, how many days do people have to live after watching the tape?



Answer: 7 days

200

Before he was the frontman for Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl was the dummer for which band?

Answer: Nirvana

200

This type of research collects data in numerical form and is often analyzed using statistical techniques.

Answer: Quantitative research



 

200

Conflict Theory was largely inspired by this sociologist’s critique of capitalism and his work on class struggle.

Answer: Karl Marx

200

Which planet spins clockwise?

Answer: Venus

300

What is the name of the infamous motel in Psycho?


Answer: The Bates Motel

300

What TV show aired the first interracial kiss in the United States?

Answer: Star Trek

300

The belief that one's culture is inferior to another culture is called...

Answer: Ethnocentrism



300

This concept, used in Symbolic Interactionism, describes the unwritten rules and expectations that guide social interactions.

Answer: Social Norms

300

Who painted the famous artwork “The Last Supper”?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci 

400

What is the name of the alien species in the Alien franchise? 

Answer: Xenomorph

400

Whitney Houston famously covered “I Will Always Love You”—who sang the original?

Answer: Dolly Parton




400

What is it called when participants may change behavior because they know they are being studied?




Answer: The Hawthorne Effect?



400

This theory developed by Emile Durkheim; each part of society works together to benefit the whole

Answer: Structural Functionalism

400

What’s the best-selling video game console to date?

Answer: The PlayStation 2



500

What was the first horror film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?

Answer: The Exorcist

500

What singer holds the record for most Grammy nominations?

Answer: Beyoncé, who has 88 nominations

500

What is the sociological term for a sense of normlessness?



Answer: Anomie

500

Erving Goffman, a key figure in Symbolic Interactionism, developed this theory that compares social interactions to theatrical performances.

Answer: Dramaturgy
500

Which country was the first to use paper currency?

Answer: China