Video Games
In the Sims franchise, this is the gibberish language that Sims speak.
What is Simlish?
A type of tree and the largest mammal in Maine
What is spruce/moose?
In the Greek underworld, this man must push a boulder to the top of a mountain every day, even though he can't reach the top.
Who is Sisyphus?
"Jolene" by Dolly Parton:
"Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming _____________.
What is "locks of auburn hair?"
This is the illegal drug commonly smuggled and used in both Dune and Star Wars.
What is spice?
In the Pokemon games, these are the three type options for the player's first Pokemon.
What are grass, water, and fire?
Illegal cargo or possessions and when an organization purposefully changes its image
What is contraband/rebrand?
In Norse mythology, Odin hung himself on this structure.
What is the World Tree/Yggdrasil?
"Gold Digger" by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx:
"She was supposed to buy your shorty Tyco with your money
She went to the doctor, _______________"
What is "got lipo with your money?"
Han Solo may use parsecs to measure time, but a parsec is actually a measurement of this.
What is distance?
This geometrically named Nintendo console debuted in both Japan and North America in 2001.
What is the GameCube?
Getting an item for a good price and technical terminology.
What is bargain/jargon?
In the 1600s, Germany experienced a string of mob murders and riots supposedly hunting down these shapeshifting creatures, also known as lycanthropes.
What are werewolves?
"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas:
"Same old song
Just a drop of water in ____________"
What is "an endless sea?"
In Blade Runner, these androids are nearly indistinguishable from humans. They are also the inspiration for the synths from Fallout 4.
What are replicants?
This French video game company is responsible for games like Watch Dogs and Far Cry
What is Ubisoft?
A word of French origin meaning that something is fitting and one of Mario's catch phrases.
What are "apropos/Here we go?"
This witch/demon from Slavic folklore usually lives in the woods and kidnaps, and sometimes eats, children.
What is the Baba Yaga?
"Self Esteem" by the Offspring:
"She came over, I lost my nerve
I took her back and _____________"
What is "made her dessert?"
In Horizon Zero Dawn, an artificial intelligence is in charge of remaking a dead planet Earth. This is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying a planet's atmosphere, flora and fauna, topography, and ecology.
What is terraforming?
This infamous and controversial Call of Duty mission has the player commit a terror attack on an airport while undercover in a terrorist organization
What is "No Russian?"
A population of similar demographic and a person who possesses both masculine and feminine visual traits
What is homogenous/androgynous?
This demigod and warrior is widely considered the greatest hero of Irish mythology, and certainly the most famous
Who is Cu Chulainn?
"Big Iron" by Marty Robbins:
"He was vicious and a killer
Though a youth of twenty four
and the notches on his pistol
________________________"
What is "numbered one and nineteen more?"
Beam me up Scotty! Teleporting would require breaking down and reconstructing all of a person's these.
What are atoms?