I'm So Meta Even This Acronym
The Bob Emergency
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Unicorns
Pirates!
200

This American football player has been a guest host of Jeopardy, and said that he wants to have the job full time

Aaron Rodgers

200

This Jamaican musician could have you "Jamming" along to his reggae music

Bob Marley

200

This is the valuation that a startup must reach in order to be considered a "unicorn" -- only about 0.07% of startups ever do.

$1 Billion

200

This animal is popularly known as the unicorn of the sea

the narwhal

200

This character serves as the primary antagonist of Treasure Island, and also lends his name to an American fast food franchise.

Long John Silver

400

The title of our current category comes from this popular webcomic by Randall Munroe

XKCD

400

This journalist worked with Carl Bernstein to break the story that ultimately ended Richard Nixon's presidency.

Bob Woodward

400

Founded by another Evan who went to Stanford, this social media company made a spectacle when it popped off for a cracking $30 billion market cap with its 2017 IPO.

Snap, Inc.

400

This is the German word for unicorn, which also features in the problematic conclusion of the Ace Ventura movie

Einhorn

400

Edward Teach is known for being the captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge, and even better known by this colorful nickname.

Blackbeard

600

this Jeopardy category deals with alcoholic beverages

Potent Potables

600

This pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals helped make 1968 the year of the pitcher, dominating with a 1.12 ERA and causing the mound to be lowered for future seasons.

Bob Gibson

600

Although it's the namesake of a man who focused on moving wealth to the less fortunate, this fintech unicorn came under fire in 2021 for stopping some of its users from getting in on the game with a hot stock.

Robinhood

600

The Unicorn is the official national animal of this country

Scotland

600

In The Adventures of Tin-Tin, this pirate sinks Captain Haddock's ancestor's ship, the Unicorn. Tin-Tin and Captain Haddock seek his treasure.

Red Rackham

800

In dungeons and dragons or other role-playing games, this is the use of a player's additional knowledge to try and get to better outcomes for their character instead of role-playing through situations.

Metagaming.

800

Among other roles, this actor co-starred with Roger Rabbit (although he did not frame him) in the 1980's.

Bob Hoskins

800

Evan was surprised to discover that this vaping company was acquired for over 12 billion dollars in 2018

JUUL

800

This man wrote The Last Unicorn, and was also involved in a very sad elder abuse case before regaining rights to his intellectual property as part of a recent lawsuit.

Peter S. Beagle

800

The first film where the trio of Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, and Basil Rathbone co-starred; it is the story of an Irish doctor who becomes a pirate (and then governor of Port Royal).

Captain Blood

1000

The stand-alone use of "meta" was popularized by this 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter, popularly initialized as GEB

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

1000

Before he starred in the Joy of Painting, Bob Ross had this job, which was in sharp contrast to his calm and friendly demeanor on that show.

Sergeant in the Air Force

1000

TikTok is owned by this Chinese parent company, although I don't think any of its users perform the company's name in their videos.

ByteDance

1000

An origami unicorn features in the final scene of the director's cut of this science fiction film, hinting that the protagonist may not be as human as we've been led to believe.

Blade Runner

1000

A prostitute who married a successful privateer, this Chinese woman took over operations after his death, and eventually commanded a fleet of over a thousand ships and over 80,000 pirates -- making her perhaps the most successful pirate in history.

Zheng Yi Sao