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100

From where can you check out anytime you like, but never leave?

The Hotel California

100

What blockbuster movie series was directed by the Wachowskis?

The Matrix

100

Who wrote the Twilight books?

Stephanie Meyer

100

What animal is thought to have been domesticated in what is today Kazakhstan around 3000 BCE?

Horse

100

What book, despite its title, is about four Frenchmen who fight with swords?

The Three Musketeers

200

Who was shot nine times in 2000, but survived and went on to become a famous rapper?

50 Cent

200

What is Indiana Jones's real first name?

Henry

200

What was the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?

Parasite

200

What martial art translates as "the way of the hand and foot”?

Taekwondo

200

Who was Abraham Van Helsing's archenemy?

Count Dracula

300

What musical group sings "Love Shack" and "Rock Lobster"?

The B-52s

300

What movie series takes place in the years 1885, 1955, 1985, and 2015?

Back to the Future

300

Which artist made history in 2020 as the youngest winner of the Grammys' four main categories?

Billie Eilish

300

What ethnic group's name can be formed by changing one letter in the word "Among"?

Hmong

300

What novel by Robert Louis Stevenson featured a pirate named Long John Silver?

Treasure Island

400

What musical family had seven children named Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl?

Von Trapp

400

Which hit 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy finally got a sequel in 2021?

Coming to America

400

Which iconic singer-songwriter was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941?

Bob Dylan

400

What city did the Appian Way lead to?

Rome

400

Who wrote "A Farewell to Arms" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls"?

Ernest Hemingway

500

He was born with the name Steven Demetre Georgio, and now goes by Yusuf Islam.

What other name was he known by?

Cat Stevens

500

The following are the titles of Hollywood movies, translated into another language, then back into English. Name all the original movie titles for bonus points.

The Crystal Jungle

My Poor Little Angel

United States Cheat Bureau

Die Hard (Spain)

Home Alone (Argentina)

American Hustle (China)

500

Who is the highest-grossing movie star of all time?

Harrison Ford

500

What African capital was once named Leopoldville in honor of the king of Belgium?

Kinshasa

500

In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of what famous writer?

Salman Rushdie