General History
What New York newspaper is credited with having started a new fad when it made Sudoku a featured puzzle in April of 2005.
New York Post
This singer-songwriter is the daughter of Star Wars: The Force Awakens director. Her hits include
"That's So True"
"Close To You"
"Risk"
Gracie Abrams
(J.J. Abrams)
What play, based on the songs of the band ABBA, debuted on Broadway, in 2001?
Mamma Mia
What 1994 award-winning film depicts its main character anxiously telling President Kennedy, "I gotta pee"?
Forest Gump
What Marvel film about a group of unlikely intergalactic friends included the songs
"Hooked on a Feeling"
"Cherry Bomb"
"Come and Get Your Love"
Guardians of the Galaxy
What comic strip's last original cartoon appeared in newspapers in February 2000, the day after its creator, Charles Schulz, passed away?
The Peanuts
She starred in Stranger Things and is the voice of Anxiety in Inside Out 2
Maya Hawke
(Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman)
What award-winning Broadway musical is about a teen who goes viral because of a lie?
Dear Evan Hansen
Leonardo DiCaprio
This film tells the story of a group of high schoolers in 1958. Frankie Valli sang the title track, and Olivia Newton-John's "Hopelessly Devoted to You" recently regained popularity.
Grease
What candy did faux scientists mix with Diet Coke to produce geyser-like reactions in a 2005 video that went viral?
Mentos
The star of Daisy Jones and the Six, she is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley.
Riley Keough
(Lisa Marie Presley)
What hit musical was written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone?
The Book of Mormon
What actress famously danced "The Twist" with John Travolta in Quentin Tarantino's groundbreaking crime drama Pulp Fiction.
Uma Thurman
Bradley Cooper plays a shallow musician alongside this "Poker Face" singer in this film.
A Star is Born
Who wrote the 2008 young adult novel that tells the story of a teen from Panem, who takes her sister's place in a deadly survival contest?
Suzanne Collins
(The Hunger Games)
Margaret Qualley
What Broadway musical revival about a 1920s Berlin nightclub, with Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee, were audiences "Wilkommen" to, in droves, in 1998 and again in 2024
Cabaret
Who delivered the title role in The Truman Show, a 1998 movie about the unsuspecting star of a round-the-clock, globally televised reality series.
Jim Carrey
This film includes original songs by Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, and Ryan Gosling.
Barbie
What name was given to the 2015 football scandal that involved a series of text messages and PSI limits?
Deflategate
Her father and stepmother found relevance in their televised trial. She now is the star of Nosferatu and is the face of the "Trenchcoat buttoned to the TOP" meme.
Lily Rose Depp
(Johnny Depp)
Who composed the score for 2008's Billy Elliot, the musical about a British boy from a small mining town who chooses ballet over boxing?
Hint - He also wrote music for The Lion King on Broadway.
Elton John
The high schoolers in the film Dazed and Confused live in the suburbs of what "weird" Texas city, known for its culture and cuisine?
Austin
Kendrick Lamar preformed a song from this movie at the 2025 Super Bowl featuring SZA.
Black Panter