2024 Wrapped
Tropes and Devices
Movies
UCLA Trivia
Arts
100

This 26-year-old is currently under arrest for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.

Who is Luigi Mangione?

100

A plot device used to divert the audience's attention away from something significant that may give away the plot, often used in mysteries and thrillers.

What is a red herring?

100

This PIXAR original was the first full length computer animated film every released.

What is Toy Story?

100

This is UCLA’s (in)famous cross-town rival

What is USC?

100

This iconic painting has been stolen or vandalized from the Louvre 6 times.

What is the Mona Lisa?

200

This Billie Eilish track was the most streamed song of 2024 on Spotify.

What is Birds Of A Feather?

200

A plot device wherein a character pursues an object, though the object's actual nature is not important to the story.

What is a MacGuffin?

200

This blockbuster hit became one of the highest grossing films of all time, with the iconic quote, “I love you 3000”

What is Avengers Endgame?

200

UCLA was founded in this year.

What is 1919?

200

This iconic 1937 film was the first hand-drawn animated full length feature film.

What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

300

The Paris Olympics featured this new sport, sparking Australian competitor Rae-Gun’s ascent to internet infamy.

What is breakdancing?

300

This plot device occurs when a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.

What is deus ex machina?

300

This recent hit(featured in a WSP blog) revolved around a trio of tennis players navigating the future of their competitive journeys.

What is Challengers?

300

UCLA hosted this famous event in 1984.

What is Summer Olympics?

300

This composer of The Magic Flute was known to be quite the prankster.

Who is Mozart?

400

This celebrity’s look alike contest in New York was the first of many, sparking a new trend that appreciated everyone from Zayn Malik to Xolo Marideuna.

Who is Timothee Chalamet?

400

A common trope in romances, anime, and K- dramas, where a love triangle almost always ends up with the first love interest introduced capturing the protagonist’s heart.

What is second male lead syndrome?

400

This 1997 classic starring Leonardo DiCaprio earned 11 Oscars.

What is Titanic?

400

Martin Luther King Jr spoke here when visiting UCLA’s campus in 1965.

What is Tongva Steps?

400

This oceanic art piece by Katsushika Hokusai is actually not a painting, but a woodblock print.

What is The Great Wave?

500

This baby hippo from Chonburi, Thailand  captured hearts worldwide through social media.

Who is Moo Deng?

500

This term, originating in fanfiction communities, describes an original character that is so excessively perfect, overpowered, and invincible to the point of being unbelievable. Often, these characters are accused of being self-inserts for the author.

What is a Mary Sue?

500

This recent blockbuster hit directed by Jon M. Chu planted 9 million tulips to pay homage to 1938’s The Wizard Of Oz’s bright technicolor scenery.

What is Wicked?

500

UCLA used to reside at this CC before moving to Westwood in 1929.

What is Los Angeles City College?

500

In this iconic rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, the subject’s shoe flies off her foot as she flies through the air.

What is The Swing?