Media (Not Lit)
Vocabulary
Dystopia
Literature
General Trivia
100

A video, TV, and movie corporation, founded in 1928 by premiering the hit cartoon Steamboat Willie   

What is Disney

100

A prefix, opposite of "Pro"

What is Con/Anti

100

The Author of hit dystopian books, 1984, Animal Farm, and A Hanging

Who is George Orwell

100

A novel series featuring a school of magic named "Hogwarts"

What is Harry Potter

100

The second U.S president

Who is John Adams
200

Which NBA team won the first official championship in 1947

Golden State Warriors

200

This infamously long nonsense word originated in the 1964 film, Mary Poppins 

What is, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

200

This book, Written in 1985 by Margaret Atwood, was turned into a wildly popular TV show that first aired in 2017. This book features a fully patriarchal society in New England   

What is, A Handmaid's Tale

200

William Shakespeares last play, widely considered the greatest piece of writing ever created 

What is, The Tempest

200

This American Civil War battle, is famously the most deadly battle in American history, a higher volume of Americans died in this battle than any other in history

What is The Battle Of Gettysburg

300

The Painter of the iconic painting, The Scream, released in 1839

Who is Edvard Munch

300

This letter in the English language is used LEAST frequently

What is, "Z"

300

Within 5 years, when was the hit dystopian book, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley published?

When is 1931
300

The Author of wildly successful, and iconic, 1960's book, To Kill A Mockingbird

Who is Harper Lee
300

The year, Apple, the electronic and software company, created by Steve Jobs, was founded

When is 1976

400

This famous jazz saxophonist got his legend status after a skillful solo in a venue known as, The Cutting Session, where the year before, he had messed up a piece, and famous drummer and bandleader Jo Jones threw a cymbal at him

Who is Charlie Parker

400

What literally any literature that ISN'T poetry can be referred to as

What is, "Prose"

400

This semi-popular, speculative fiction tv show, released in 2014, features an America, divided into 2 factions, one controlled by the Japanese, and one controlled by the Germans, after an alternative ending to World War 2 took place

What is, Man In The High Castle

400

This accomplished, and extremely talented, horror and drama author, released the famously insightful biography, 'Why I Write" in 2005

Who is Cormac McCarthy

400

There have been more of this fish caught, than any other in recorded history

What is the Bristlemouth

500

This classical composer gained notoriety during the Romantic Era, primarily due to his composition of the "24 Etudes" a significant solo symphony that released in 1876   

Who is Frédéric Chopin


500

The longest word in the English Language that has NO repeating letters

What is “ uncopyrightable"

500

A short story, written and released by Harlan Ellison in 1967, that was named the second most influential Dystopian writing (Non Novel) by Goodreads in 2024 

What is 'I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream"
500

A collection of stories, turned into a full novel, written and published by Kurt Vonnegut in 1968, the first of his books to ever be a  New York Times "Best Seller" 

What is "Welcome To The Monkey House"
500

The only known celestial object in the universe that has experienced rainfall in the same way earth does

What is Titan/Jupiter's Largest Moon