Pop Culture Jeopardy

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Music Milestones

$200
This British band's 1964 arrival in America, dubbed the British Invasion, was capped by an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Who are the Beatles?
$400
This Swedish pop group topped charts worldwide with 1976's hit about a dancing queen.
Who is ABBA?
$600
This 1985 charity single, recorded by dozens of American musicians under the name USA for Africa, urged listeners to help feed the children.
What is "We Are the World"?
$800
This music video channel launched in August 1981, changing how the music industry marketed songs to teenagers.
What is MTV?
$1,000
This 1969 upstate New York music festival drew an estimated 400,000 attendees for three days of peace and music.
What is Woodstock?

At the Movies

$200
This 1977 space opera directed by George Lucas introduced audiences to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
What is Star Wars?
$400
This 1994 Quentin Tarantino film won the Palme d'Or before becoming a nonlinear crime classic starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson.
What is Pulp Fiction?
$600
Released in 1997, this James Cameron film about a doomed ocean liner became the first movie to gross over one billion dollars worldwide.
What is Titanic?
$800
This 1975 Steven Spielberg film about a great white shark terrorizing a beach town is often credited with inventing the summer blockbuster.
What is Jaws?
$1,000
This 1941 film by Orson Welles, about the rise and fall of a newspaper tycoon, is frequently ranked by critics as the greatest movie ever made.
What is Citizen Kane?

Television Hits

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This animated sitcom set in Springfield, created by Matt Groening, premiered as a series in 1989 and follows a yellow-skinned family.
What is The Simpsons?
$400
This late-night sketch comedy series, launched in 1975 by Lorne Michaels, tapes live from Rockefeller Center in New York City.
What is Saturday Night Live?
$600
This medical drama set in Seattle, created by Shonda Rhimes, premiered in 2005 and follows surgical interns at a fictional hospital.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
$800
This British costume drama follows the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
What is Downton Abbey?
$1,000
This crime drama, which premiered in 2008, follows a chemistry teacher's transformation into a methamphetamine kingpin.
What is Breaking Bad?

Famous Firsts

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In 1969, this NASA astronaut became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
$400
In 1928, this animated mouse made his debut in the short film Steamboat Willie.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
$600
This social media platform, founded in a Harvard dorm room in 2004, began as a network exclusively for college students.
What is Facebook?
$800
In 2008, this politician became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
$1,000
Uploaded by one of YouTube's co-founders in April 2005, this 19-second clip filmed at the San Diego Zoo was the platform's very first video.
What is "Me at the Zoo"?

Internet Culture

$200
This slang abbreviation, used in text messages to express amusement, stands for laughing out loud.
What is LOL?
$400
This term describes an image, video, or piece of text that spreads rapidly online, often altered for comedic effect as it is shared.
What is a meme?
$600
This microblogging platform, launched in 2006, originally limited posts to 140 characters.
What is Twitter?
$800
This 2012 South Korean single by Psy became the first YouTube video ever to reach one billion views.
What is "Gangnam Style"?
$1,000
This term describes content, often photos or videos, that spreads rapidly and widely across the internet through shares.
What is going viral?

Awards Season

$200
This annual awards show, nicknamed the Oscars, has honored achievement in the film industry since 1929.
What is the Academy Awards?
$400
This annual music awards show, nicknamed the Grammys, is presented each year by the Recording Academy.
What are the Grammy Awards?
$600
This annual television awards show, nicknamed the Emmys, has recognized excellence in the industry since 1949.
What are the Emmy Awards?
$800
This annual awards show honoring achievement in Broadway theater is nicknamed the Tonys.
What are the Tony Awards?
$1,000
Held annually since 1954 and honoring film and television performers, this awards show is voted on exclusively by members of a namesake actors' union.
What are the Screen Actors Guild Awards?

Final Jeopardy — Music Milestones

This performer's 1982 album Thriller is widely recognized as the best-selling studio album ever released.

Who is Michael Jackson?

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