Memorize these and recognize 3.0% of all Pop Culture clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvis Presley | 7 | This King of Rock was engaged to Ginger Alden at the time of his sudden 1977 death |
| 2 | Harry Houdini | 7 | The legendary Dai Vernon was known as "The Man Who Fooled" this escape king |
| 3 | Helen Keller | 6 | In the early 1920s she toured the vaudeville circuit where she told her life story translated by Anne Sullivan |
| 4 | Penn & Teller | 5 | According to their contract rider, the talking one of this magical duo "eats fire...(but) does not blow or shoot flames" |
| 5 | Mickey Mouse | 5 | In January 2024, the copyright on the 1928 version of this character expired, so we can show him without, mmm, legal issues |
| 6 | Marilyn Monroe | 5 | "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Some Like It Hot" |
| 7 | John Lennon | 5 | This Beatle first sang lead vocals on vinyl in 1961 on "Ain't She Sweet" |
| 8 | David Copperfield | 5 | It's said he was, at 12 years old, the youngest ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians |
| 9 | Bob Dylan | 5 | A critic said this singer "sounds more than ever like a man doing a bad Bob Dylan impression" |
| 10 | Veronica Mars | 5 | This Kristen Bell detective show was on UPN & The CW before it was a Kickstarter-funded movie; season 4 was on Hulu |
| 11 | the Treaty of Paris | 4 | It ended the Revolutionary War (1783) |
| 12 | the Three Stooges | 4 | Bud & Lou ran into Shemp Howard, an original member of this trio, in "Buck Privates" & "In the Navy" |
| 13 | Teller | 4 | On "The Big Bang Theory", this notably silent magician played Amy's dad & actually had a line—"Thank you!" |
| 14 | Shaquille O'Neal | 4 | This NBA superstar raps & hip-hops on albums like "You Can't Stop the Reign" |
| 15 | Rosa Parks | 4 | Mattel pays tribute to this woman, who helped spark the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her bus seat |
| 16 | Paul McCartney | 4 | He played the classic bass lines for "Michelle" & "Paperback Writer" as a lefty |
| 17 | Mr. Ed | 4 | This talking title horse had his own CBS sitcom from 1961 to 1966, but work slowed down for him after that |
| 18 | Mister Rogers | 4 | A red cardigan sweater worn by this beloved TV host is in the Smithsonian |
| 19 | London | 4 | Karl Marx & Michael Faraday are both buried in this city's Highgate Cemetery |
| 20 | Jefferson Davis | 4 | Louisiana observes this Gemini president's birthday as Confederate Memorial Day |
| 21 | Godzilla | 4 | Keloid scars like the kind developed by many Hiroshima survivors were included in the 1954 design of this movie monster |
| 22 | George Clooney | 4 | Beirut-born lawyer Amal Alamuddin made headlines with her 2014 engagement to this man |
| 23 | Elizabeth Taylor | 4 | In a 1994 film she played Wilma Flintstone's mother Pearl Slaghoople |
| 24 | Einstein | 4 | In 1902 he got fired as a tutor, but family friend Marcel Grossman helped him get a job as a Swiss patent clerk |
| 25 | Doctor Who | 4 | Since 1963 this British title character has traveled through time & space in a device called the TARDIS |
| 26 | Dean Martin | 4 | This crooner, seen here, died on Christmas Day, 1995 |
| 27 | David Bowie | 4 | This singer: The androgynous Ziggy Stardust |
| 28 | David Blaine | 4 | Leonardo DiCaprio hosted a 1996 "Street Magic" TV special by this man now known for his endurance stunts |
| 29 | Clara Barton | 4 | After the Battle of Cedar Mountain in 1862, a surgeon wrote, "If heaven ever sent out a(n)...angel," she "must be one" |
| 30 | Cirque du Soleil | 4 | It began in the early 1980s as Club des Talons Hauts, a stilt-walking troupe |
| 31 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 4 | Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Marsters: this undead TV classic |
| 32 | Black Beauty | 4 | In 1994 Alan Cumming was the voice of this "colorful" Anna Sewell horse |
| 33 | Babe Ruth | 4 | This baseball player's childhood home on Emory Street in Baltimore serves as the Orioles' official museum |
| 34 | Andy Warhol | 4 | This popmeister made the monster 3-D in 1973's "Flesh for Frankenstein" |
| 35 | Al Jolson | 4 | This star of "The Jazz Singer" spent much of WWII in the field entertaining troops |
| 36 | Vincent van Gogh | 4 | Leonard Nimoy traded his pointy ears for one when he portrayed this painter |
| 37 | Wonder Woman | 3 | 1942's issue No. 1 of this comic book shows the heroine leading U.S. troops |
| 38 | Vanna White | 3 | She really knows the alphabet on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 39 | Thriller | 3 | This Michael Jackson album spent 37 weeks at No. 1 |
| 40 | Thomas Edison | 3 | On Jan. 4, 1903 this inventor executed an elephant named Topsy to prove the "dangers" of alternating current |
| 41 | the United States | 3 | Educator Allan Carpenter has written over 135 books, including 50 geography books on these |
| 42 | the Titanic | 3 | Millionaires Benjamin Guggenheim & John Jacob Astor went down with this ship |
| 43 | The Simpsons | 3 | This show correctly predicts the future: a 2000 episode shows a grown-up Lisa as U.S. president; her predecessor: Donald Trump |
| 44 | the Shadow | 3 | This "mysterious character who aids the forces of law and order is in reality Lamont Cranston" |
| 45 | The Lone Ranger | 3 | The Atlantic said "around the hour-and-a-half mark", this masked-man Western makes the "fateful decision not to end" |
| 46 | The Grateful Dead | 3 | This Jerry Garcia band, once called The Warlocks, holds the record for most documented rock concerts |
| 47 | the BBC | 3 | In 1955 the Independent Television Authority broke this corporation's monopoly on TV in England |
| 48 | Tamagotchi | 3 | Every "Jeopardy!" staff member who was a kid in the '90s still keeps one of these digital pets from Bandai, seen here |
| 49 | Star Trek | 3 | ( Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Nichelle Nichols, who shared one of TV's first in... |
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