What Hogwarts house is Harry Potter sorted into?
Discover the magical world of Harry Potter and its cultural impact. Do you remember what house Harry was sorted into? Test your wizarding knowledge!...
Fantasy
What’s the name of the planet in The Dark Crystal?
Jim Henson had a restless mind. The Dark Crystal came out in 1982, and it has never received its fair due. What’s the name of the planet where The Dark Crystal takes place?...
What’s the name of the dragon in The Hobbit?
It’s not that J.R.R. Tolkien invented modern fantasy as a genre, but he certainly brought it to the masses in a way that had never been done before. When The Hobbit was first published in 1937, it was not only widely praised by critics, it was a...
What does Arya Stark name her sword in Game of Thrones?
Somehow, Game of Thrones made people without swords scarier than those with them. Seriously, I would rather be locked in a room to fight Jamie than have dinner with Cersei.
No other family in the show gets the sharp end of the stick worse than the Starks. By the end...
What famous director that exploded in the ‘90s is a huge Xena: Warrior Princess fan?
Xena was originally supposed to die.
As a recurring character on the ‘90s syndicated fantasy TV series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena was originally slated to be killed off during her third appearance on the show. But not only did producers pay attention to her rising popularity and save her,...
What name does Peter Pan go by in 1991's Hook?
I’m a sucker for any time people take a Shakespeare play and put it in a modernized setting. I saw A Midsummer Night's Dream set in the ‘80s recently and nearly cried with joy.
So the plot of Steven Spielberg’s 1991 adventure classic, Hook, is an...
In The Princess Bride, what does R.O.U.S. stand for?
For some movies, you can say "I'll just watch this next scene" and then inevitably end up watching the entire thing. Scene after scene is not only entertaining, but iconic.
The Princess Bride, released in 1987, is definitely one of those movies. It's so...