List of arts and media puzzle topics

This is a list of art- and popular media-related topics that have been used in puzzles in puzzle hunts.

Since art and media have a lot of overlap, and claiming one thing to be 'media but not art' would often be contentious, there will be no attempt to separate them into separate categories.

Literature
For the sake of categorization, literature includes all fiction, regardless of prominence or artistic merit.

Specific authors, books and series

 * Alice in Wonderland
 * The Bible
 * The Devil's Dictionary
 * Encyclopedia Brown (series)
 * The Gashlycrumb Tinies
 * Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
 * Goosebumps (series)
 * Sue Grafton
 * Harry Potter (series)
 * Stephen King
 * The Lord of the Rings (series)
 * H.P. Lovecraft
 * Mr. Men (series)
 * Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series)
 * Sherlock Holmes (series) Dr. Seuss
 * On Beyond Zebra

General literature topics

 * Alphabet books
 * Awards
 * The Hugos
 * Book covers
 * Choose Your Own Adventure
 * Comic strips
 * Concordances
 * Cataloguing systems
 * The Dewey Decimal System
 * Lipograms
 * Magazines
 * Nursery rhymes
 * Poetry
 * Haiku

Classical music

 * Composers
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Bach
 * Ludwig van Beethoven
 * Jonathan Stump
 * Enigma Variations
 * Goldberg Variations

Popular Music

 * ABBA
 * The Beatles
 * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)
 * The Grammys
 * "Never Gonna Give You Up"
 * Taylor Swift
 * They Might Be Giants
 * Weird Al Yankovic

General music topics

 * Albums
 * Album Art
 * B-Sides
 * Bands
 * Christmas carols
 * The Twelve Days of Christmas
 * Cover versions
 * The Eurovision Song Contest
 * Instruments
 * Marching Bands
 * Mashups
 * Music Theory
 * Modes
 * Solfege
 * Music Videos
 * Radio stations
 * Song Types
 * List Songs
 * Nonsense Songs

Classical theatre

 * Shakespeare plays
 * Macbeth

Dance

 * Ballet

Musical theatre

 * Gilbert & Sullivan
 * Jukebox musicals
 * Opera
 * Stephen Sondheim
 * The Tonys

Film

 * The American Film Institute (AFI)
 * Disney
 * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 * Inception
 * James Bond
 * The Kevin Bacon Game
 * Movie censorship
 * The Oscars
 * The Princess Bride

Internet culture

 * Hot Ones
 * IMDB
 * Monster Factory
 * MS Paint Adventures
 * Ologies (Podcast)
 * Omnibus (Podcast)
 * The Order of the Stick
 * TED Talks
 * TV Tropes
 * Wikipedia
 * XKCD
 * Youtube
 * Viral videos

Specific shows

 * The Amazing Race
 * Aqua Teen Hunger Force
 * Batman (1960s)
 * The Big Bang Theory
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Community
 * Countdown
 * Desperate Housewives
 * Doctor Who
 * Firefly
 * Friends
 * Game of Thrones
 * Jeopardy!
 * The Muppet Show
 * Mystery Science Theatre 3000
 * RuPaul's Drag Race
 * Saturday Night Live
 * Sesame Street
 * The Simpsons
 * Star Trek
 * Survivor

General TV topics

 * Anime
 * The Emmys
 * Episode naming conventions
 * TV theme songs

Visual art

 * Heraldry
 * Painting
 * Photography
 * ColorChecker
 * Sculpture
 * CowParade

General arts and media topics

 * Fictional things
 * Books
 * Cars
 * Couples
 * Detectives
 * Dogs
 * Expletives
 * Houses
 * Rooms
 * Steeds
 * Weapons
 * Narrative charts
 * Remakes (Film and TV)