| Thing | Favorite | Least Favorite |
|---|---|---|
| Art Film | The Seventh Seal | Eraserhead |
| (Neo)-Noir film | Chinatown | Inherent Vice |
| Comedy film | Tropic Thunder | Dude, Where's My Car? |
| Retrowave Album | Endless Summer by The Midnight | Infinity by W O L F C L U B |
| Text editor | Emacs | Notepad |
| Mass-market beer | Rolling Rock | Budweiser |
| Animated TV Show | Futurama | South Park |
| TV Police Procedural | Psych | NTSF:SD:SUV:: |
| Shonen Anime | Hunter x Hunter (2011) | Re:Zero |
| Seinen Anime | Parasyte: The Maxim | Berserk (1997) |
| Anime Movie | Perfect Blue | Kiki's Delivery Service |
| National Park | Yellowstone | None yet |
| Call of Duty Game | 4 | Black Ops II |
| Final Fantasy Game | X | I |
| Tales Game | Symphonia | Symphonia: Dawn of a New World |
| Battlefield Game | Bad Company 2 | 1942 |
| ARPG | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Borderlands |
| Isometric RPG | Divinity: Original Sin | Divine Divinity |
| JRPG | Final Fantasy X | Any Pokemon game (they're all the same) |
| Video Game Console | Wii | Xbox 360 |
| Classic Novel | Great Expectations | Moby Dick |
| Young Adult Novel Series | Percy Jackson | Harry Potter |
| Procedural Programming Language | C | Fortran 90 |
| Object-Oriented Programming Language | Java | C++ |
| Functional Programming Language | ELisp | Common Lisp |
| Decade in American History | 1980s | 1960s |
| Electronic Music Genre | Future Bass | Drum and Bass |
| 3rd Wave Emo Band | The Used | Jimmy Eat World |
| First Person Shooter | Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) | Halo: Combat Evolved |
| Disney 2D Animation | Home on the Range | Sleeping Beauty |
| Disney 3D Animation | Ratatouille | Frozen II |
| Disney Live Action Remake | Aladdin | The Little Mermaid |
| Dreamworks Animations Movies | Shrek 2 | Trolls |
| National fast food joint | Taco Bell | Burger King |
| Regional fast food joint | Culvers | Whataburger |
| National fast casual joint | Chili's | Red Robin |
| Modern romance novel | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | Fourth Wing |
| Beer type | IPA | Lager |
| European Country | France | UK |
| Modern Country Artist | Luke Combs | Morgan Wallen |
| NFL team | Carolina Panthers | New Orleans Saints |
| Big 12 team | Iowa State Cyclones | BYU Cougars |
| Big 10 team | Iowa Hawkeyes (except during the Cyhawk Game) | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| ACC team | UNC Tar Heels | California Golden Bears |
| SEC team | Tennessee Volunteers | Texas Longhorns |
| Sitcom | Seinfeld | Friends |