Traci Mumford

So, in honor of long, long-awaited sequels, can you guess these franchises that waited even longer to put out the second film?

We're not going to make it easy.

We're going to do a little wordplay puzzling here.

As an example, if the clue was Lucifer Sports Gucci, that would be Devil Wears Prada.

Get it?

First one.

The clue is Elite Firearm, as in there were 36 years between the movies in the Elite Firearm franchise.

That is... Top Gun.

Next, the clue is Knife Jogger.

There were 35 years between the original and the sequel for Knife Jogger.

That is... Blade Runner.

And last one, Insect Liquid.

Another three-plus decades passed between the first and the second movie for Insect Liquid.

The answer?

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.

As for why studios keep going back to the well even decades and decades later, it seems audiences have an insatiable appetite for sequels.

Not only is Devil Wears Prada 2 doing well, but nine of the 10 top-grossing films in North America in 2024 were sequels.

That's it for this week's news quiz.

If you want to tell us how you did, our email is theheadlines at nytimes.com.

I'm Tracy Mumford, and you do not have to wait three decades for the next episode.