Hockey Town
My favorite NHL team, the 2026 Stanley Cup Champions, is?
Carolina Hurricanes
I named my dog after this crotchety old little hobbit from The Lord of the Rings
Bilbo
Graz was my home for about five months, in the southern region of this country most famous for its composers, painters-turned-dictators, The Sound of Music, and Wiener Schnitzel
Austria
What is the derivative of x3
3x2
In 2007, Appalachian State pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history by defeating this football powerhouse
Michigan
This infraction is committed when a defending player shoots the puck uninhibited from their half of the ice behind the opposing team's goal (and the opposing team skater reaches the faceoff dots first)
Icing
This 2026 summer blockbuster starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jon Bernthal broke the record for the highest domestic opening weekend
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
I fulfilled a lifelong dream by crossing the famous crosswalk outside of a record studio in London
Abbey Road
There are 1,000 employees at Lincoln and it doubles every 10 years. How many employees will there be at Lincoln in 40 years?
16,000
Luke Combs
A rare feat nowadays, a "Gordie Howe Hat Trick" is achieved when in one game a player scores a goal, an assist, and does what?
Gets in a fight
The film I'm going to see tonight chronicles a coming-of-age summer for this writer/chef turned traveling television superstar
Anthony Bourdain
One of the stranger places I visited was the Museum of Torture in Zagreb, Croatia. Here, one could interact with and observe a wide variety of medieval torture devices, including this famous contraption involving a closing door and spikes
Iron Maiden
1/2
In 1983, NC State defeated Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and co. in the NCAA basketball championship led by this coach
Jim Valvano
The 2026 Olympics featured the return of NHL players and true best-on-best hockey (not counting Russia so not entirely). This tournament had countless twists and turns, but ultimately led to the dream matchup of USA-Canada in the finals. What player scored the overtime winner to secure the gold medal for the USA
Jack Hughes
This 1939 Western was John Wayne's breakout film and gets its name from a popular Wild West pre-railroad mode of public transportation that is central to the plot of the film
Stagecoach
I crossed over this river several times during my stays in Vienna and Budapest, about 150 miles apart
Danube
This is the limit definition that computes the area under a curve by summing many thin rectangles
The Four Nations Faceoff replaced the all star game in 2025 and was a smash hit for the NHL and a sample of what we would get in the Olympics. This ended with Canada defeating the USA in overtime, but what were the other two countries participating?
If you asked me a few years ago, I would've said my favorite film was this not-so-historically accurate historical drama is a frame story told by Antonio Salieri about his far superior rival composer that he accused himself of murdering. This film won 8 Oscars at the 57th Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director
Amadeus
The hometown of Luka Doncic and the capital of Slovenia, this city was the nicest surprise of my visit with a clean downtown area, nice people, and a hilltop medieval fortress towering over
Ljubljana
What is the antiderivative of sin(x)
-cos(x) + C
This famous American pioneer is the namesake for the town that Appalachian State calls home. He spent decades of his life exploring the areas in and around this region and is perhaps most well-recognized for his raccoon skin cap.
Daniel Boone