80's Film Heroes & Heroines
BILLY PELTZER IS GIFTED A MOGWAI THAT HELPS HIM SAVE THE DAY FROM A TOWN OVERRUN BY GREMLINS.
WHO IS GIZMO
KNOWN AS THE “KING OF CHEESES,” THIS ITALIAN VARIETY IS OFTEN GRATED OVER PASTA AND MUST BE AGED FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS.
WHAT IS PARMESAN
THIS ANNUAL MOVEMENT OF CATTLE BETWEEN GRAZING AREAS IS A HALLMARK OF OLD WEST RANCHING.
WHAT IS A CATTLE DRIVE
ANCIENT GREEKS BELIEVED THIS MOUNTAIN IN NORTHERN GREECE WAS THE HOME OF ZEUS AND THE OTHER OLYMPIAN GODS.
WHAT IS MOUNT OLYMPUS
THIS AUSTRALIAN ARTIST FOUND HERSELF "COLD, ASHAMED, AND LYING NAKED ON THE FLOOR" AFTER LOSING THE MAN SHE ADORED.
WHO IS NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
PETE MITCHELL IS A FEARLESS FIGHTER PILOT PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN THE SKY UNDER THIS CALL SIGN.
WHO IS MAVERICK
THIS CHEESE FROM SWITZERLAND IS KNOWN FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE HOLES AND IS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR FONDUE.
WHAT IS SWISS
FARMERS USE THIS CONSERVATION PRACTICE OF ALTERNATING CROPS IN THE SAME FIELD TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH AND REDUCE PEST PROBLEMS.
WHAT IS CROP ROTATION
THIS FERTILE REGION BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS IS OFTEN CALLED THE "CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION."
WHAT IS MESOPOTAMIA
THIS 1996 CHART-TOPPER BY LOS DEL RIO PRODUCED A GLOBAL PHENOMENON WITH MILLIONS MIMICKING ITS NOW ICONIC SEQUENCE OF ARM MOVEMENTS.
WHAT IS THE MACARENA
PORTRAYED BY CARRIE FISHER, THIS ROYAL BECAME AN ICON IN HER FIGHT AGAINST THE GALACTIC EMPIRE.
WHO IS PRINCESS LEIA
VEINS OF BLUE MOLD GIVE THIS PUNGENT CHEESE ITS DISTINCTIVE APPEARANCE AND FLAVOR; VARIETIES INCLUDE ROQUEFORT, GORGONZOLA, AND STILTON.
WHAT IS BLUE CHEESE
THIS FEDERAL AGENCY CONDUCTS THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, COLLECTING DETAILED INFORMATION ON U.S. FARMS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WHAT IS THE USDA
THE HANGING GARDENS WERE SAID TO BE LOCATED IN THIS ANCIENT CITY.
WHAT IS BABYLON
THIS RAPPER'S DEBUT HIT SAMPLED THE BASS LINE FROM QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE's "UNDER PRESSURE" AND BECAME THE FIRST HIP-HOP SINGLE TO TOP THE BILLBOARD HOT 100.
WHO IS VANILLA ICE
SET IN A POST-APOCOLYPTIC WASTELAND WHERE FUEL IS AS VALUABLE AS GOLD, THIS ACTION FRANCHISE FOLLOWS A ROAD WARRIOR BATTLING RUTHLESS GANGS AND TYRANNICAL RULERS.
WHAT IS MAD MAX
THIS SOFT, MILD ITALIAN CHEESE GETS ITS NAME FROM A WORD MEANING “TIRED,” REFERRING TO COWS RETURNING FROM ALPINE PASTURES WHOSE MILK WAS TRADITIONALLY USED TO MAKE IT.
WHAT IS STRACCHINO
HARVESTING CORN, WHEAT, AND SOYBEANS IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THESE REGIONS, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS AMERICA'S BREADBASKET.
WHAT IS THE MIDWEST
INCENSE, MYRRH, AND FRANKINCENSE TRAVELED NORTH FROM ARABIA TO MEDITERRANEAN MARKETS ALONG THIS ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE.
WHAT IS THE INCENSE ROUTE
THE PROCLAIMERS PROMISE A JOURNEY OF 1,000 MILES, ALL TO END UP AT SOMEONE'S DOOR IN THIS UNFORGETTABLE HIT.
WHAT IS I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES)
IN THIS STEPHEN KING STORY, WENDY TORRANCE MUST PROTECT HER SON WHILE TRAPPED IN A HAUNTED HOTEL .
WHAT IS THE SHINING
THIS TRADITIONAL SARDINIAN CHEESE IS INFAMOUS FOR CONTAINING LIVE INSECT LARVAE, MAKING IT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL AND CONTROVERSIAL DAIRY PRODUCTS.
WHAT IS CASU MARZU
THE INVENTION OF THIS FENCING MATERIAL EARNED IT THE NICKNAME "THE DEVIL'S ROPE" AMONG MANY COWBOYS.
WHAT IS BARBED WIRE
HANNIBAL FAMOUSLY CROSSED THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE WITH ELEPHANTS DURING THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
WHAT ARE THE ALPS
THE HOUSE OF PAIN WAS IN EFFECT WITH THIS 1992 PARTY ANTHEM COMMANDING LISTENERS TO GET OUT THEIR SEATS AND…
WHAT IS JUMP AROUND