Merican Trivia
Named After A Place
Movies and Myth
You Named Your Band WHAT?
Auto parts 101
Mammals
100
At the Democratic Convention in 1932, FDR promised one of these, part of a "crusade to restore America to its own people"
A New Deal
100
This humorous poem of 5 lines takes its name from a city in Ireland
Limerick
100
In a 2017 film Chris Hemsworth says it's the hall "where the brave shall live forever"
Valhalla
100
This band's name was the nickname that Rivers Cuomo's biological dad used for him
Weezer
100
When driving a pal's treasured 1964 Pontiac GTO, go easy on this pedal that releases the crankshaft
The Clutch
100
Today Native Americans use Styrofoam pads to collect this animals quills
Porcupines
200
Also called the Old Pennsylvania State House, it's where John Hancock signed his famous signature on July 4, 1776
Independence Hall
200
Though more closely associated with Mexico, these hot peppers are named for a city across the Yucatán Channel
habanero
200
In a 1969 film Maria Callas starred as this tragic woman that the Greek hero Jason discards after finding the magical golden fleece
Madea
200
We have "High Hopes" you'll know that this group's name is not from a Smiths song but one by an obscure group called Name Taken
Panic! At the Disco
200
The star method is used to tighten these fasteners;
follow each with the one diagonally opposite
Lug Nuts
200
Bloat is the word for a group of these huge mammals & Uganda's Kazinga Channel has plenty of bloats
Hippos
300
This site of the famous civil war surrender, is part of this Virginia site that's now a national historical park
Appomattox Court House
300
It's not just any plaid fabric, it's woven cotton known by the former name of a city in India
Madras
300
In "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets", this serpent of myth harms many with its gaze
The Basilisk
300
This group of anarchists with a nonsensical name gained fame with its pro-drinking earworm "Tubthumping"
Chumbawamba
300
This belt that drives your alternator, water pump & other important components is known by this snaky adjective
Serpentine Belt
300
The spider type of this whinnies like a horse
Monkey
400
The War of 1812 ended when Great Britain & the U.S. came to terms in this Belgian city
Ghent
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This word meaning to ramble comes from the name of a winding river in Turkey
Meander
400
In "The Mummy Returns", this Egyptian god of the dead/cute puppy takes the soul of Dwayne The Rock Johnson
Anubis
400
A statuary store on Route 46 in New Jersey Spotted on HBO's "The Sopranos" unwittingly bestowed its name on this power pop group
Fountains Of Wayne
400
It's what Tesla calls the place you stick the charger into; Ford & GM have agreed to use Tesla charging tech in their EVs
Charge Port
400
The dwarf one of these is one of the smallest members of the kangaroo family and named after a famous street in Nemo
A Wallaby
500
Richards Chief Aid to the White house said that the shootings at this Ohio location in 1970 began the demise of the Nixon administration
Kent State
500
Popularly used for drapery & upholstery, this lustrous fabric is named for a city in the Middle East
Damask
500
In this Guillermo del Toro tale set in the 1940s, a faun believes a girl named Ofelia is a mythical princess
Pan's Labyrinth
500
This band with songs like "1985" & "Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day", the "Phineas & Ferb" theme, riffed on a Steve Martin sketch for its name
Bowling For Soup
500
A seal between 2 mechanisms, the "head" one seals the combustion part of an engine to allow oil & coolant to circulate properly
A Gasket
500
This type of deer, often seen in British parks, gets its name from an old word for brownish yellow, not for lying unseeded
Fallow