POTUS
This president was the first to have a criminal record
Donald Trump
This little bird can be a little fruity
Kiwi
Walt Whitman poem about a Marvel character known as "The First Avenger."
O Captain! My Captain! America
How many years of bad luck are placed upon the person that breaks a mirror?
A portable hand-held electric light (often battery-powered) is almost always called a "flashlight" in the U.S., but in British English it's often referred to by a different, more incendiary name. What is the British term for a flashlight?
Torch
Homelander, Hughie Campbell & Mother's Milk
The Boys
The striking, winged divine horse of Greek mythology that sprang from the Gorgon Medusa's blood.
Pegasus
This president was the first to follow his father as president since John Quincy Adams in 1924
George W. Bush
The Little Owl, sometimes called the Owl of Athena, is the national bird of which Mediterranean country?
Greece
An ABBA song recorded in honor of the U.K.'s longest-reigning monarch.
Dancing Queen Elizabeth II
A woman on what form of transportation brings bad luck?
A ship
What is the programming language developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and named after the type of coffee from Indonesia?
Java
Jamie Tartt, Keeley Jones & Coach Beard
Ted Lasso
Lord of all horses rode by Gandalf in Lord of the Rings
Shadowfax
This president is the only president who spoke English as his second language. His first language was Dutch
Martin van Buren
This large, flightless bird is native to Australia and is the second-tallest living bird in the world.
Emu
Mary Shelley’s creation dancing to Bobby Pickett’s tune
Frankenstein's Monster Mash
This custom comes from an old belief that good spirits lived in this material. By knocking on it, a person was calling on the spirits for protection.
Knock on wood
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is said to have quipped, “to God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, & to my horse ...”
German
Robert Chase, Eric Foreman & Allison Cameron
House MD
The titular narrator of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel, whose story helped spark massive shifts in animal welfare and equine care.
Black Beauty
This president was the first to use his nickname, "Jimmy", while being sword into office.
James "Jimmy" Carter
The elephant bird, which became extinct in the second millennium AD, was a very large flightless bird native to which island in the Indian Ocean?
Madagascar
The “Halloween” slasher was an INTP according to this.
Michael Myers-Briggs Test
In Italy and Russia, it is considered good luck when a bird does what?
Defecates/Poops on you
What is the name of the 1998 toy released by Tiger Electronics that resembles either a hamster or an owl and spoke its own "language" that was gradually replaced by English?
Furby
Uncle Junior, Johnny Sack & Richie Aprile
The Sopranos
The name of the carthorse in George Orwell's Animal Farm
Boxer
This president was able to serve 4 terms as U.S. president, before dying in 1945 after which the 22nd amendment was passed.
Franklin D. Roosevelt / FDR
Released in 2019, what board game by Elizabeth Hargrave, whose goal is to populate a wildlife refuge with a flourishing array of birds, exploded in popularity during the lockdowns of 2020?
Wingspan
Rihanna's EDM hit searches for singles in paradise on reality TV
We Found Love Island
This superstition has roots in first-century Rome. People fought over dried versions of this item, which they believed were good luck and would accidentally break them. This ushered in the idea that whoever has the largest bit of bone gets their wish. Now it's popular at Thanksgiving.
A wishbone
As of 2021, the European Union has many official languages? I'll accept responses within 2 of the correct answer
24 (22-26 accepted)
Lady Edith, Mrs. Patmore & Isobel Crawley
Downton Abbey
This horse carried Napoleon to the Battle of Waterloo, but the name is now known for a Mocro Maffia case.
Marengo
This president was the 22nd and the 24th president, being the first president to have served nonconsecutive terms
Grover Cleveland
The term used for a male Eurasian sparrowhawk, although nowadays the term for this small, aggressive hunting bird was lent its name to early 16th-century firearms.
Musket
A beloved TV scientist takes a detour from the lab to Flavortown with a spiky-haired chef
Bill Nye the Science Guy Fieri
Early 19th century, a new invention hit the market. But quickly a rumor spread that this invention would take your soul if it would be aimed at you.
A camera
In April 2006, a parliamentary bill was passed that established New Zealand Sign Language as the third official language of New Zealand. It joined English and a third language. What was this third language?
Maori
Joey Quinn, Lila West & Travis Marshall
Dexter
Incitatus was the favourite horse of this Roman Emperor which planned to make the horse a consul. Incitatus has 18 servants for himself, lived in a marble stable, walked in a harness decorated with rare and special stones/jewels, dressed in purple and ate from an ivory plate.
Caligula
This president set what was then the world record for the most handshakes in one day with 8513 handshakes at a White House reception on January 1st, 1907
Theodore Roosevelt
In French, this term means duck. In English it is used to describe a false rumor or unfounded story.
Canard
An absorbent, yellow, porous and fictional sea creature whose trousers are easily detected by his flaming slacks caused by lying.
Spongebob Squarepants on fire
To ensure a happy marriage, a bride on her wedding day traditionally incorporates these 4 things, in a little rhyme
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
What common Latin phrase literally means "something for something" and is used by lawyers?
Quid pro quo
Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, Ben Linus, Sayid Jarrah
Lost
Rocinante/Rozinante was the old workhorse of this famous owner which, after reading too many romantic tales of chivalry, lost his mind and sets out as a self-proclaimed knight.
Don Quixote
This president was the only president who never married. His niece performed the role of White House hostess while he was in office.
James Buchanan
In the biblical story of the great flood, Noah sent out two birds of different types from the Ark post-flood. Which two types of birds were they?
Dove and Raven
A Shakespearean tragedy about the premiere sandwich offered by an eatery known for its golden arches.
Big Macbeth
Friggatriskaidekaphobia is one name for the fear of this, which occurs one to three times a year.
Friday the 13th
Drummer Daisuke Inoue is widely credited as the inventor of what pasttime named for a combination of the Japanese words for "empty" and "orchestra"?
Karaoke
Elliot Alderson, Darlene Alderson & Whiterose
Mr. Robot
Clever Hans was a horse that appeared to perform certain tricks during exhibitions in Germany in the early 20th century. What did he do?
Math Tricks