U.S. History
In 1839, it replaced Vandalia as Illinois' capital.
What is Springfield?
In 1979, this was the first personal stereo tape player retailing at $150.
What is the Sony Walkman (TPS-L2)?
In boxing, before this more familiar phrase, the boxer's team was "chucking up the sponge".
What is throwing in the towel?
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What is Toy Story (1995)?
This is the opposite of rewind.
What is fast forward?
Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the April 17, 1961 disaster at this Cuban location
What is the Bay of Pigs?
In the 2005 animated film "Madagascar", King Julien XIII is this type of tree-dwelling primate.
What is a lemur?
A right-hander's 3-7-10 split in this game is also called a Christmas tree.
What is bowling?
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What is Coraline (2009)?
The major navigable waters of the world are numerically referred to as these.
What are the seven seas?
What is four?
The intermediate story between two stories in a building.
What is a mezzanine?
"Making the cut" is an idiom originating from this sport.
What is golf?
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What is Batman (1989)?
Before anesthesia, surgeons asked patients to clamp down on a projectile.
What is "bite the bullet"?
What is Texas?
This Tree of Ténéré of the Sahara Desert was known as the most isolated tree for 300 years until this knocked it down in 1973.
What is a drunk driver?
A rare archery feat in which one arrow splits another that's already logged in the target is named after this storied outlaw.
What is a Robin Hood?
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What is Cloudy with the Chance of Meatballs (2009)?
To "let it be", Paul McCartney of the Beatles says do this.
What is "whisper words of wisdom"?
In 1899, New York City newsboys went on strike, refusing to distribute papers published by Joseph Pulitzer and this rival magnate.
Who is William Hearst?
Hard Drives, optical discs. Who needs that when I have the longest lasting data retrieval device right here.
What is a stone?
2024 Olympics fans went nuts for Yusuf Dikeç, a silver medalist in shooting from this country.
What is Turkey?
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What is Indiana Jones The Last Crusade (1987)?
Idiom meaning no longer existing, like that extinct bird from Mauritius (an island East of Madagascar).
What is "dead as a dodo"?