Geography
Despite facing the South-East, Yosemite Valley’s Half Dome inspires this outdoor brand’s logo
North Face
A 1997 Nicholas Cage aviation movie and a 1997 Canine hoop-shooter
Con Air Bud
Haystacks, water lilies, and landscapes painted “en plein air” were this French painters claim to fame
Claude Monet
Kobe Bryant was drafted to this team before joining the Lakers
Charlotte Hornets
If she even uttered it, she was probably suggesting to give the people bread. Unfortunately for her, the word “brioche” can include some sweet confections
Marie Antoinette
What is the only nation that border both the Caspian Sea and the Persian/Arabian Gulf?
Iran
Rose, Blanche, Dorothy, and Sophia are in Cyndi Lauper’s Breakthrough 1983 pop classic
Golden Girls Just Want to Have Fun
George Claude is credited with inventing a process to liquify air, an especially handy trick to accumulate enough of this element he then electrified in thin tubes to generate a revolutionary type of lighting
Neon Lights
At the 1986 world cup, Argentine Diego Maradona scored an illegal goal that the referees missed. When asked about it, he said it was scored “a little with the head of Maradona, a little with the _______”
Hand of God
“Ich bein ein Berliner” is and was standard language in German for “I am a citizen of Berlin” when this US President said it. It was not a gaff claiming to be a pastry, and it was not received by Germans as a mistake
JFK
Of US states with two words in their name, this one stretches the farthest South
New Mexico
The longest reigning British monarch in history, and the term for non-first born children who venture beyond their family legacy (also a sell-sword group in Game of Thrones)
Queen Elizabeth the 2nd Sons
Claude Rains plays the iconic Captain Renault in Casablanca, who was shocked, shocked! to find that what was going on inside his establishment? His winnings were promptly handed to him
Gambling
This famous Yankee finished his career with only 8 more strike-outs than home runs (369 vs 361)
Jo DiMaggio
The Titanic was not poorly built. Her sister ship (the RMS Olympic) rammed and sank one of these allusive enemy vessels in WWI, and then sailed successfully to port.
U-Boat
Ceylon is the former name for this tear-drop shaped Island country in South Asia
Sri Lanka
This Disney Channel Star is back on stage touring this year, and the iconic, high-energy promotional mascot for the beer in The Simpsons
Hillary Duff Man
An influential French composer and pianist known for impressionist classical pieces, especially his most famous, Clair de Lune
Claude Debussy
Which team had two quarterbacks named Billy Joe in 1999
New Orleans Saints
Her corpse was actually never sexually abused, although it did have a complicated and mysterious journey as it was publicly displayed from 1952-1955, secretly hidden in Milan for 16 years, returned to her husband's side in Spain for 2 years, returned to Argentina and displayed publicly for several more years, before finally being buried in Buenos Aires besides her husband Juan
Eva Peron or “Evita”
The Suwalki Gap is a 60-mile stretch of land along the borders of Poland and Lithuana that connect the Russian province of Kalingrad with this Kremlin-friendly vassal nation
Belarus
1) Milania and 2) Stephanie Germanotta
He successfully conquered Britain in 43 AD, the first Roman to do so
Emperor Claudius
This shortstop holds the MLB record for longest consecutive game streak at 2,632 games (1982-1998)
Cal Ripken Jr
England’s most accomplished sailor, who died at Trafalgar, this man deserves a much better rum named after him than the one he’s got
Admiral Nelson