Tech
Did you buy $2,100 of stock in this Washington-based tech company in 1986 & sell in 1999? You made $1.4 million.
What is Microsoft?
Event of which Longfellow wrote, "The fate of a nation was riding that night"
What is the midnight ride of Paul Revere?
This tragic Shakespeare title king has a cold night reflect on filial ingratitude
Who is King Lear?
Folk, punk & hard are three types of this musical style
What is Rock?
In April 1993 Joe DiMaggio threw out the first pitch in this Miami team's first regular season game ever
Who are the Florida Marlins?
Tom & Ray of "Car Talk" use the slogan "Drive Now, Talk Later" to alert us to the danger of these
What is using cell phones while driving?
The religious movement that began to sweep through the colonies in the 1730s was called the "great" this
What is Awakening?
"Beauty is truth, truth beatuty" wrote Keats in his "Ode on" this vase
What is a Grecian Urn?
In 1 Corinthians 13 they're described as tinkling; we think of them as clashing
What are cymbals?
This ex-Cowboy quarterback is the taller half of Fox Sports' No. 1 NFL announcing team
Who is Troy Aikman?
Developer Jef Raskin loved this type of apple so much he named an Apple computer after one
What is a McIntosh?
In an opera based on history, the pharaoh Akhenaten gives up polygamy for this beautiful queen
Who is Nefertiti?
Character who is "A squeezing, wrenching, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
A 2006 documentary about Neil Young had this No. 1 song as its subtitle
What is Heart of Gold?
Nicknamed "The Iceman", this basketball legend was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1996
Who is George Gervin?
Google is this to Alphabet, this being one company owned by another
What is a subsidiary?
Augustus was given the title "Pater Patriae", which meant this, a phrase later describing Washington
What is "Father of Our Country"?
"One cannot have too large a party" is a line from her novel "Emma"
Who is Jane Austen?
This John Fogerty group gave us direction with "Down On The Corner" & "Up Around The Bend"
Who is Creedence Clearwater Revival?
The Royal Report is the official e-newsletter of this hockey team
Who are the L.A. Kings?
This term for a single point in a graphic image is short for "picture element"
What is a pixel?
In 1202 Leonardo of Pisa urged the use of Arabic numerals including this one originally called a zephyrum & it caught on
What is zero?
Umberto Eco's 1980 novel "Il nome della rosa" translates to this
What is The Name of the Rose?
A musical sound of a certain pitch becomes this word meaning to make amends for a sin
What is atone?
She won Olympic gold in the heptathlon in 1988 & 1992
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?