Classic Cars in Pop Culture
The Supernatural
Bald is Beautiful
Punctuation
Acronyms
Stories about Revenge
Environmental Science
One-Hit Wonders
Potpourri
100
The famous TV show ran from 1979-1985 and used a total of 309 orange Dodge Chargers, and every single one of them was a 1969 model.
What is Dukes of Hazzard?
100
In folklore and popular culture, these supernatural entities are known for feeding on the vital essence of the living. In many stories, they are described not only as drinking blood but also as draining life force, which makes their victims weak or lifeless.
What are vampires?
100
This actor gained fame for his role as the bald, lollipop-sucking detective, Theo Kojak, in the TV series “Kojak.”
Who is Telly Savalas?
100
Along with the hyphen, the EN and EM this are also horizontal line punctuation marks.
What are dashes?
EN is used to show a range (like Hours of Operation, 10-4) EM is used to show a abrupt break or interruption is a sentence.
100
Their last names are Faltskog, Ulvaeus, Andersson and Lyngstad, but we know this band by the acronym of their first names.
What is ABBA?
100
In this Dickens novel, Miss Havisham, Abel Magwitch, and Dolge Orlick use revenge as motivation, but they only cause harm to themselves and others in the end. Their lives are consumed by it, and yet none of them achieve what they want.
What is Great Expectations?
100
These were installed on the White House during Jimmy Carter's presidency in 1979 but were ordered to be taken down, due to roof maintenance in 1986
What are solar heat panels?
100
This song from 1969 made the Archies the first animated band to make its way onto pop music radio charts.
What is Sugar Sugar?
200
The iconic magical car from this 1968 musical film was custom-built by Ford's racing team under Alan Mann, featuring a Ford 3000 V6 engine and the famous GEN 11 registration plate.
What is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
200
Eleanor Roosevelt claimed she could feel this president's spirit when she stayed up late working in his bedroom, which she had turned into her office.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This Singer-Songwriter is known for her powerful voice and unique image, but probably most well known for ripping up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live.
Who is Sinead O'Connor?
200
In Italy, this punctuation mark (which was the first symbol added to Morse code since WWII) is referred to as a little snail.
What is the @ symbol?
200
While the FAFSA is not required to fund this, it is required if you want federal assistance.
What is college/university?
200
Agatha Christie's greatest Belgian detective solves this murder aboard a train, revenge for the tragic Daisy Armstrong kidnapping case, which destroyed her family. Each of 12 members of her family take part in the killing of the man who escaped justice.
What is Murder on the Orient Express?
200
The society named for naturalist John James Audubon is made up of environmentalists dedicated to the conservation of this type of animal.
What are birds?
200
The Champs: This energetic track from 1958 features a catchy sax riff and one spoken word.
What is Tequila?
200
This is the only US state that does not have a rectangular flag.
What is Ohio?
300
In this 1985 time travel comedy, Doc Brown chooses a stainless-steel 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 with gullwing doors to build his time machine, famously stating, "If you're going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?"
What is Back to the Future?
300
The origin of this supernatural word comes from the German words for "noisy" and "ghost.
What is Poltergeist?
300
From Pulp Fiction to Nick Fury in the Marvel universe, this actor's bald look is as powerful as his unforgettable voice and his effortless ability to drop an F bomb.
Who is Samuel L Jackson?
300
Originally taking the form of a dot floating in the middle of a line of text, this punctuation mark was created by Aristophanes and meant to show orators when to take a pause to breathe while they read aloud.
What is a comma?
300
Soccer organization FIFA is an international acronym for a set of words in this language.
What is French?
(Federation Internationale de Football Association)
300
Written by Alexandre Dumas, this tale of revenge tells the story of Edmond Dantes, who is wrongly imprisoned, escapes, becomes extremely wealthy and goes after his former friends for their role in his downfall.
What is The Count of Monte Cristo?
300
In the summer of 1969, a fire in this Cleveland river brought awareness to the environmental threat of pollution,
What is the Cuyahoga River?
300
Best known for her time on "The Carol Burnett Show," this comic actress showed off her vocal chops with the 1973 hit "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."
Who is Vickie Lawrence?
300
Norman Mailer — who coined this term — said they were “facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper,” which is to say, facts that sound credible and are repeated often but have no basis in truth.
What is a factoid?
400
Pontiac named their iconic 1969 GTO "The Judge" after this Rat Packer's recurring comedy bit on the TV show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
400
Myth says a 17th-century Netherlands-based captain tried to round the stormy Cape of Good Hope during a violent gale, even though his crew asked him to turn around. This legendary ghost ship is now doomed to sail the oceans but never make port.
What is the Flying Dutchman?
400
He's a Canadian comedian, television host and actor, most famously from Deal or No Deal and America's Got Talent. He's very open about his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and his shorn head helps keep some of his intrusive thoughts at bay.
Who is Howie Mandel?
400
Proposed in 2007, the "snark mark" is a period followed by a tilde (.~) to indicate this type of verbal irony.
What is Sarcasm?
400
Steven Spielberg is the most recent EGOT winner, which means he has won at least one of each of these competitive entertainment awards.
What are Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony?
400
In this western novel by Charles Portis, a young girl named Mattie wants to avenge her father, but doesn’t believe she can do so on her own. She gets the help of two haggard lawmen to track down the man responsible.
What is True Grit?
400
The Grand Coulee Dam, a concrete gravity dam located in this western state, is the largest power station in the U.S. built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water.
What is Washington?
400
Norman Greenbaum: This fuzz-guitar-driven rock track with gospel-inspired lyrics crossed over into a massive 1970 hit.
What is Spirit in the Sky?
400
This first lady was the first to decorate the White House for Halloween, hanging skeletons, jack o lanterns and mini-witches.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
500
The Ecto-1, also known as the Ectomobile, was a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Futura Duplex, a combination ambulance and hearse, driven around NYC by this largest paranormal moving company in America.
Who are the Ghostbusters?
500
According to Scottish and Irish folklore, these appear and behave like regular seals while it water. However, they are able to come ashore, remove their sealskins, and take on a human form.
What are Selkies?
500
This actress shaved her head for her role as Ellen Ripley in Alien 3. By way of story, Ripley shaved due to a lice infestation on a prison colony, while the actress thought it added both toughness and vulnerability.
Who is Sigourney Weaver?
** fun tidbit she picked her stage name from a briefly mentioned character in The Great Gatsby.
500
This punctuation mark consists of three dots and is used to show that words, phrases, or text have been left out. It can also show a pause in speech or a thought that trails off.
What is an ellipsis?
500
The commerce-related acronym BOPUS suggests that you purchase an item via computer and retrieve it here.
What is In Store?
BOPUS = Buy Online, Pick Up in Store
500
The Millenium triolgy, written by this Swedish author, focuses on computer hacker Lisbeth Salander as she seeks revenge against her abusive father and her legal guardian who assaulted her.
Who is Stieg Larsson?
500
This A word has been proposed as a name for the geological epoch that marks the time when human activity became the dominant force shaping Earth’s climate, ecosystems, and geology.
What is Anthropocene?
500
In this 1968 country song, written by Tom T. Hall, we meet a judgy school organization who writes a letter to the mother of one of their students, asking her to stop wearing short skirts and to set a better example for her daughter.
What is Harper Valley PTA?