Weiner v. Wiener
This German dog breed, also known as the wiener dog, was the official mascot of the 1972 Munich Olympics.
What is the dachshund?
Alright, alright, alright. Matthew McConaughey plays a retired NASA pilot in this 2014 film about space travel.
What is Interstellar?
One man's bear attack is another man's Oscar. In 1823, Hugh Glass survived a harrowing bear attack that was later turned into this 2015 film.
What is The Revenant?
In this blue book, a secret organization is headquartered at Twelve Grimmauld Place.
What is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?
At this sporting event, the winner drinks ceremonial milk.
What is the Indianapolis 500?
In 1805 the people of this city mention the term wiener as their claim to the birthplace of the hot dog.
What is Vienna, Austria?
Time travel is hard enough to believe. But this 2012 movie also wants us to buy that Joseph Gordon-Levitt aged into Bruce Willis.
What is Looper?
"Giant" pandas are so named to distinguish them from this much smaller "panda" species, even though the two are bear-ly related.
What is a red panda?
This blue book is the source of the famous line, "so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
What is the Great Gatsby?
It's a tradition for Pittsburgh Steelers fans to wave these at games.
What is a terrible towel?
Stop trying to make fetch happen! This actress played Gretchen Weiners, a member of the Plastics, in the movie "Mean Girls."
Who is Lacey Chabert?
2002's Minority Report features a "Precrime" program that leads to arrests before a crime is committed, raising tricky questions about the nature of premeditation or what is sometimes referred to as "________ aforethought."
What is malice?
North America is home to these three bear species (and we're bear-ly scratching the surface: there are eight worldwide).
What are grizzly, black, and polar bears?
This blue book begins with a house burning down in the suburban town of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
What is Little Fires Everywhere?
It's a traditional Maori dance performed by the New Zealand rugby team before every game.
What is the haka?
In 1988, race car driver Al Unser Jr. took the Oscar Myer Wienermobile to the Indy 500. At its fastest, the Wienermobile reached this speed.
What is 110 miles per hour?
2016's Arrival starred Amy Adams as a linguist. Over in the DC Extended Universe, Adams is also a professional wordsmith at this Metropolis newspaper.
What is the Daily Planet?
How'd they get up here? The Winnie-the-Pooh universe features a bear, a donkey, a pig, a rabbit, an owl, and two out-of-place characters of this species.
What are kangaroos?
This satirical blue book, written in 1973, has the alternate title "Goodbye Blue Monday."
What is Breakfast of Champions?
In 2019, Ralphie the Buffalo, this school's mascot, was forced to retire from her ceremonial pre-game running because she had grown too strong and fast for her handlers.
What is the University of Colorado?
The Wienerschnitzel fast food chain was founded in 1961 by John Galardi, who used to be an employee of what other popular fast food chain.
What is Taco Bell?
He'll be back in a minute. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for the California governorship in 2003, only a year after he starred in this installment of a long-running franchise.
What is Terminator 3?
Bearenstein Bears? Think again. The odd spelling of the Berenstain Bears series is one popular example of mass mis-rememberings, known sometimes as the _______ Effect.
What is Mandela?
This was the year the first edition of the Bluebook was published.
What is 1926?
Detroit Red Wings fans throw these onto the ice—and in 2008, the NHL ignited controversy by forbidding zamboni drivers to twirl them above their heads.
What are octupuses?