The Solar System
We call this planet our home.
What is Earth?
"Some will win, some will lose. Some were born to sing the blues."
What is "Don't Stop Believin'?" (by Journey)
This large plastic ring was part of a popular fad in the 1950's. Teenagers twirled this around their waist, neck and arms, and the idea was to keep it in motion for as long as possible.
What is the Hula Hoop?
According to Dr. Seuss, he is the one who stole Christmas.
The Cold War ended in 1991 after this country ceased to exist due to an economic and political collapse.
What is the Soviet Union?
A runaway greenhouse effect has heated the surface of this planet to more than 400 degrees Celsius.
What is Venus?
"My loneliness is killing me and I - I must confess I still believe, still believe. When I'm not with you I lose my mind."
What is "Baby One More Time?" (by Britney Spears)
This popular party game involved a form of acting. Through silent actions, players would portray movie titles, phrases, or book titles hoping their team members could guess the secret words.
What is Charades?
In "Charlotte's Web," this pig is constantly worried about getting slaughtered.
Who is Wilbur?
This television show, which premiered in 2013 and ran for six seasons, depicted the espionage business of the Cold War from the point of view of two Soviet spies posing as an American married couple living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
What is "The Americans?"
About every 75 years, this famous comet makes a return to Earth's vicinity, giving us the opportunity to spy on it with the naked eye.
What is Halley's Comet?
"Dear Slim, I wrote you but still ain't callin'. I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom. I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got 'em."
What is "Stan." (by Eminem)
This board game was designed with Atlantic City in mind. This game is played by paying rent on real estate and large hotels, and won by the player who bought every single real estate of the game.
What is Monopoly?
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live and experience their adventures along this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
To win the Space Race against the Soviets, Dwight D. Eisenhower created this organization in 1958, to help put man into space.
What is NASA?
The interplanetary space probe New Horizons, launched in January 2006, reached its main destination on July 14, 2015, giving us coloured images of this object for the very first time.
What is Pluto?
"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on. And it makes me wonder."
What is "Stairway to Heaven?" (by Led Zeppelin)
Some pieces move only one square at a time. Other pieces move diagonally or straight only. And when you have reached the opposite side, you get a Queen.
What is Chess?
He was hoping to get some Courage from the Wizard of Oz.
Who is the Cowardly Lion?
Missiles owned by the Soviets were found by Americans in this Caribbean country, creating the so-called missile crisis in 1962.
What is Cuba?
This planet's day is only 9 hours and 56 minutes long, meaning it rotates around its own axis in that amount of time.
What is Jupiter?
"Tell me somethin', girl. Are you happy in this modern world?"
What is "Shallow?" (from the motion picture "A Star is Born")
This card game became a household sensation when Microsoft included it as a default game starting with Windows 3.0 in 1990.
What is Klondike? (What is Solitaire?)
Created by Astrid Lindgren, this character's most undistinguished feature was her red hair.
Who is Pippi Longstocking?
The Soviets detonated its first atomic bomb in this country, ending America's monopoly on atomic weaponry, which launched the Cold War in 1949.
What is Kazakhstan?