Y2K
281,421,906: The United States’ population in 2000, as determined by the year’s Decennial this.
What is the Census?
To upset or overturn, as a boat.
What is capsize?
Gin, dry vermouth, olive brine.
What is a dirty martini?
Sarah Koenig hosts this non-fiction story-telling podcast, spun off from radio show This American Life.
What is Serial?
Now in Los Angeles, this franchise’s name refers to the electric trolleys installed in their original hometown.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
The NASDAQ Composite Index hit a new all-time high on March 10, 2000, at the peak of this bubble.
What is dot-com?
A brief summary of a story’s major points.
What is a synopsis?
Bourbon whiskey, sugar cube, Angostura bitters.
What is an old fashioned?
Launched in January 2017, this New York Times-published podcast is available Monday through Friday.
What is The Daily?
The Orioles and the Ravens share more than just a city; before relocating to Baltimore, both teams went by this name.
What are the Browns?
Rock band Santana led the Billboard Hot 100 charts for ten weeks in 2000, thanks to this 1999 hit, later sampled by DJ Khaled.
What is Maria Maria?
The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet.
What is epsilon?
Rum, lime juice, sugar.
What is a daiquiri?
Three former Obama White House staffers discuss liberal politics on this podcast, the flagship of their Crooked Media company.
What is Pod Save America?
This maritime team remains Connecticut’s only major men’s sports franchise, despite skipping town in 1997.
What are the Hartford Whalers?
The 2000 presidential election ended in controversy after thousands of Florida ballots were invalidated due to hanging these.
What are chads?
Drizella and Anastasia, to Cinderella.
What are stepsisters?
Rye whiskey, absinthe, sugar, Peychaud’s bitters.
What is a sazerac?
Bernie Sanders, Edward Snowden, and Mel Gibson have all been interviewed by the controversial host and namesake of this podcast, Apple Music’s most downloaded of 2019.
What is The Joe Rogan Experience?
The Pistons, struggling to maintain profitability, moved in 1957 from this city to Detroit, which had over sixteen times as many residents.
What is Fort Wayne, Indiana?
A year-long international custody battle ended as courts denied asylum for this child, ruling that his American extended family could not apply on his behalf and sending him back to his Cuban father.
Who is Elian Gonzalez?
An early precursor to the piano, popular in Baroque music.
What is the harpsichord?
Cognac, Cointreau, lemon juice.
What is a sidecar?
PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman delve deep into technology and internet culture in this podcast, offered by Gimlet Media since 2014.
What is Reply All?
Before he broke baseball’s color barrier, Jackie Robinson played for this Negro League team.
What are the Kansas City Monarchs?