Ben
Ben hates this celestial body with a burning passion.
What is the sun?
A live American bison, Ralphie is the mascot of this school at the base of the Rocky Mountains, it would be cool if Ben's alma mater, which shares the same nickname, had a live bison too
What is the University of Colorado?
The site of this historical figure's assassination is now a cat sanctuary. It is likely very busy on March 15th every year.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This vice president explained his role by saying, “One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is ‘to be prepared.’”
Who is Dan Quayle?
This film, a sequel to one of Ben's favorite movies, is the first acting credit for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
What is The Mummy Returns?
Who is Warren G. Harding?
The World Wrestling Federation changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2001 after being sued by this organization with the same initials
What is the World Wildlife Fund?
This then-president convinced Billy Graham to join him in skinny-dipping in the White House pool shortly after his inauguration
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
This vice-presidential candidate elicited laughter and mockery when he began the 1992 vice presidential debate by asking, “Who am I? Why am I here?”
Who is Admiral James Stockdale?
This poorly named sitcom about drinking wine in suburban Florida was written by Scrubs and Ted Lasso creator Bill Lawrence and is one of Ben's favorite TV shows
What is Cougar Town?
Ben's favorite band is this San Diego-based group whose debut album came out 25 years ago
Who is Switchfoot?
This professional basketball team played one season in Oklahoma City that happened to coincide with Ben's freshman year of college
Who are the New Orleans Hornets?
Upon leaving office, this president said that his only regrets were "I didn't shoot Henry Clay and I didn't hang John Calhoun." John Calhoun was his vice-president.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens described the internet as this during a debate on net neutrality. He added that it was “not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck.”
What is a series of tubes?
This 1996 comedy was based on a failed science experiment conducted in the Arizona desert in the early 1990s. Ben and his friends watched it repeatedly as kids. It currently holds a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
What is accounting?
This baseball team played at Riverfront Stadium from 1970 until 1996, the same stadium where Ben watched them lose to the San Francisco Giants when he attended his first professional game
Who are the Cincinnati Reds?
In 1971, this secretary of state faked a stomach-ache while visiting Pakistan in order to sneak across the border to China and make plans for Richard Nixon's historic visit later that year.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
During a campaign stop, this then-presidential candidate said, “I’ve now been in 57 states, I think. One left to go.”
Who is Barack Obama?
The DeLorean, which became iconic in Back to the Future, was originally manufactured in this war-torn city
What is Belfast?
Ben became a soccer fan after falling in love with this South American team during the 2010 World Cup
What is Uruguay?
These two Tennessee Titans players connected on a lateral pass leading to the Music City Miracle on January 8, 2000, the first season the team played under that name
Who are Frank Wycheck and Kevin Dyson?
In the mid-2000s, the leader of the La Familia drug cartel in Mexico required members to read this bestselling book by evangelical writer John Eldredge and wrote his own "bible" based on his interpretation of its message
What is Wild at Heart?
Georgia Representative Hank Johnson expressed concern that this US island “will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.”
What is Guam?
This movie was filmed at Boxwell Scout Reservation in Gallatin, Tennessee and was the #1 movie in the country on the day Ben was born in 1987.
What is Ernest Goes to Camp?