1976
The United States celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with parades, fireworks, sporting events, and television programs in a celebration called this.
What is the Bicentennial?
Known for his iconic catch phrase, "How you doing?", he should be known for the great honor of winning a Gold Lion Award at the 1987 Cannes International Advertising Festival for a Heinz ketchup commercial.
Who is Matt LeBlanc?
Self-taught electric guitarist who revolutionized the 60s psychedelic rock movement and known for his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
A song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life in London which were inspired partly by T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land.
Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad, too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a $#$#$# town
Call the police, there's a mad man around
Running down underground
To a dive bar in a $#$#$# town
What is West End Girls?
Another crisped rice bar — this one with a layer of peanut butter between the crunchy bits and the chocolate coating — briefly had an all-chocolate companion called the Thingamajig.
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What is a Whatchamacallit?
Jimmy Carter defeated him in this presidential election ending SNL Chevy Chase stint impersonating him for laughs.
Who is Gerald Ford?
He was involved in a car accident in Ireland that killed two people with his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Grey, whom he met on the set of their 1985 blockbuster hit.
Who is Matthew Broderick?
He was a Dutch-born American songwriter and guitarist who emerged onto the music scene in the 1970s as part of the group that he cofounded with his brother, Alex.
Who is Eddie Van Halen?
A song by comedian and actor Eddie Murphy, written and produced by Rick James. A reader in the Los Angeles Times, Barbara Bryson, criticized the song, characterizing it as "Gumby goes disco".
Girl, I can't understand it, why you want to hurt me
After all the things I've done for you
I buy you champagne and roses, put diamonds on your finger
Diamonds on your finger
Still you hang out all night
What am I to do?
My girl wants to ^%$#%^&*
What is Party All the Time?
One of the few chocolate-free candy bars, it consists of salted peanuts rolled in caramel, surrounding a nougat-like center. During the Depression, candy bars were often marketed as meal replacements, and with its peanut-dense outer layer, was one of the more filling options out there.
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What is a Pay Day?
Caitlyn won the men's decathlon at the Montreal Olympics, setting a world record but at the time was known by this dead name.
Who is/was Bruce Jenner?
With an impressive 36 years and counting run on TV, this creator and writer reimagined everyday life in anytown America. D’oh!
Who is Matt Groening?
Astrophysicist and Knight Bachelor, his unique approach to tone and sound began when he was a young boy, and he and his father designed and built his Red Special guitar which he used to compose some of his biggest hits.
Who is Sir Brian May?
A song recorded by American pop rock band Mr. Mister. Although the 1968 Beatles song "Blackbird" contains an identical lyric, "Take these broken wings and learn to fly", Richard Page has described this as "a mindless unintentional reference" attributable to both compositions being influenced by the Gibran novel.
Baby, don't understand
Why we can't just hold on to each other's hands
This time might be the last, I fear
Unless I make it all too clear, I need you so, ohh
What is Broken Wings?
Featuring nougat in a chocolate coating, this classic candy bar — named after a popular dance in the 1920s — originally came in four flavors: chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and banana (that one was eventually phased out)
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What is the Charleston Chew?
Known lovingly as the Wonderful Wizard of Woz, he and Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer, now known as Apple Inc., to sell the first Apple computer appropriately named the Apple I.
Who is Steve Wozniak?
This news personality had his reckoning in 2017 in the mist of the Me Too moment when he was fired.
Who is Matt Lauer?
He was prolific in creating guitar riffs and often played with a cello bow to alter the sound and blended both acoustic and electric guitar elements into his music. Urban Legend has one of his most iconic hits band from being played in all Guitar Centers.
Who is Jimmy Page?
A song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie for the film White Nights, a ballet drama starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines.
I had a dream, I had an awesome dream
People in the park playing games in the dark
And what they played was a masquerade
And from behind the walls of doubt
A voice was crying out
%^*((&^%$#@!!%*(
Say it for always
That's the way it should be
%^*((&^%$#@!!%*(
Say it together, naturally
What is Say You, Say Me?
Similar to the Butterfinger, it has a crispy peanut butter and spun taffy core. During World War II, the US government intervened to ensure troops received the candy bar when a strike threatened production. However since 2018, this yummy bar usually is only found in Pennsylvania.
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What is he Clark Bar?
The Supreme Court set several legal and medical precedents in its 7-to-0 decision to allow Karen Ann Quinlan's parents remove her ventilator as she was in a persistent vegetative state for ten years in a decision known colloquially as this. (Spoiler, she lived another nine years breathing on her own)
What is the Right to Die?
Maybe still dazed and confused, this bongo loving actor maybe brother to Woody Harrelson.........Alright, alright, alright.
Who is Matthew McConaughey?
He died in a plane crash in 1982 at the age of 25 but still had time to co-founded Quiet Riot as a teenager and later helped revive Ozzie Osbourne’s career when he joined Ozzie’s band as a guitarist.
Who is Randy Rhoads?
Billed as Dionne Warwick & Friends, this song was released as a charity single for AIDS research and prevention. It was a massive hit, becoming the number-one single of 1986 in the United States, and winning the Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Song of the Year.
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowing you can always count on me for sure
*&^%$#@@!#%^^&*(
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
*&^%$#@@!#%^^&*(
What is That's What Friends are For?
One of the first "combination candy bars," — possible named for a dude who was constantly flirting with the women who worked in the factory where it was produced and wouldn't, just, let them do their jobs — was a mix of peanuts, caramel, and fudge coated in chocolate. In 2018, Nestle sold the rights to Ferrara Pan and the candy bar has curiously disappeared from the shelves.
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What is the Oh Henry?