He said, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”
Gerald Ford
Launched and returned from space in 1981, this was the first reusable spacecraft.
Columbia
A tragic accident destroyed the spacecraft in 2003, but remnants can still be seen at the Kennedy Space Center.
Who were the first people to ever use negative numbers?
The Chinese
Which popular sitcom is set in the fictional town of Mayberry?
Andy Griffith show
Host of the Today Show for 12 Years
Jane Pauley
In one of his most beloved songs, he says, “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”
John Lennon
This large space telescope was launched in 1990.
Hubble (space telescope)
The Fields Medal is often considered a mathematical equivalent to what?
Nobel prize
Which classic TV show follows the lives of the Cunningham family and their friends in the 1950s and 1960s?
Happy Days
American frontier person and member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Calamity Jane
Talk about irony! This British politician once said, “I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.”
Margaret Thatcher
Just six years later, she became that first female PM
In 1976, an American probe discovered water frost on the surface of this planet.
Mars
In Israel, instead of “+”, they use what?
inverted “T”
Who played the iconic detective Magnum in the TV series “Magnum, P.I.”?
Tom Selleck
1931 Nobel Prize winner and social worker
Jane Addams
Her anti-drug campaign slogan told ’80s kids to “just say no.”
Nancy Reagan
William Shepherd, Yury Gidzenko, and Sergey Krikalyov were the first resident crew to occupy this space object.
ISS (International Space Station)
The station boasts multiple laboratories for experiments and study of space.
What number is represented in Roman Numerals by the letter ‘D’?
500
Who played the character Samantha Stephens in the TV series “Bewitched”?
Elizabeth Montgomery
British Primatologist known for her 55 year study of chimpanzees
Jane Goodall
This film character told his love Sally, “I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
Harry Burns
Billy Crystal stars as Harry alongside Meg Ryan in the 1989 romance When Harry Met Sally.
The Apollo and this other spacecraft became the first two to achieve international docking in space, in 1975.
Soyuz
The docking between the U.S. and Soviet crafts took place as part of a test project.
What common math term means “for every one hundred” in Latin?
percent
Who played the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original “Star Trek” series?
William Shatner
Actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan
Jane Wyman