Technology & Gadgets
This handheld device can make calls, send texts, take pictures, and connect to the internet.
What is a smartphone?
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy famously says there’s no place like this.
What is home?
This home exercise craze of the 1980s had people putting on leotards and leg warmers and following fast-paced routines.
What is aerobics?
This legendary boxer famously said he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This part of the human body contains the smallest bones in the body.
What is the ear/middle ear?
Before USB drives and cloud storage, these square disks were commonly used to save and transfer computer files.
What are floppy disks?
This 1978 movie musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John gave us Danny and Sandy.
What is Grease?
This symbol was once mostly known as a pound sign or number sign. Social media gave it a completely new name and purpose.
What is a hashtag?
At the Olympics, this event combines swimming, cycling, and running into one competition.
What is the triathlon?
Dolly, born in 1996, became famous as the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. She was this type of animal.
What is a sheep?
This three-letter abbreviation refers to the system satellites use to help your phone determine your location.
What is GPS?
This actor played Indiana Jones and also Han Solo in the Star Wars movies.
Who is Harrison Ford?
This 1970s fad involved running across public places wearing absolutely nothing.
What is streaking?
A perfect game in bowling ends with this score.
What is 300?
Scientists use this scale, which runs from 0 to 14, to describe how acidic or basic a substance is.
What is the pH scale?
The letters VHS stand for this three-word name.
What is Video Home System?
Before he became famous as Archie Bunker, Carroll O'Connor appeared in this long-running TV western starring James Arness.
What is Gunsmoke?
These small square images are scanned with a phone camera to quickly open a website, menu, or other information.
What are QR codes?
In golf, scoring two strokes under par on a single hole is known by what?
What is an eagle?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere contains most of the ozone that protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
What is the stratosphere?
This 1972 Atari game featuring two paddles and a bouncing dot became one of the earliest successful video games.
What is Pong?
Movies weren't always rated G, PG, PG-13, R. Before the modern ratings system began in 1968, Hollywood followed a strict set of rules commonly known by this name.
What is the Hays Code?
Don'ts and Be Carefuls- no lowering of moral standards ,Correct standards of life , Respect for law
A celebrity doesn't need to appear in a television commercial to sell something anymore. Companies often pay people with large social-media followings to promote their products. These people are called this.
What are influencers?
In 1960, an Ethiopian runner became the first Black African to win an Olympic gold medal—and he ran the marathon this unusual way.
What is barefoot?
This accidental discovery happened when a scientist noticed that mold growing in a petri dish was killing the bacteria around it.
What is penicillin?