Let's Dance
This is Donna Summer’s disco hit with lyrics that claim it is her “last chance for romance tonight.”
What is “Last Dance”? The chorus continues, “So let’s dance the last dance/Let’s dance the last dance/Let’s dance this last dance tonight.”
AOL stands for this
What is America Online? AOL was founded in 1985 as an online bulletin board called Quantum. It was renamed in 1991. With quantum computing now a reality, it’s interesting that the original name would be more relevant today than it was when the company was founded.
This company owns Rice Krispies, Special K, Raisin Bran, Froot Loops, and Frosted Flakes.
What is Kellogg’s? In 1894, W.K. Kellogg created the first corn flakes. Six years later, he and his brother, Dr. John H. Kellogg, founded the Sanitas Food Company when the cereal had proved popular among his brother’s patients at Dr. Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium.
This Cheers’ spinoff with an eponymous title is about a therapist-turned-radio personality.
What is Frasier? Dr. Frasier Crane moves from Boston to Seattle and takes up residence with his father and his father’s dog. He upends everything by giving up his therapy practice to practice over the radio airwaves.
This 1980s slang was short for favorite.
What is fave? It was used in teen magazines and caught on with teen girls.
This 1977 hit film about dance competition hopefuls Tony Monero (John Travolta) and Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) featured songs by the Bee Gees.
What is Saturday Night Fever? Filming had finished when the Bee Gees were commissioned to write songs for the film. They also repurposed some songs they had already written.
Doctors still use this otherwise obsolete form of communication.
What is a pager (or beeper)? Pager networks are encrypted and more reliable than cell service.
Ironically, the Marlboro Man died from this form of cancer
What is lung? Three men who appeared in Marlboro commercials died from lung cancer.
This sitcom is the show about nothing.
What is Seinfeld? The show is all about the characters and their character, not the plot.
This one-word Spielberg film title stars Roy Schneider and Richard Dreyfuss. It’s a story about shark attacks on Amity Island.
What is Jaws? Decades after the film was released, Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner, went into a restaurant and noticed an Alex Kintner sandwich on the menu. She mentioned that she played his mother in Jaws. The restaurant’s owner ran out to see her, and the owner was Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son Alex in the film.
The Spanish duo known as Los Del Rio made this 1996, one-word dance song beginning with an M.
What is “Macarena”? The song is about a woman who cheats on her husband while he’s away on military duty. The original lyrics are in Spanish, but it was a hot dance song throughout North America.
She had a massive hit with “I Will Always Love You.”
Who is Whitney Houston? It was a cover of Dolly Parton’s hit song.
You’ll be surprised to learn this royal owns a McDonald’s in England.
Who is Queen Elizabeth? The owner of record is the Crown Estate, and the royals don’t pop in for lunch.
Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are a conspiracy theorists’ favorite FBI agents. As partners, they work to solve paranormal cases in this TV drama.
What is The X-Files? During the early years of the show, Mulder believes in unexplained elements of the paranormal, and Scully does not.
This top British modeling sensation of the late 1960s was known for her especially slender frame.
Who is Twiggy? She has since worked on TV and film as well as on stage.
“Turn the Beat [missing word]” was recorded by Vicki Sue Robinson and covered by Laura Branigan and Gloria Estefan. Lyrics include “Turn it upside down/Love to hear the percussion/Love to hear it/Love to hear it.”
What is Around? Robinson is also an actress who appeared in Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.
He stars in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire.
Who is Robin Williams? The film won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Makeup. Make-up artists convincingly made Williams look like an older woman for his character to work in disguise as a nanny in order to spend more time with his children.
This TV show and movie streaming company started by renting out DVDs.
What is Netflix? The rise of the company was the beginning of Blockbuster’s demise, primarily because Blockbuster did not acknowledge Netflix as a threat.
This long-running 1990 TV police drama has had several spin-offs. It stars characters such as Detective Lennie Briscoe, Lieutenant Anita Van Buren, and Executive Assistant District Attorneys Ben Stone and Jack McCoy
What is Law and Order? The next-longest-running show in the franchise is Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, which began its run in 1999.
Michael Jackson’s hit song from this album by the same name was inspired by Jackson’s interest in the horror genre.
What is Thriller? The spoken parts and ominous, deep laughs you hear come from Vincent Price
This is Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony’s hit disco song. The title is the name of a dance move, and the lyrics are repetitive and include only four words.
What is “The Hustle”? The only words in the song are “do it” and “do the hustle.”
This was the number of the TWA flight number that exploded right after takeoff from JFK airport on July 17, 1996.
What is 800? The flight was en route to Paris.
This is a popular jeans manufacturer, but the founder never wore his company’s jeans.
What is Levi’s? Levi Strauss felt he was from the upper class and that the jeans were meant for the working class.
This 1999 TV drama stars Martin Sheen and gives us a glimpse of the inner workings of the White House.
What is West Wing? Stockard Channing has a recurring role as first lady.
“Who ya gonna call?” is the tagline of this film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramos, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver.
What is Ghostbusters? Three university professors lose their jobs for performing unethical paranormal experiments on their students, so they set up business ridding New York City of ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.