All's Whale That Ends Whale
Literary Quotes
Film & TV
October 5th/1995
Music
100

Reaching a weight of over 300,000 tons, it is the largest mammal to ever exist.

What is the blue whale?

100

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” reads the opening line of this Austen classic.

What is Pride and Prejudice?

100

This 2008 romantasy film has produced a dedicated fan-based and multiple meme-worthy quotes such as "hang on tight, spidermonkey" and "this is the skin of a killer".

What is Twilight?

100

"Love Me Do" was the debut single of this band, first released on October 5, 1962.

Who are The Beatles?

100

Famous songs "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" were composed on the same night by this talented country star.

Who is Dolly Parton?

200

This criminally named creature is more closely related to dolphins than to other whale species.

What is a killer whale?

200

"I took the one last traveled by, and that has made all the difference" ends this frequently quoted poem, that was inspired by the poet's daily walks with a friend

What is The Road Not Taken?

200

Every fall, millions rewatch this show about the titular named mother-and-daughter duo based in New England.

What is Gilmore Girls?

200

Something big was brewing when this computer programming language first released in December 1995.

What is JavaScript?

200
My Chemical Romance bid you "Welcome To" this album title.

What is The Black Parade?

300

This state's official marine animal is the Bowhead Whale, sometimes also called the Arctic Whale.

What is Alaska?

300

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers" exalts this titular red-headed character

What is Anne of Green Gables?

300

Thanks to the magic properties of Chemical X, this super trio was able to fight crime and the forces of evil.

Who are The Powerpuff Girls?

300

This commercial-free TV station, known for its education programming such as Frontline, began operations on October 5, 1970.

What is PBS?

300

Berry Gordon founded this Detroit-based record label that produced artists like Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson.

What is Motown Records?

400

Whales can be divided into two groups: Odontoceti or toothed whales, and Mysticeti, which instead have plates of this substance.

What is baleen?

400

“Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids” quips author John Steinbeck in this book about good versus evil.

What is East of Eden?

400

Brooklyn, St. Olaf, Georgia, and Sicily are just some of the locations you'll hear frequently mentioned on this show about friendship, romance, and cheesecake.

What is The Golden Girls?

400

It's not just your imagination - this song by artist Mariah Carey was number one on the charts on October 5th, 1995.

What is Fantasy?

400

Despite being released shortly after the infamous Disco Demolition Night, this album by Michael Jackson became the best selling record in 1980.

What is Off the Wall?

500

The harvesting of oil, spermaceti, and this waxy substance produced by sperm whales caused the species to go nearly extinct in the 1800s. 

What is ambergris?

500

"I should have been a pair of ragged claws, scuttling across the floors of silent seas” says the speaker of this T.S. Eliot poem, his first to have been professionally published.

What is The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?
500

Jack Black's character in The School of Rock emulated the lead singer from this band when he wore a school uniform during Battle of the Bands.

Who is AC/DC?

500

Born on October 5th, 1958, it was written in the cosmos that this famous astrophysicist would become a household name.

Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?

500

This folk-duo originally called themselves "Tom & Jerry" as a nod to the cartoon. Their working relationship was just as tumultuous as the cat and mouse version.

Who is Simon and Garfunkel?

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