Protest Songs
This group, led by guitarist Tom Morello, sang or, actually, screamed "Who controls the past (now), controls the future, Who controls the present (now), controls the past," in its protest song "Testify."
Who is Rage Against the Machine
According to the WHO, last year there were 228 million cases of this mosquito-borne illness worldwide.
What is malaria
This word literally means "seaward," which is where all waste used to be guided toward.
What is sewer
Dolly Parton's Sandollar Productions produced this TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, though Kristy Swanson initially played the killer of the undead in the movie five years earlier.
What is Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Quarantine may be saving you money, if like the average American you spend $92 a month on this beverage.
What is coffee
This Public Enemy anthem was commissioned by Spike Lee for his 1989 film, Do the Right Thing, which Rosie Perez dances to in its introductory credits.
What is Fight the Power
This plague is best perhaps best known as the Black Death that killed an estimated 50 million people in the 14th century throughout Asia and Europe
What is the Bubonic Plague
This comedian inadvertently caused a toilet paper shortage when he joked about an acute shortage in December 1973 on his late-night show.
Who is Johnny Carson
After a plane crash, John Locke, who had been paralyzed, miraculously gets up and starts walking within the first episodes of this show.
What is Lost
This Friday night favorite first hit supermarket freezer sections in 1950.
What is frozen pizza
Joni Mitchell complained that they "took all the trees and put them in a tree museum, then charge the people a dollar and a half to see them" in this environmental protest song.
What is Big Yellow Taxi
COVID-19 is one of three human coronaviruses that have caused previous pandemics in recent history, SARS and this.
What is MERS
Charmin revolutionized the toilet paper industry in 1932 by introducing the economy size, which had this many rolls in each pack.
What is four
In the episode, The One After the Superbowl, his pet monkey, Marcel, gets cast into the fictitious Outbreak 2: The Virus Takes Manhattan.
Who is Ross Gellar
The founder of Otis Spunkmeyer let his daughter name his company, in which she combined the name of Oakland Raider's defensive tackle Otis Sistrunk and this popcorn magnate.
Who is Orville Redenbacher
The Youngbloods encouraged us all to "smile on your brother" and "try to love one another right now" with this hit song.
What is Get Together
Before John Snow demonstrated that germ contaminated water was its source, most believed this disease was caused by bad air or miasma.
What is cholera
The first scholar to record paper being used for personal sanitation was Yan Zhitui in 589 AD describing this civilization who used it for "toilet purposes."
Who are the Chinese
The name of this streaming device literally means "six" in Japanese, as it was the sixth start-up company that founder Anthony Wood created.
What is Roku
The sounds of the slithery movements of this giant slug-like crime lord, the most powerful one on Tatooine, were made by the sound engineer running his hands through cheese casserole.
Who is Jabba the Hutt
Hear Helen Reddy roar in this anthem, "You can bend but never break me, 'Cause it only serves to make me, More determined to achieve my final goal."
What is I Am Woman
His vaccine, developed and provided free of charge in 1954, effectively halted an epidemic in the US although the disease has not yet been eradicated worldwide.
Who is Jonas Salk
This president was the first to enjoy having a toilet in the White House when it was installed in 1825.
Who is John Quincy Adams
Episode titles from the first season of this 1950s show include, "The Four of Us Are Dying," "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," and "Long Live Walter Jameson."
What is The Twilight Zone
The idea for this machine came when its creator noticed a chocolate bar in his pocket melted while he was experimenting with a magentron.
What is a microwave