Aviation
This aviation pioneer disappeared in 1931 while attempting to fly from Australia to England.
Who is Charles Kingsford Smith?
Cruise’s birth name is slightly different; he was born as this.
What is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV?
This 1968 book by Erich von Däniken argues that many ancient structures were built with extraterrestrial help.
What is Chariots of the Gods??
This Nirvana song features the lyrics, “With the lights out, it’s less dangerous; here we are now, entertain us.”
What is Smells Like Teen Spirit?
This nuclear disaster in 1986 was caused by a combination of human error and arrogance in ignoring safety protocols.
What is Chernobyl?
The nickname of this enormous wooden flying boat, built during World War II and flew only once in 1947 by Howard Hughes.
What is the 'Spruce Goose'?
This 1996 film features Cruise as a sports agent navigating the NFL.
What is Jerry Maguire?
This 1979 Ridley Scott film depicts humans trapped on a spaceship with a deadly extraterrestrial creature.
What is Alien?
This 1992 album by Pearl Jam includes hits like “Even Flow” and “Alive.”
What is Ten?
British actor famous for portraying Inspector Clouseau, the bumbling detective in The Pink Panther series.
Who is Peter Sellers?
This aircraft, first flown in 1969, became the world’s first successful supersonic passenger airliner.
What is the Concorde?
In this 2005 sci-fi film, Cruise’s character Ray Ferrier protects his children from alien tripods.
What is War of the Worlds?
According to UFO folklore, this U.S. military base is rumored to house alien technology and crashed spacecraft.
What is Area 51?
The song “Black Hole Sun” was a massive hit for this grunge band from the early ’90s.
Who is Soundgarden?
This American comedian played the bumbling character Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber.
Who is Jim Carrey?
This instrument in the cockpit measures an aircraft’s altitude above sea level.
What is an altimeter?
Cruise played a character in this 1989 film based on a Vietnam War veteran’s real-life story.
What is Born on the Fourth of July?
This 1997 sci-fi comedy features two comic aliens, one of whom is obsessed with performing an anal probe on a farmer.
What is Paul?
Grunge music emerged primarily from this U.S. city, becoming its signature sound in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
What is Seattle, Washington, USA?
The Hindenburg was declared “fully safe” by promoters, ignoring the obvious danger of this highly flammable gas.
What is hydrogen?
This female American aviator was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
In Valkyrie (2008), Tom Cruise plays this German army officer who attempts to assassinate Hitler.
Who is Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg?
In the movie 'Contact', the alien message contains this kind of number sequence, proving its intelligent origin.
What are prime numbers?
This Australian band formed in Newcastle in 1992 and became famous for their grunge-influenced debut album Frogstomp.
Who are Silverchair?
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. We will never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither will they.”
Who is George 'Dubya' Bush?