Toys
The "Tickle Me" version of what Sesame Street character was the "it" toy of the 1996 holiday season, causing some shoppers to resort to violence to obtain the coveted toy?
Elmo
What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T.T.?
Knight Rider
As defined by chef Auguste Escoffier, the five "mother sauces" of French cooking are béchamel, espagnole, tomate, velouté, and what fifth sauce, which is commonly featured in Eggs Benedict?
Hollandaise
Located on Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, what legendary NYC performance venue is the home of the Rockettes dance troupe?
Radio City
The answer is under your desk: vandalism and littering led Singapore to ban the import and sale of which chewy confectionary in 1992?
Gum
This children’s arts and crafts product was originally created to clean wallpaper. What brand name was it given when it started being marketed as a toy in the 1950s?
Play-Doh
What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most watched finale ever with more than 100 million households tuning in?
M*A*S*H
First sold in 1946, Percy Spencer used WII-developed radar tech to create the Radarange—the first of what modern day appliance for cooking food super-fast?
Microwave
What geometrically named dance is the official state dance of Illinois?
Square Dance
French President Charles de Gaulle is quoted as saying "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of ______?
Cheese
When it was first sold in 1945, what classic stair-walking spring toy cost about $1, but was so popular that customers were willing to pay more when steel prices went up?
Slinky
Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?
Miami Vice
In cooking, what French term means a mixture of semisweet chocolate and cream heated and stirred together, often used to fill truffles and cakes?
Ganache
After discovering the celesta, an instrument with bell-like sounds, Tchaikovsky included it in "The Nutcracker" as part of the "Dance of" what magical character?
The Sugar Plum Fairy
What is the only letter in SCRABBLE that has a score of five?
K
With his signature appearing on the derriere of each doll, Xavier Roberts is well-known as the creator of which line of individually-named, soft-bodied dolls?
Cabbage Patch Kids
What directionally named ranch is the fictional compound called home by the Ewing family on the 1980s TV drama "Dallas?
Southfork Ranch
Considered a loan word from Greek, what is the difficult-to-spell name of the dip or sauce made of strained yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, and other seasonings? It is most often served cold as part of an appetizer.
Tzatziki
What 1993 dance craze was brought into the world by Spanish group Los del Rio?
The Macarena
Known for marketing ploys like using coffin shaped boxes, the largest fast food chain founded in New Zealand is called Hell. They specialize in what kind of food?
Pizza
Although its current name comes from Tagalog, what toy has been seen on Greek vases dating to 500 B.C.? The toy may be even older than that, as a similar toy originated in China about 1000 B.C.
Yo-yo
What ABC sitcom, a flashback to “Black-ish”, followed Rainbow Johnson’s 1980s childhood with her hippie parents, a black mother and white father, the latter played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar? Its title is similarly “ish”, and focuses on the Rainbow’s combined racial identity.
Mixed-Ish
What is the four-letter word for the paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt which is commonly used in Japanese cooking? This term can also be used to describe a type of soup thickened with the paste.
Miso
What popular Cuban ballroom dance style is name-checked in the titles of songs by Dean Martin and Lou Bega?
Mambo
The longest year in human history, 46 BC, clocked in at ______ days long.
445