Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
The Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, and Minnesota Vikings visit the state of Michigan once a year to play the Detriot Lions, whose stadium is the namesake of this legendary American Auto Company founded in Mack Avenue in 1903.
What is Ford?
This Cornell educated former mechanical engineer is best known for his modern commentary on global warming, a debate against creationist Ken Ham at the Creation Museum in Kentucky in 2014, and a popular children's show that ran from 1993 to 1998.
Who is William (Bill) Nye?
No one knows for sure what happened to this female pilot in 1937, but a leading theory is that her body might have been eaten by Cocunt Crabs in modern Kiribati has largely been discredited.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
Two Words:Narrowly Avoiding disaster, or trimming one's facial hair short:
Clove Sashe
What is "Close Shave?"
1980's: This classic John Hughes drama about highschoolers from different walks of life stars Molly Ringwald and contains the song "Don't you (Forget about me.)"
What is The Breakfast Club?
This man was South Africa's first president from 1994 to 1999, and helped to fight apartheid as this country's first black head of state. He is also named in a false memory effect in which people remember specific facts incorrectly.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Since 2023, Elon Musk's company Tesla has offered an electric pickup truck with this computerized sounding name, and also offers an all-wheel drive "Beast" variety of the vehicle.
What is Cybertruck?
Scieintists recently discovered a way to turn skin cells of the once endagered, but still vulnerable Giant Panda into these type of cells that can develop into many different types of cells in the body as well as repair damaged tissue.
What is a Stem Cell?
Established in 1585, no one knows for sure what happened to the colonists of this first attempted English Colony in modern-day North Carolina, but a leading theory suggests that conflict with Native Americans might have led to their disappearance.
What is Roanoke Colony?
Two Words:Parents show affection in this way when they prepare their child for adult life by enforcing rules instead of coddling them:
Gout Hovel
What is "Tough Love?"
1940's: Considered by many to be the greatest film of all time, this 1941 Orson Welles directed movie involves the titular newspaper magnate from his troubled childhood to his wealthy adult life. Most of the plot involves an investigation into the meaning of the title character's last words: "Rosebud."
What is Citizen Kane?
This rare genetic disorder,which affects about 200,000 Americans per year, is abbreviated CF, and causes the body to produce thick mucus that can damage organs and lead to infections.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
This famous American railroad, which stretched from Sacramento to Omaha, was finished when the last railroad spike, made of gold, was hammered down by Leland Stanford at Promontory Summit on May 10th, 1869.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This medieval precursor to modern chemistry attempted to make sense of the natural world, as well as attempting to turn metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold. While mostly consisdered psuedoscience, there is some evidence that legitimate experiments regarding this branch of science were conducted.
What is Alchemy?
The "Shot heard 'round the world" was fired to begin this first battle of the Revolutionary war in 1775, but to this day no one knows which side fired the shot.
What is Lexington and Concord?
Two Words: Someone who is clumsy or bungling; literally, someone who's hand is made of pork.
Tamed Fish
What is "Ham Fisted?"
1950's: It's not Psycho, but this Alfred Hitchcock thriller stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly playing characters who witness disturbing events in an elevated apartment building across from the room of L.B Jefferies, where they are shown for the entirety of the film.
What is Rear Window?
This Swedish Pop group was formed in 1972, became their country's first Eurovision song winner with the song "Waterloo," and in 1999 their music was adapted into a stage musical known as "Mama Mia!"
Legendary Raiders coach and NFL announcer icon John Madden decided not to travel by air during his broadcasting career, so he traveled around the country in his famous "Madden Cruiser," a bus of this brand that shares its name with a dog.
What is Greyhound?
This German astronomer and mathematician was a key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, and arguably his greatest contribution came when he introduced his Laws of Planetary Motion.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
Some conspiracy theorists claim that in 1963 a mysterious person known as the "badge man" fired a fatal headshot at JFK from this pleasant-sounding Dallas location that sounds better suited to have a picnic on than to conduct an assasination from.
What is the Grassy Knoll?
Three Words: A person who destitute; without hope or opportunity:
Wound to DNA
What is "Down and out?"
1960's: This Roman Polanski adaptation of an Ira Levin Novel follows the title character as she is expecting a child, meanwhile, the neighbors begin acting strange and things quickly take a dark turn for Mia Farrow's character.
What is Rosemary's Baby?
In 1787, all of the U.S colonies attended the Constitutional convention, except for this Northeastern colony that that still had reservations about shifting power to a central government.
What is Rhode Island?
Operating from 1940 to 1945, this numerically named Japanese fighter aircraft was produced by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company and was known for its impressive maneuverability, especially in the early years of the Second World War.
What is the "Zero" Plane?
This 19th century Austrian Monk is considered by most to be "The father of genetics," due to his experiments regarding inheritable traits in pea plants.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This famous American Aviator who made the first solo transatlantic flight had his son kidnapped and murdered in an event dubbed "The crime of the century." Two years after the event Richard Hauptmann was executed for the crime, but debate over his innocence continues to this day.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
Four Words: Someone who is dull and set in their ways; unadventurous and boring.
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What is "Stick in the Mud?"
1970's: This Mel Brooks directed comedy, involving a black sheriff sent to govern the town of rock ridge, satirizes the western movie genre and stars Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks himself.
What is Blazing Saddles?
This phenomenon, which consists of two surnames, is a psychological bias in which less intelligent people tend to overestimate their abillities or knowledge in a certain area.
What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?