Quentin Tarantino directed this 1994 film that went on to win the Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival.
What is Pulp Fiction?
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The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, connecting these two continents.
What are North and South America?
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This event on December 7, 1941, prompted the United States to enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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This molecule carries the genetic information of all living organisms.
What is DNA? (deoxyribonucleic acid)
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In 1999, Laurence Fishburne described this place as, “the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.”
What is the Matrix?
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The Dark Knight Rises was the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy released in this year.
When is 2012?
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France, Germany, Italy and Austria are the four countries that border this central European country.
What is Switzerland?
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This Apollo mission was the first to successfully land humans on the Moon in 1969.
What is Apollo 11?
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This layer of the Earth’s atmosphere is closest to the planet’s surface.
What is the troposphere?
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Earth’s microorganisms (bacteria), ultimately lead to the defeat of the Martians in this book and movie adaptation by H.G. Wells.
What is the War of the Worlds?
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Kevin Spacy played the role of Keyser Soze in this 1995 movie.
What is The Usual Suspects?
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Holding approximately 10% of the world’s surface fresh water, this lake is the largest in the world.
What is Lake Superior?
3
This US president was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1868, but was ultimately acquitted by the Senate.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
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QR codes consist of an array of black and white squares, typically use for storing URL’s and other information that is read by a camera on a smartphone. The acronym QR stands for this.
What is a quick reference code?
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Task Force 141 is the task force led by Captain John Price in this video game series.
What is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare?
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In the film “The Truman Show,” Jim Carrey plays this character who is unknowingly living in a simulated TV reality show.
Who is Truman Burbank?
4
Yellowstone National Park is located in these two US states.
What are Montana and Wyoming?
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In the late 19th century, this innovation revolutionized transportation by connecting the east and west coasts of the United States.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
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The first law in this branch of physics states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or converted from one form to another.
What are thermodynamics?
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This villainous antagonist was speaking to Lone Starr, played by Bill Pullman, when he proclaimed, “I am your father’s, brother’s, nephew’s, cousin’s former roommate.”
Who is Dark Helmet?
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In the 1990 horror comedy film Tremors, Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward fight for survival against giant, worm-like monsters in this small town in northern Nevada.
Where is Perfection, Nevada?
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Lake Titicaca, one of the highest navigable lakes, is located on the border of these two South American countries.
What are Peru and Bolivia?
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This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment? – Also known as Prohibition
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This is the process by which a solid material changes directly into a gas without passing through the liquid phase.
What is sublimation?
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In Star Trek: The Next Generation, this substance powers warp engines, allowing faster than light travel.