What's That Now? (music edition)
Get Organized
In the Smithsonian
Georgia
Space Bits
Name that Active Hobby
Boats
Robin Williams
Potpourri
100
the distance between notes of the same letter name, i.e. going from a C to the next C.
What is an Octave?
100
Types of this bent metal contraption include the gem, the McGill and the Niagara.
What are paper clips?
100
At an impressive height of six feet four inches, this president chose to stand out even more by donning high-top hats that enhanced his commanding presence. The one featured at the Smithsonian has an added black silk mourning band to honor the memory of his son, Willie.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
100
There are 71 streets in the metro Atlanta area that use a variation of this name; its where they'd grow the state fruit.
What is Peachtree?
100
Along with Pluto, our Solar System has 4 other bodies that are recognized by this classification; Ceres, Makemake, Haumea and Eris.
What are Dwarf planets?
100
This hobby turns a standard walk or hike into an engaging treasure hunt, making it a fun way to exercise. By focusing on finding hidden containers using a smartphone or GPS, you walk further, tackle new terrain, and stay active outdoors without the monotony of traditional workouts
What is Geocaching?
100
The 1975 sinking of this freighter in Lake Superior inspired a #2 single by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot the following year.
What is the Edmund Fitzgerald?
100
From this film: 'You do an eclectic celebration of the dance! You do Fosse Fosse Fosse Fosse Fosse! You do Martha Graham Martha Graham Martha Graham, or Twyla Twyla Twyla, or Michael Kidde Michael Kidde Michael Kidde Michael Kidde, or Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna... but you keep it all inside'
What is The Birdcage?
100
In Peggy Lee's Fever, two couples are mentioned by name. Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair. As for this other couple, he proclaims "Thou giveth fever when we kisseth." and that he "burns forsooth."
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
200
The text, words, or lyrics used in an extended musical work like an opera, operetta, or musical .
What is the Libretto?
200
While currently known for war crime tribunals, this city in the Netherlands was where the first mass produced pencils were crafted.
What is the Hague?
200
In 1954, this player left the Negro Leagues to join Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves He was traded to the Brewers in 1975, a year after smashing Babe Ruth's homerun record. His Brewers jersey is on display.
200
No trip to Georgia would be complete without visiting "The World of" this beverage, a 20 acre complex dedicated to the creation of the soft drink created by Atlanta pharmacist John S Pemberton./
What is Coca Cola?
200
This NASA program ran from 1961 to 1972, using uncrewed tests and 11 crewed spaceflights to develop space travel technology, orbit the Moon, and land 12 astronauts on the lunar surface
What is Apollo?
200
Walk through woods or fields to find wild plants and mushrooms.
What is Foraging?
200
This four-word idiom is used for preparing to deal with a crisis. It comes from the nautical meaning of using long, thin strips of wood or metal to secure a ship's tarpaulins
What is Batten down the hatches?
200
As of 2022, he is the oldest actor to play this role of an eternal child. He was 40 at the time.
Who is Peter Pan?
200
Presumably named after his lady, “The Olive” is a boat belonging to this corncob pipe smoker.
Who is Popeye?
300
Rhis 4 word phrase was used by big-band musicians to ask a pianist for an upbeat, bouncing boogie-woogie rhythm.
What is 8 to the Bar?
300
Scientist Spencer Silver was trying to make an extra strong adhesive when he accidentally created an extra weak one, which was very handy when creating this square of paper, on of the most widely circulated office products. .
What are Post-Its?
300
Once worn by French King Louis XIV as the "French Blue" before being stolen during the French Revolution, this 45.52-carat fancy deep grayish-blue gem is rumored to bring bad luck and tragedy to the anyone who touches it. So if you go to the Natural History branch, don't touch.
What is the Hope Diamond?
300
This television show ran from 1979 to 1985, featuring cousins in a fictional county in Georgia. Most episodes can be summed up as "Out-of-town crooks pull a robbery or commit a crime or scandal, cousins blamed, spend the rest of the hour clearing their names, their orange car flies as the corrupt or inept police look on."
300
These are the two planets in our solar system that have no moons.
What are Mercury and Venus?
300
This is a physical sport and creative activity where participants perform routines that mimic equestrian movements like show jumping and dressage entirely on foot, and judges score their style, form, and precision.
What is Hobby Horsing?
300
Often used before the names of British Royal Navy ships HMS is short for this three-word phrase.
What is Her/His Majesty's Ship (depending on the gender of the reigning monarch)
300
Williams got his first major acting role on Mork and Mindy which was, interestingly enough, a spin-off of this show.
What is Happy Days?
300
This President survived two separate assassination attempts in California just 17 days apart. Both attacks were carried out by women—Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Sacramento and Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco—though both attempts failed and he was unharmed.
Who is Gerald Ford?
400
An early style of American popular music. It features a steady, march-like beat in the left hand and a lively, syncopated rhythm in the right hand. Scott Joplin is known as the King of it.
What is Ragtime?
400
This iconic 1980s and 1990s velcro-closed binder brand featured colorful geometric patterns and multiple folders, and special folders made to hold paper more securely with vertical pockets. They're still available today.
What is a Trapper Keeper?
400
On February 1, 1960, four African American students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College began a nonviolent, direct-action protest at this 5 & Dime store in Greensboro, NC. The counter where they sat for the protest is in the American History museum.
What is Woolworths?
400
Funded primarily by Bernie Marcus, cofounder of this building supply warehouse store, the Georgia Aquarium opened in 2005 and was the first place outside Asia where you could see a whale shark.
What is Home Depot?
400
A dog from Russia, named this, was the first mammal in space. Alas, it did not end well for our girl
400
Developed in France during the late 1980s and 1990s and inspired by military obstacle course training, this sport consists of of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing and vaulting over them.
What is Parkour?
400
This word originally meant an open cask or barrel used to hold a ship's daily drinking water. Because sailors gathered around this barrel to drink and chat, the word grew to mean the gossip or rumors they shared, much like a modern office water cooler.
What is Scuttlebutt?
400
In 1995 he played the role of Alan Parrish, a young boy who accidentally got stuck inside this board game
What is Jumanji?
400
Cary Grant, Kevin Kline and Yves Heck have all played this American composer and songwriter, known for songs like You're the Top, I Get a Kick Out of You and It's De-Lovely.
500
It refers to a brief moment of silence or a break in the musical phrasing. It's not a complete stop like a rest, but a subtle pause that disrupts the rhythmic flow for a short period.
What is a Caesura?
500
In the 1830s, paper makers used recycled ship ropes made from hemp native to this capital city to create tough, yellowish-brown paper. That's where the folders get their name.
What is Manila?
500
In 2000, the Smithsonian reached out to the state of Oklahoma and requested that they donate the asphalt of a 50-foot-long stretch of this famous road that travels from Illinois to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Route 66?
500
A museum in Columbus claims to be the largest museum of its kind in the world, home to 70,000 of these. The first character to be featured on one was Mickey Mouse in 1935. The last, before they switched to the much safer plastic version, was Rambo in 1985.
What are Lunch boxes?
500
In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. In 1972, this person was the last. (so far)
Who is Gene Cernan?
500
This is the act of searching riverbanks—most famously the River Thames in London—for historical objects, lost artifacts, and items of value. Once a desperate way for the poor to survive in the 18th and 19th centuries, it is now a popular hobby and amateur archaeological pursuit.
What is mudlarking?
500
This word that defines a medium to large pleasure cruiser comes from the Dutch word for hunting ship.
What is a YACHT?
500
He appeared as this president in the Night at the Museum trilogy, released between 2006 and 2014.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
500
In Neil Sedaka's 1960 hit Calendar Girl, he makes a month by month list of nice things he does for his lady. In this month, he lights the candles at her sweet sixteen.
What is September?