The Non-Depressing 1930s
At the 1932 Olympics, she set or tied records in the high jump, javelin & 80-meter hurdles
Who is Babe Didrikson Zaharias
It's 9.46 trillion kilometers, give or take a few kilometers
What is a light year
Ozzie, Harriet, David, Ricky
Who are the Nelsons
Jennifer Coolidge has a slight problem while staying at this title place: "Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me"
What is the white lotus
It was the 3-word phrase for drills in which schoolkids crawled under desks to somehow protect themselves from a nuclear blast
What is duck and cover
This comic strip about the Bumsteads made its debut
What is blondie
Founded in 1875, the International Bureau of Weights & Measures is headquartered in Sevres near this capital
What is Paris
Herman, Lily, Eddie, Marilyn
Who are the Munsters
Rose, on this show: "Like we say in St. Olaf: Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy"
What is the golden girls
Numeric nickname of the group of imprisoned & blacklisted movie professionals who refused to testify to Congress
Who are the "Hollywood Ten"
Hard work paid off for Frances Perkins--in 1933 she became Secretary of this, the first woman in the cabinet
What is labor
Circles, thermometers & college grads are marked by the number of these they have
What is degrees
Mike, Carol, Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter, Bobby
Who are the Brady's
The many physicians who have practiced on this drama include Holley Fain & James Pickens Jr. as Drs. Canner & Webber
What is grey's anatomy
The end of the Cold War was hastened by this 8-letter Russian policy that Mikhail Gorbachev promoted
What is glasnost
His 1935 performance
at the Palomar ballroom
in Los Angeles
kicked off the swing era
Who is Benny Goodman
One magnum of champagne equals this many standard bottles
What is 2
Ben, Adam, Hoss, Little Joe
Who are the Cartwrights
In 1966 Bruce Lee fought crime as Kato on this series
What is the green hornet
In 1972 the U.S. & USSR took a first step toward reducing the threat of nuclear war via these "Talks"
What is SALT
Following this 1938 radio broadcast, people were relieved to find out that America wasn't really attacked by aliens
What is the war of the worlds
One weight still used from the old apothecaries' system is this ounce
What is a troy ounce
Ben, Adam, Hoss, Little Joe
What is cleaver
Dana Carvey was Clinton "Jafo" Wonderlove on this show adapted from a 1983 film about a high-tech police helicopter
What is blue thunder
From the late 1940s through the 1980s, the U.S. pursued this "restrictive" strategy of curbing Soviet expansion
What is containment