SOUNDS LIKE AN ACTOR'S NAME
JUST TAKE THE W
A LITTLE ASTROPHYSICS
BEFORE AND AFTER
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
THE WHO?
400
Sounds like Angelina's ex: Pumpernickel or sourdough + a golf stroke done on the green
What is bread putt?
400
...from the start of a word meaning to flog to get this word meaning cool
What is hip? (whip to hip)
400
Pre-20th century, it was thought that stars were powered by the heat generated from their own collapse caused by this force
What is gravity?
400
Reed Richards' superhero quartet considered an organic omen of good luck
What is Fantastic Four-leaf clover?
400
Increasing the population more than 50% starting the year after WWII ended through 1964 was how this gen got its name
What are Baby Boomers?
400
Who indeed! He wrote, "My town is called Who-ville, for I am a Who and we Whos are all thankful and grateful to you"
Who is Dr. Seuss?
800
Sounds like a Batman: A room with a fridge and sink + a fluid produced in the liver
What is kitchen bile?
800
...from one of journalism's 5 Ws to get this avian
What is hen? (when to hen)
800
The space between stars isn't a total vacuum; it contains matter called the interstellar medium, 98% made up of these 2 starry elements
What are hydrogen and helium?
800
Residential area of mobile homes where you can safely leave your car & catch a bus into town
What is trailer park & ride?
800
Those born from 1997 to 2010 like Greta Thunberg & Jenna Ortega are letter-perfect as this generation
What is Gen Z?
800
She's the who who led her party to a landslide victory in 1983, winning a 144-seat majority & retaining her Downing St. address
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
1200
Sounds like a son of West African U.K. immigrants: A Lincolnesque formal speech + where your arm bends
What is address elbow?
1200
...out of a grassy area to get this acronym for a small computer network
What is LAN? (lawn to LAN)
1200
Think economically about the theory of cosmic this, which says the early universe expanded faster than the speed of light
What is inflation?
1200
Translation of carpe diem that became a novel about an attempt to kill Charles de Gaulle
What is Seize the Day of the Jackal?
1200
1981 to 1996 kids are called these; a 2017 business book has the alliterative title "Motivating" them
What are millennials?
1200
Why, he's the 19th century genius who made a major invention & also started the Volta Bureau for the Deaf
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
1600
Sounds like a "Strange" Marvel actor: A brand of allergy & itch relief medicine + a tuxedo's waist sash
What is Benadryl cummberbund?
1600
...from the front of a word meaning to get smaller like the Moon, move it to the end & get this synonym for again
What is anew? (wane to anew)
1600
The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is a graph of stars' temperatures versus their absolute this, meaning their intrinsic brightness
What is magnitude
1600
Turns out the frontwoman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a universal blood donor
What is Karen O negative?
1600
Also the name of a punk band fronted by Billy Idol, it covers births from 1965 to 1980
What is Generation X?
1600
Who, what, where, when: Catherine the Great, becoming empress, this then Russian capital, July 9, 1762
What is Saint Petersburg?
2000
Sounds like "Bad Santa": A kid who prays on weaker ones + a plastic cover for eating lobster + an unlucky number
What is bully bib thirteen?
2000
...out of the middle of a subterranean drainage conduit to get this visionary
What is seer? (sewer to seer)
2000
A 2024 study found that the Milky Way acted like a giant hair dryer blowing gas off the nearby dwarf galaxy LMC, the "Large" this
What is Magellanic Cloud?
2000
Deceptive Greek "gift" found near a high-pressure belt known for calm winds
What is Trojan Horse latitudes?
2000
A Tom Brokaw book title defined this group that covers those born from 1901 to 1927
What is the Greatest Generation?
2000
Who is Robert Mapplethorpe?