His birth father named him Kal-El, but this superhero received a new name when he was adopted by two Kansas farmers as a child.
Who is Clark Kent (Superman)?
Ethanol is an organic compound used as a fuel additive in gasoline, typically after being extracted from this crop.
What is corn?
This woman sold more albums than any other female musician in the 2000s, although she was equally famous at the time for her struggles with toxic family members.
Who is Britney Spears?
George Romero created the zombie genre as we know it today by releasing this film in 1968. However, the characters in the story call them "ghouls," not zombies.
What is Night of the Living Dead?
This U.S. state has the second highest number of school districts in the nation. Texas is first, in case you're wondering.
What is California?
According to the web-head's birth certificate, Peter Parker has this for a middle name. He shares it with a relative.
What is Benjamin?
This livestock animal, more famous for its milk and cheese than its meat, was first domesticated in what is now Iran over 10,000 years ago.
What is a goat?
Before becoming an international pop star, this artist broke into the country music scene in 2006 with hit singles like "Teardrops on My Guitar."
Who is Taylor Swift?
American remakes of Japanese horror films were a lucrative trend in the 2000s, especially for this smash hit about a ghostly girl who haunts your television.
What is The Ring?
If you're not interested in a subject at school, your parents might encourage you to give it the ol' this just to keep your grades up.
What is a college try?
This psychic member of the X-Men has gone by the codenames Marvel Girl and Phoenix, but her real name is this.
Who is Jean Grey?
The boll weevil is a notoriously troublesome pest for farmers who cultivate this crop in the southern U.S.
What is cotton?
Millennial music fans will often call members of this band the fathers of "emo rock" thanks to their 2004 album American Idiot.
What is Green Day?
This 1999 film about three students who go missing in the woods is credited with popularizing the "found footage" genre.
What is The Blair Witch Project?
This U.S. education initiative was started in 2010 to establish consistent testing standards in schools nationwide.
What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?
Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West have all taken up the mantle of this agile DC superhero at one time or another.
Who is the Flash?
Agronomists taking soil samples consider the presence of this noble gas to be a strong indicator of fertility and sustainability in a plot of land. The more, the better!
What is nitrogen?
She's a pop icon today, but because this artist only released one full album in the 2000s, she was arguably more famous for her eccentric outfits than her music at the time.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This Stephen King story with a numerical title stars a writer (unsurprisingly) who documents his stay in a haunted hotel room.
What is 1408?
This word for a long-term educational plan means "the course of a race" in Latin.
What is a curriculum?
In the Marvel Comics, this mighty hero originally went by the alias Donald Blake when he first came to Earth.
Who is Thor?
Irrigation has been a vital agricultural process since ancient times, but farmers who don't irrigate their crops are said to be practicing this kind of agriculture.
What is rain-fed agriculture?
This country music group had its albums boycotted in 2003 after the lead singer told fans she was "ashamed" of President George W. Bush.
Who are The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks)?
This compelling horror classic by William Peter Blatty has a 1983 sequel called "Legion."
What is The Exorcist?
In 1991, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to pass a law authorizing the creation of these educational institutions.
What are charter schools?