Clueless & Romy + Michele's HS Reunion
Italian Food
Ancient Civilizations
Boats.
Bridges
100
What is Cher's father's occupation in Clueless?
Lawyer
100
How do you pronounce cappicola?
What is gabbagool?
100
Ancient Mesopotamia was located by two rivers - name them
Tigris and Euphrates
100
One knot is equal to what speed in miles per hour?
1.15 mph
100
Father and son both worked on this bridge - one died during the construction and the other got the bends. What bridge?
Brooklyn Bridge
200
What does Christie Masters (Christianson) do to Michele at lunch to bully her? *BE SPECIFIC*
What is place fruit shaped magnets on her scoliosis back brace?
200
What non-pasta grain makes up the base of many main dishes in western Sicily
Couscous
200
Evidence of this two player game dates back to 2nd century AD and was uncovered by archaeologists in Israel in an excavated Roman bathhouse
Mancala
200
How many sails are on a sloop?
Two - a sloop has one mast and two sails and is the most common category of sailboat
200
This is the longest suspension bridge in the world. Where is it located?
Japan - Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
300
In Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, which song do Romy, Michele, and Sandy Frink dance to? (name of song AND artist required)
What is Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper?
300
With what is granita/gelato typically served in Sicily?
Brioche
300
What were kites used for in Ancient China?
The military used them as a way to send messages and measure distances
300
What is the name of the upward curve on the bottom of a canoe? (hint: not the keel!)
the rocker
300
This bridge was erected in 1697 in Philadelphia and is still in use!
Frankford Avenue Bridge, also known as Pennypack Creek Bridge
400
How did Sandy Frink make millions after high school?
He invented a special type of rubber used in tennis shoes.
400
According to a survey conducted by Barilla for World Pasta Day, what are the three most popular pasta shapes in America?
Spaghetti, Penne, and Rotini
400
What is the largest pyramid in ancient Egypt?
The Great Pyramid of Khufu/Giza
400
What should you do if you capsize in a rapid?
Get on your back and hold your feet up as you are carried down the river, try to ward off rocks with your paddle if you have it
400
Which state has the most covered bridges - Iowa, Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Indiana?
Pennsylvania haha
500
Which classic 1815 novel did Amy Heckerling loosely base Clueless off of?
What is Emma by Jane Austen?
500
Tomatoes/tomato sauce did not make its way into Italian cuisine until who brought it from where & when?
Cortez brought it from Mexico to Europe in 1519
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Name the seven wonders of the Ancient World, and specify which wonder(s) remain today.
Great Pyramid of Giza (exists now)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
the Statue of Zeus at Olympia,
the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus,
the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus,
the Colossus of Rhodes,
and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
500
Who controls the steering in a canoe?
The stern
500
Name this bridge
Erasmus Bridge