Hollywood Hunks
Molecules of Note
Southern Hemisphere
Four Letter Words
Songs about boats
Potent Potable Rhyme Time
Hodge Podge
100
This movie star was born Roy Harold Sherer Jr in 1925. He died of HIV at age 59.
Who is Rock Hudson?
100
Ferric oxide and hematite are some of the names for this substance, which molecule contains both iron and oxygen, just ask the "Tin Man".
What is rust?
100
Montevideo is the capital of this South American country.
What is Urugay?
100
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had a famous one of these, something that was often used to solve disputes in their time.
What is a DUEL?
100
The song '__________ Mary' by Credence Clearwater Revival is about a "riverboat queen" with a paddle wheel.
What is 'Proud'?
100
Rice wine for the person who rides a race horse
What is SAKE JOCKEY?
100
This book's working title was Tomorrow is Another Day and its heroine was named Pansy O'Hara right up until it was about to be printed.
What is Gone With the Wind?
200
With three Golden Globes and an Academy Award, Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor who soared to heartthrob status in the 1997 film about this doomed steamship's maiden voyage.
What is The RMS Titanic?
200
This substance is in the form of cube-shaped crystals, comprised of chlorine and sodium, and can be found on most dining room tables.
What is salt?
200
The arctic tern makes the longest known migration each year, flying at high altitudes from the arctic circle to spend Christmas in this continent at the south pole.
What is Antarctica?
200
This is what carbonated water adds to soda pop.
What is FIZZ?
200
'The Banana Boat Song' by Harry Belafonte (1956) is more popularly known by this, the catchy call-and response of its refrain.
What is "Day-O"?
200
Pilsner Trepidation
What is BEER FEAR?
200
This goat constellation is the smallest of the Zodiac, for those born from the end of December through mid January
What is Capricorn?
300
This Star of the "Rocky" film franchise was born July 6, 1946, and attended college in Switzerland.
Who is Sylvester Stallone?
300
C12-H22-O11 is the chemical formula for this naturally-occurring disaccharide, which comprises 2-8% of cows milk.
What is lactose?
300
In 1893, this country south of the equator became the first nation to grant women the right to vote.
What is New Zealand?
300
These two 4 letter words are at opposite ends of the Ph scale
What are ACID and BASE?
300
Christopher Cross had a 1980 hit with this song titled for wind-powered vessels.
What is 'Sailing'?
(Listen for this song on our Balance Barre Fitness playlist!)
300
Opera text about an almond liquor
What is AMARETTO LIBRETTO?
300
This New England state was the first to be admitted to the union after the original 13 colonies. It was even its own country for a short time.
What is Vermont?
400
This American actor, acclaimed for portraying Moses onscreen, has posed nude for art students, marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr for civil rights, and was a founding member of the NRA
Who is Charleton Heston?
400
This molecule is not the only photosynthetic pigment, but it is always green, since it absorbs blue and red wavelengths of light.
What is chlorophyll?
400
Botswana is Africa's longest continuous democracy, and enjoys a rising per-capita income due to its extensive mining of this precious gemstone.
What is diamond?
400
This is a 4-letter word for a pitcher with a handle.
What is a EWER?
400
This country singer, born in 1957 and known for his unkempt hair, quickie marriage to Julia Roberts and being a character in a song by Mary Chapin Carpenter recorded If I Had a Boat in 1987.
Who is Lyle Lovett?
400
Whiskey made in a big city
What is URBAN BOURBON?
400
Both Sacramento and Fresno have daily newspapers in the top 100 of newspaper circulation that bear the name of this winged insect.
What is a BEE?
500
In 1995 this actor said "Cancer picked the wrong guy to mess with!" after undergoing treatment for (ironically) T-cell lymphoma.
Who is Mr T? (born Laurence Tureaud)
500
C27-H46-O is the chemical formula for this essential lipid, which is found in all animal tissues, particularly the brain and liver. When measured by a healthcare provider it is characterized as HDL or LDL.
What is Cholesterol?
500
The Seychelles is a nation consisting of 115 islands east of the African continent in this body of water.
What is the Indian Ocean?
500
This word comes from the Greek and means a medical state of prolonged sleep.
What is COMA?
500
Featured on Pet Sounds, this song by the Beach Boys was inspired by a traditional folk song and is about "the worst trip I've ever been on."
What is Sloop John B?
500
Fraudulent medical reccommendations made by a Cuban cocktail.
What is Daiquiri Quackery?
500
He wrote "You're the Nile. You're the Tower of Piza. You're the Smile on the Mona Leeza . . . "
Who is Cole Porter?