Words...
What's Older...
Celebs...
Disney...
50
T/F: "Window" was derived in a roundabout way from the Norse word for eye?
TRUE - The word window comes from the Norse word vindauga, with vindr meaning wind and auga meaning eye. Vikings saw windows as eyes that let wind and light inside.
50
Lice or Bees?
BEES!!! 100 million years, vs 55 mil for lice.
50
T/F: Nicole Kidman is fiercely afraid of bees and wasps?
FALSE - The actress has a fear of butterflies and moths.
50
Which Academy Award–winning actor lent his voice and likeness to Scar in “The Lion King”?
Jeremy Irons
100
T/F: A "Deadline" was never really about a time that you needed to do a thing by, but a physical line that if you cross, you be dead in a hurry?
TRUE - during the American Civil War, it was a physical line that was drawn to surround prisoner-of-war camps. If any prisoner crossed the deadline, it was over for them.
100
Platypus or Echidna
Platypus - 110 million years, vs 50 mil for the Echidna.
100
T/F: Madonna once got fired from Dunkin' Donuts in NYC's Time Square for "Playing with the jelly-squirter machine"
TRUE - she only lasted 1 week...
100
The Genie in “Aladdin” was specifically written with which actor-comedian in mind?
Robin Williams - obviously...
200
T/F: "Nice" used to mean foolish, ignorant or unaware?
TRUE - It's changes a bit since the middle ages...
200
Sea Turtle or Tortoice?
Tortoice at 200 million years, vs 110 mil for the humble sea turtle.
200
T/F: Natalie Portman coauthored two scientific papers under her birth name, Natalie Hershlag?
TRUE - One examined the production of hydrogen using sugar, while the other studied brain activity linked to object permanence in infants.
200
Edna Mode of “The Incredibles” was based on which real-life fashion designer?
Edith Head
400
T/F: "Awful" used to be a positive word, describing something that filled you with awe and deep respect?
TRUE - Another one that change socks mid game...
400
Horseshoe shrimp or Horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crab 450 million years, vs 250 mil for the shrimps.
400
Ryan Gosling nearly missed out on fame and fortune when he turned down an invitation to join the "Backstreet Boys" by AJ McLean - the bands founder, when they were neighbors as teenagers?
TRUE - imagine how different his life could have been...
400
Which late 80's movie character was based on this person:
Divine—the stage name of Harris Glenn Milstead
Ursula the Sea Witch
800
The word "salary" hasn't always been monetary - in Latin 'salarium' is a type of allowance - but WHAT?
SALT - the white stuff in the hand above - was used in exchange for goods and services in the good 'ol days...
800
Cockroach or Sea Sponge
Sea Sponge - 500 million years, vs 250 mil for papa roach.
800
This British author was dismissed from her position as a secretary for "dreaming on the job." Subsequently, she embarked on writing, where her remarkable imagination played a pivotal role. Who is she?
J.K. Rowling
800
Which early ’90s Hollywood heartthrob was Aladdin based on?
Tom Cruise - animators found inspiration in his hunky confidence... apparently
