Television
Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) worked as a guidance counselor at Dillon High School, home of Panthers football, on this series
What is Friday Night Lights?
A little easier on the wallet, this type of gem is created in a lab
What is Synthetic?
An eyewitness in 1906 described "dynamite used to blow down buildings in the path of flames" just after this event
What is the San Francisco Earthquake?
A dating app named for this profession seeks out "rural singles, cowboys, cowgirls, ranchers... & country folk"
What are Farmers?
AWARDS:
SHE WON THE 1984 GRAMMY FOR BEST NEW ARTIST & IN 2013 BECAME THE FIRST SOLO WOMAN TO WIN A TONY AWARD FOR BEST SCORE
Who is Cyndi Lauper?
Jewel won the sixth season of this series, competing as the Queen of Hearts
What is The Masked Singer?
This North American tree throws a lot of shade & its peeling bark can look like camouflage
What is Sycamore?
A performer at this venue remembered the president's wife "was laughing at my speech when the shot was fired"
What is Ford’s Theater?
Lily is the name of the character you can try to impress on this language-learning app
What is Duolingo?
THIS DAY:
5 OF THE WOMEN CONDEMNED IN SALEM IN 1692 WERE FINALLY EXONERATED BY A BILL SIGNED ON THIS DAY IN 2001
What is Halloween?
This sitcom stalwart plays Charles, "A Man on the Inside" investigating crime at a nursing home
Who is Ted Danson?
The state motto of Virginia translates as "Thus Always to" these
What is Tyrants?
Horace C. Porter recalled handing General Lee his pencil on April 9, 1865 in this place with a 3-word name
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
This social media app that began as an internal Twitter project by then CEO Jack Dorsey hit 30 million users in January 2025
What is Bluesky?
WORD ORIGINS:
THIS TERM FOR ONE WHO EXPOSES POLITICAL CORRUPTION COMES FROM A CHARACTER IN "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"
What is a Muckraker?
Dominic West was McNulty on "The Wire" & unfaithful spouse Noah Solloway on this Showtime series
What is The Affair?
This small area at the base of the brain helps manage, among other things, body temperature & thirst & hunger
What is Hypothalmus?
Victor Weisskopf saw a "smoke ball rising with a thick stem of dark brown color" in July 1945 near this test site with a religious name
What is Trinity?
In 2023 this video-editing company released by TikTok's developer obtained 200 million monthly active users
What is CapCut?
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES:
ROBERT JACKSON, THE ONLY JUSTICE TO TAKE A FORMAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE, WENT TO BE A PROSECUTOR IN THIS FOREIGN CITY
What is Nuremberg?
He was just a writer on "Ted Lasso" but thought, "I really identify with Roy Kent, so I should play him" & did
Who is Brett Goldstein?
To the Greeks it was 10,000 specifically, but we think of it as being innumerable or an abundance of something
What is Myriad?
She recalled a 1960 event in New Orleans: "People yelled & threw things"; "I was surrounded by the marshals"
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This "Project" that offers more than 70,000 ebooks is named for a 15th century German
Who is Gutenberg?
BROADWAY MUSICALS:
THIS MUSICAL, WHICH WON 5 TONYS IN 1990, WAS INSPIRED BY A 1928 NOVEL & A 1932 GRETA GARBO FILM
What is Grand Hotel?