Pop Culture
The 1988 movie “Mystic Pizza” launched the career of what actress
Julia Roberts
What pioneering English woman is considered the founder of modern nursing
Florence Nightingale
Which Canadian hockey player is considered to be the greatest of all time?
Wayne Gretzky
What is the largest bone in the human body?
The Femur
What are primary behaviors of stuttering?
Blocks, prolongations, repetitions
What is the longest-running Broadway show?
Phantom of the Opera
Which military leader conquered the Persian Empire, India and Egypt, among others, to become one of the greatest conquerors of all time?
Alexander the Great
Where did the 2000 Summer Olympics take place?
Sydney, Australia
What mineral can you add to water to make things float easier?
Salt
What are secondary behaviors of stuttering? Give an example!
Learned responses to the primary behaviors?
The first iPhone was released in what year?
2007
Dubbed the “Black Death,” what plague swept through Europe in the 1300s?
The Bubonic Plague
Who was the highest-paid athlete in 2022?
Lionel Messi
Which blood type is a universal donor?
O Negative
What percent of adults stutter?
~1%
What was Taylor Swift's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100?
Tim Mcgraw
What year did Kate Middleton and Prince William get married?
2011
When was the first Indy 500 held?
1911
What produces the majority of the breathable air on earth?
The Ocean
Stuttering tends to be more common in what gender?
Males
Whitney Houston went to the top of the music charts in 1992 with which Dolly Parton song?
"I Will Always Love You"
French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi designed what U.S. landmark?
The Statue of Liberty
Which player from the Dallas Mavericks is an investor in Big Blanket Co., the maker of 10-by-10 foot blankets?
Boban Marjanovic
Which globally-dreaded disease did the World Health Organization declared eradicated in 1980?
Smallpox
This famous actress (who was alive from 1926-1962) is a person who stutters.
Marilyn Monroe