Name that Game Show
Though he retired from the show over a decade ago, it’s still taped in the Bob Barker Studio (now ably hosted by Drew Carrey)
The Price is Right
Look…Eminem had one shot. One opportunity. To seize everything he ever wanted.
8 Mile
A glove worn with armor, it was thrown down to issue a challenge.
Gauntlet
Positive, negative or zero, the electric type of this is a basic property of elementary particles
Charge
This band was transcendent--even ideal--as the name suggests.
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
The hippies of the sixties set a fashion trend with these hip, flared out pants
Bellbottoms
Though corn is the top selling crop in North America, these are the best selling snack food in both the US and Canada.
Potato Chips
The average of a set of numbers, or cruel
Mean
He became the world record holding game show host for the longest tenure in 2015, hosting this show from 1984 until his death in 2019.
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy
- A chaste nerd trades his action figures in for a real live woman.
The 40 year old virgin
An insulting term used for women or girls who worked as servants.
Wench
In medicine, depressants are the opposite of these, which include adrenaline & caffeine.
Stimulants
This band was a rare gem...
Black - Pearl Jam
The 90s grunge fashion popularized two kinds of footwear, both with male names, one was steel toed boots, the other were canvas high tops
Doc Martens and Chuck Taylors
Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Blattodea has been able to withstand weeks of being frozen, and has become the center of study for cryogenics.
Cockroach
What is Negative 5 minus Negative 4?
-1
Wayne Brady brought back this game show, originally hosted by Monty Hall, which gives contestants the chance to pick door #1, 2 or 3.
Let’s Make a Deal
What are two of the four numbers associated with Oceans?
11, 12, 13, or 8
A bricole was a type of this large weapon used to hurl stones
Catapult
At lift-off, the Space Shuttle's 4 million-pound solid rocket boosters provided 71% of this propulsive force; the main engines provided the rest.
Thrust
This band's name was inspired by the shock rocker whose last name is Cooper, and who wrote "Schools Out."
Alice in Chains - Would?
In which decade were zoot suits worn by the hippest cats at all the speakeasies?
1920s
At what place does the earth rotate at the fastest speed?
The Equator
What shape is the set of all points on a plane equidistant from one point?
A circle
Mere mortals got a chance to play with celebrities in this game of Tic Tac Toe, which was a huge hit through the 70s and 80s. Guest stars included Whoopi Goldberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Hollywood Squares
Brad Pitt stared in this 1996 film about a pair of detectives trying to find a serial killer inspired by the deadly sins
Se7en
Derived from the Latin word for “slave,” they were members of the lowest class of England, bound to a lord and his lands.
Serfs
This verb can mean "to cause to happen" or "to fall from the sky", the way snow does.
Precipitate
A bird in the hand is worth two in the ______
Bush - Glycerine
Jennifer Beals defined this decade’s most popular fashion wearing inside out, torn sweatshirts and legwarmers
1980s
Though visible for up to a fifty mile radius, most of these are less than 2 inches wide.
Lightning Bolts
Which ODD number is the billionth digit of Pi?
9
This game show was faithfully hosted by Don Francisco on Univision for almost 50 years.
Sabado Gigante
A derelict alien spaceship is stalled out over South Africa
District 19
It’s the iron gate that slides down in front of a medieval castle entrance, and was the last, fireproof defense against invaders who crossed the drawbridge.
Portcullis
Examples of this 2-word sloping simple machine include a parking garage ramp.
Inclined plane
They were one of the bands that planted the seed of 90s grunge in Seattle.
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
The 1950s saw a trend of long skirts, most commonly with this kind of animal on them
Poodle
It loosely translates in French to “for the monks,” but since this makes no sense geographically, no one really knows why this is the name for the capital city of Iowa.
Des Moines
In what century was Calculus invented?
The 17th