Classic Literature
Two years after this novel was published in 1951, Salinger became a recluse in Cornish, New Hampshire. After giving a report to a local newspaper there, it ran as a major scoop, and Salinger was so enraged that he rarely spoke publicly again.
Catcher in the Rye
A high school slacker goes back in time, takes his mother to a dance, and gets dangerously close to becoming his own father.
Back to the Future (1985)
What does the acronym NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Batman's backstory would sadly never be complete without the loss of his ________.
Parents
This Lego video game became so popular it prompted Lego to create other video games with other properties.
Lego Star Wars
This author refuses to allow One Hundred Years of Solitude to be made into a film.
Gabriel García Márquez
While Caddyshack and Fletch are quintessential Chevy Chase films, nothing beats him as a bumbling patriarch losing his mind en route to Wally World, America’s favorite family fun park.
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
This research center is NASA's center for aeronautical flight research and atmospheric flight operations.
Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
This voice actor has played Batman more than any other person. Starting with Batman: The Animated Series, he’s been Batman in 8 TV series, 13 animated movies, and 10 video games.
Kevin Conroy
Lego comes from this Danish word.
leg godt
Vladimir Nabokov's novel was so controversial that only one press, Olympia Press, was willing to publish his book in 1955. Putnam in the United States changed its mind in 1958, after the novel became a hit.
Lolita
Almost a one-to-one parody of the 1957 disaster film Zero Hour!, this film works so well because of how straight faced the zaniness is played — which is something its many imitators fail to notice.
Airplane! (1980)
The term "aeronautics" originated in this country, and was derived from the Greek words for "air" and "to sail."
France
Who are the two creators of the original character?
Artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger
The Lego Group is how many years old?
A.) 103
B.) 75
C.) 83
C.) 83
Steinbeck's original manuscript for Of Mice and Men actually never saw the light of day. Steinbeck wrote of the incident to his agent and said, "I was pretty mad, but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically." What happened to the manuscript?
It was eaten by his puppy, Toby.
Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer created the de facto mockumentary film, heralded as one of the most accurate depictions of backstage life by actual real-life bands.
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
On March 16, 1926, this engineer successfully launched the first liquid fueled rocket. The launch took place at Auburn, Massachusetts, and is regarded by flight historians to be as significant as the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk.
Dr. Robert H. Goddard
Frank Miller is generally credited with restoring Batman to his old gritty self with this four-issue series.
The Dark Knight Returns
In this year, Lego became the world's largest toy company.
2014
This story about a noble from La Mancha is the best-selling novel of all time, with over 500 million copies sold.
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
Of all the critically acclaimed pairings that actor Robert De Niro has had through the years, few are as entertaining as his reluctant team-up with a persnickety Charles Grodin in this film about a bounty hunter and mob accountant.
Midnight Run (1988)
On January 31, 1958, this first artificial satellite launched into space by the United States.
Explorer 1
Andy Warhol directed the first-ever Batman movie in 1964. However, it was made without the consent of DC Comics, and save for a few images, all copies of the film have been lost. What was the title?
Batman Dracula
The largest commercial Lego set is _______.
The Taj Mahal