Famous Lawyers (and the actors that played them)
The show was based on Erle Stanley Gardner's novels about a defense attorney who almost always wins his cases with his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake.
Who is Perry Mason and Raymond Burr?
This 1986 nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union led to widespread radioactive contamination.
What is Chernobyl?
This 1978 comedy featured two friends driving a van made entirely out of marijuana.
What is Up in Smoke?
This famous theoretical physicist guest starred as himself and once told Sheldon, “You made as arithmetic mistake.”
Who is Stephen Hawking?
He is a Peabody Award-winning TV personality, author, filmmaker, and food scientist who blends science, storytelling, and flavor into his work.
Who is Alton Brown?
An expensive but highly effective defense attorney who uses his sharp wit and down-to-earth charm to solve crimes with his investigators Conrad McMasters and Michelle Thomas. He is known for his cheap suits and love of hot dogs
Who is Ben Matlock and Andy Griffith.
This element, with the atomic number 92, is the primary fuel used in most nuclear reactors.
What is uranium?
This country legend teamed up with Snoop Dog in 2023 to release a lighthearted song called Wasted.
Who is Willie Nelson?
He took Sheldon on day (and night) fun filled adventure featuring a sauna, Ferris wheel, ding dong ditching Carrie Fischer, and karaoke (though a side trip to Tijuana would have been welcomed too)
Who is James Earl Jones?
He is a British cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show The Galloping Gourmet, which aired from 30 December 1968 to 14 September 1972.
Who is Graham Kerr?
A widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man against fabricated rape charges. The trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Who is Atticus Finch and Gregory Peck.
Control rods in a reactor are used to absorb this type of particle and regulate the chain reaction.
What are neutrons?
The term 420 hit pop culture as a result of this.
What is a code word by 1970s high school students in California with reference to 4:20 pm, the time to meet to ……?
He plays himself, attending Sheldon’s birthday party to make a childhood dream come true. He also ranks himself number one over Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney.
Who is Adam West?
He is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV personality known for his New Orleans Creole cuisine. Bam!
Who is Emeril Lagasse?
Lives hang in the balance as detectives and prosecutors pursue justice in New York City. In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody.
Who is Jack McCoy and Sam Waterston.
This country produces the largest share of its electricity from nuclear, about 70%.
What is France?
Originally intended as a serious anti-drug propaganda film, its melodramatic and over-the-top depiction of marijuana use has made it a classic "so bad it's good" comedy for modern audience.
What is Reefer Madness?
He plays himself starting as Sheldon’s antagonist due to a prior Comic Con no show before coming a true friend.
Who is Wil Wheaton?
Her show originally aired on WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1962 before the network officially launched as PBS in 1970.
Who is Julia Child?
A lawyer who passed the New Jersey Bar exam, though he rarely practices law due to his family's immense wealth and the fact that he has never lost a case. He often boasts about his legal career but has never argued a full case before a court. He spends his time in pin striped suits while enjoying chess, tango, fencing, cigars, and model trains.
Who is Gomez Addams and John Astin?
This Japanese power plant suffered a triple meltdown after a tsunami struck in 2011.
What is Fukushima Daiichi?
These two actors shared this hilarious exchange in an episode called Drug Testing.
1) Do you know what this is?" (showing a photo of a pile of marijuana)
2) That is Northern Lights, cannabis indica.
1) (Disappointed) No. It's marijuana.
Who are Creed Bratton and Rainn Wilson?
Playing himself he got into a Twitter war with Raj that was escalated by Bill Nye.
Who is Neil Degrasse Tyson?
He was a celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian who explored international culture and cuisine through his television shows and writing. He first gained national recognition for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
Who is Anthony Bourdain?