GenX Pop Culture
This cable channel launched in 1981 and made the phrase “I want my ___” unavoidable.
What is MTV?
In 1912, this supposedly “unsinkable” passenger ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
What is the Titanic?
This eight-armed sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
Mr. T played this mohawked, gold-chain-wearing member of The A-Team who famously pitied fools.
Who is B.A. Baracus?
In 1919, a giant storage tank burst and sent a deadly wave of this sticky substance through the streets of Boston.
What is molasses?
Unlike most mammals, this Australian animal lays eggs, has a duck-like bill, and males possess venomous spurs on their hind legs.
What is a platypus?
This colorful puzzle became an enormous 1980s fad, with more than 100 million sold during the decade.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
In 1932, Australia actually sent soldiers armed with machine guns to fight thousands of these large, flightless birds. The birds basically won.
What are emus?
Botanically speaking, bananas belong to this type of fruit
What are berries?
Before becoming a movie star, Bruce Willis played wisecracking private detective David Addison opposite Cybill Shepherd on this TV series.
What is Moonlighting?
In 1518, hundreds of people in Strasbourg reportedly couldn't stop doing this for days—and historians still aren't entirely sure why.
What is dancing?
This planet takes longer to rotate once on its axis than it takes to complete one orbit around the Sun.
What is Venus?
This 1980 novelty hit by Lipps Inc. was named for a fictional place where people could supposedly escape the dullness of everyday life.
What is “Funkytown”?
In 1859, a dispute between the United States and Britain nearly escalated after an American settler shot one of these animals on San Juan Island.
What is a pig?
Scientists studying slime mold have shown that, despite having no brain, it can solve simple versions of this type of problem often found on children's activity pages.
What is a maze?