State Nicknames
Movie Title Math
Where on Earth is That?
Misremembering Movies
Slogans
Periodic Table
100
This state is known as "The Sunshine State."
What is Florida?
100
"Ocean's ______"
Danny Ocean, a gangster, rounds up a gang of associates to stage a sophisticated and elaborate casino heist which involves robbing three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously during a popular boxing event.
What is eleven?
100
Name the city
What is Venice?
100
In this movie, Dorothy never said, “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”
What is The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy says, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
100
"Have It Your Way."
Burger King
100
This noble gas makes balloons float and has the symbol "He."
What is Helium?
200
"The Land of 10,000 Lakes" is this Midwestern state's nickname.
What is Minnesota?
200
"______ Weddings and a Funeral"
Lovable Englishman Charles and his group of friends seem to be unlucky in love. When Charles meets a beautiful American named Carrie at a wedding, he thinks his luck may have changed
What is Four?
200
Name the country
What is Peru?
200
The words ‘Elementary, my dear Watson” do not appear in any of the books about this brilliant-yet-moody detective.
What is a Sherlock Holmes?
It was misquoted in a New York Times film review for the 1929 movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
200
"The Ultimate Driving Machine."
BMW
200
With the symbol "Fe," this element is essential in steel production and blood chemistry.
What is Iron?
300
This state is called "The Show-Me State," reflecting the skeptical nature of its people.
What is Missouri?
300
"______ Days in May" During the Cold War, the unpopular U.S. President Jordan Lyman has signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union, and ratification by the Senate produced a wave of dissatisfaction, especially among Lyman's political opposition and the military, who believe the Russians cannot be trusted.
What is seven?
300
Name the state in which this structure can be found.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
300
During this NASA mission with the same name as the movie, no one ever said, “Houston, we have a problem.”
What is Apollo 13? The first transmission was, “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” NASA didn’t catch the full transmission, so it was repeated as, “Ah, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
300
"When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Be There Overnight."
What is FedEx?
300
This element, number 79, is a precious metal with the symbol "Au."
What is Gold?
400
This Southern state is sometimes called "The Yellowhammer State," after a type of bird associated with its Civil War soldiers.
What is Alabama?
400
"______ Paces to Baker Street" Philip Hannon is a blind man who lives in a London flat with a spectacular view over the Thames river between Waterloo Bridge and Charing Cross Station, with his trusted butler Bob Matthews; he works as a playwright. One day, he overhears part of a conversation in his local pub that possibly involves a plot to commit a crime
What is 23?
400
Name the city
What is Dubai?
400
An enduring misquote from the movie Frankenstein is “He’s alive,” but this is the actual quote.
What is “It’s alive”?
People still quote it wrong today.
400
"We Try Harder" was used by this rental car company to take on Hertz.
What is Avis?
400
The symbol "Na" comes from the Latin word “natrium” for this element.
What is Sodium?
500
Nicknamed "The Flickertail State," it’s known for a rodent that rapidly moves its tail before diving into its burrow.
What is North Dakota?
500
"_____ Hours" While exploring a remote canyon in Utah, mountaineer and adventurer Aron Ralston becomes trapped when a boulder falls on his arm
What is 127?
500
Name the country
What is Jordan?
500
“Why don’t you come up and see me sometime” is the misquote attributed to this actress in the 1933 film She Done Him Wrong.
Who is Mae West?
The correct line is, “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” West’s leading man is Cary Grant.
500
"We answer to a higher authority."
What is Hebrew National? (kosher hot dogs)
500
This transition metal has the symbol "Cr" and gives some car parts their shiny finish.
What is Chromium?