Everything Mr. Funk
A teacher with deep Southern California roots, Mr. Funk has cheered for this hockey team since their purple and gold days, even through their two Stanley Cup victories.
What are the Los Angeles Kings?
This two-word phrase is the common collective pronoun used by Californians when addressing a group, instead of "y'all."
What is you guys?
"What the ______?"
What is funk?
Derived from the root meaning "spark," the German word Funk is used in words like Telefunken and is the common term for this wireless broadcast technology.
What is Radio?
On this planet, the solar system's most distant from the sun, the wind speeds are the fastest recorded, reaching over 1,200 miles per hour (2,000 km/h)—faster than the speed of sound on Earth.
What is Neptune?
Due to a dietary restriction, Mr. Funk always has to skip the milkshakes and pizza, as he is allergic to this common food group.
What is Dairy?
This is the term for the prospectors who flocked to California beginning in 1849 in search of gold, giving their name to a certain football team.
What is a Forty-Niner?
"Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday. Today it is Friday, Friday. We so excited, we so excited. We gonna have a ball today... Tomorrow is ..."
What is "Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards"?
This Japanese wrestler, nicknamed "The Funker" after joining the wrestling family, became the first foreigner to hold the prestigious All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.
Who is Terry Funk?
While not officially invented as a medicine, this oldest major U.S. soft drink was created in 1885 by a pharmacist at a drug store soda fountain, and its name and early ads suggested it had tonic or health benefits.
What is Dr Pepper?
During the time Mr. Funk lived in Southern California, he would frequently run into this famous socialite, model, and reality TV star while filling up his gas tank.
Who is Paris Hilton?
This two-word slang term describes the illegal practice of slowing down but not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign.
What is a California Roll (or California Stop)?
"Girls hit your hallelujah (Woo)... Girls hit your hallelujah (Woo)... 'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you (Woo)... "
What is "'Cause uptown funk gon' give it to you"?
The "smell" and "music" meaning of the word funk can ultimately be traced back through Old French to this Latin verb meaning "to smoke" or "to fumigate."
What is fūmigāre?
This radioactive element was included in a 1950s children's science toy, the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, as a low-level, supposedly safe sample for children to study.
What is Uranium?
Mr. Funk's wife gave him this enduring and slightly embarrassing nickname, a piece of common kitchen equipment, after a famous auto-correct fail in an iMessage group chat.
What is Dust Pan?
This five-count chant is recited by elementary school children at the drinking fountain to practice water conservation during constant drought conditions.
What is "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, that's enough to stay alive"?
"Town to keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy... Well, I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it... Gotta move on, Gotta move on... Won't you take me to..."
What is "Funkytown"?
This genre, blending funk and psychedelic rock, gives its name to George Clinton's legendary band that often performed wearing wild costumes.
What is Funkadelic?
This Apple product, known for its tiny, rectangular clip-on design, famously had no physical buttons on its body, requiring users to control the volume and playback using a dedicated button on the headphone cord.
What is the iPod Shuffle (3rd Generation)?
Mr. Funk's highly specialized college scholarship was given by this branch of the military to train him to serve as a doctor upon graduating college.
What is the Navy ROTC (or Navy Health Professions Scholarship)?
This secret-menu item at In-N-Out replaces the bun with hand-leafed lettuce and has been served since the 1960s.
What is a Protein Style (burger)?
"Shake it high Or shake it low We take our bodies Where they wanna go Feel that beat Never stop Oh, hold me tight Spin me like a top... "
What is "Shake your groove thing, Shake your groove thing"?
In 1912, this Polish biochemist, who studied deficiency diseases like beriberi, coined the term "vitamine" from vital and amine.
Who is Casimir Funk?
This iconic American classic, produced by AMC, gained the hilarious nickname "The Flying Waffle" due to its unusual, short, and squat body style, which was one of the first to feature a hatchback design in the U.S.
What is the AMC Gremlin?