(50's-60's)
Every night I hope and pray...
(Dream Lover by Bobby Darin, 1959)
What is "a dream lover will come my way"?
"I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you"
What is Dirty Dancing?
A measure of distance not brightness, one is about 6 trillion miles
What is a light year?
Weapon that serves as indisputable evidence of a crime
What is a smoking gun?
In cards, you can't have a blackjack without it
What is an Ace?
A Diesel engine does NOT have one of these components:
Camshaft; combustion chamber; crankshaft; piston rings; spark plug
What is a spark plug?
It's not unusual to be loved by anyone. It's not unusual...
(It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones, 1965)
What is "to have fun with anyone"?
'You complete me" is originally a line from this movie
What is Jerry Maguire?
A long pole helps a tightrope walker by increasing this tendency of a body to stay at rest
What is inertia?
This word for thick grease comes from a trademark for a grease remover
What is Gunk?
It's what you need to row, row, row your boat
What is an Oar?
Fuel injection systems have made this device almost completely obsolete
What is a carburetor?
My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore,...
(My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder 1969)
What is "you're the only girl my heart beats for"?
"To me, you are perfect"
FREE PASS for correct answer
What is Love Actually (2003)?
Humans have 2 of these bones the longest in the body
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What are femurs?
A line of hereditary military dictators of Japan; they ruled until the 1860's
What are the Shoguns?
It's a synonym for color or a shade of color
What is Hue?
A distributor distributes this
What is ignition sparks to the cylinders?
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer, ...
(I'm a Believer by The Monkees, 1966; and sung by Donkey in Shrek, 2001)
What is "Not a trace of doubt in my mind"?
"You make me want to be a better man"
What is As Good as it Gets (1997)?
Kids on a seesaw instinctively calculate this, the tendency of a force to produce rotation around an axis
What is torque?
Dijon is this wine region's historic capital
What is Burgundy?
This is what it sounds like when doves cry softly
What is Coo?
The name for the unit of measurement of power that is roughly equal to 746 watts
What is Horsepower?
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New Year's Day
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising',...
(By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Glen Campbell, 1967)
What is "She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door"?
"Swoon. I'll catch you"
What is The English Patient (1996)?
Self-healing like the T-1000, the "terminator" type of this macromolecule compound was discovered by Spanish scientists in 2013
What is a polymer?
This word for the upper edges of the sides of a boat isn't pronounced as it looks
What is Gunwale(pronounced gun-el)?
In sushi-speak, it's unagi
What is Eel?
This type of engine does not contain pistons or cylinders, but rather uses one or more roughly triangular rotors on an eccentric shaft
What is the Wankel or rotary engine?
Chinese New Year occurs on this day in 2023
What is January 22?