One-Hit Wonders
Frijid Pink's one-hit wonder from 1970 was a tune about this house in New Orleans.
"House of the Rising Sun."
This day in the '00s changed the world forever.
September 11, 2001. That was the day two airplanes flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, World Trade Center Building 7 collapsed, and an airplane flew into the ground in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
This never boils.
A watched pot. Of course, it eventually boils-it just seems to take forever.
The U.S. Senate has this number of members.
100. Before the 17th Amendment was ratified, state legislatures voted on senators.
If Professor Plum did it with the candlestick in the library, you are playing this game.
Clue. Released in the 1940s, the game is still a classic, but the familiar characters have been replaced.
You probably read this Ernest Hemingway classic in high school.
The Sun Also Rises. Other required reading from Hemingway includes The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Barry McGuire sang a protest tune about the eve of this.
This pope died during the '00s.
Pope John Paul II. In 1981, the pope was shot in an unsuccessful assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square.
Put dinner in one of these when you wake up, set it and forget it, and dinner's ready at 5:00 p.m.
Crock-Pot/slow cooker. These small appliances gained popularity in the 1970s when Rival bought a small company that was the original manufacturer of the appliance.
He wrote the national anthem.
Francis Scott Key.
In this 1990 film, Whoopi Goldberg gave an unforgettable performance as Oda Mae Brown, a medium.
Ghost.
He performed the 1973 hit "You Are the Sunshine of My Life."
Stevie Wonder. Did you know he didn't sing the first two lines? They were sung by James Gilstrap and Lani Groves.
Merrilee and the Turnabouts performed a tune about the angel of this time of day.
Morning. The tune is "Angel of the Morning."
This hurricane brought devastation to New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina. More than 1800 people died as a result of the 2005 hurricane.
You might want to settle in for a few months to finish this tome by Ayn Rand.
Atlas Shrugged. Not only is it more than 1000 pages, but you might want to invest in a magnifying glass to read it.
This is the supreme law of the land.
U.S. Constitution. Article VI says, "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land..." It mentions treaties, which are addressed in Article II, Section 2.
This TV detective show was named for the bald character Theo; the actor's curly-headed, real-life brother played Detective Stavros.
Kojak.
This 1974 Terry Jacks hit begins,
"Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we were nine or ten.
Together we've climbed hills and trees."
"Seasons in the Sun." The song was originally written in French.
Zagar and Evans' hit tune was set far off into the future in the year [blank].
"In the Year 2525"
The pilots from this airline performed a successful ditching in the Hudson River.
US Airways. Few ditchings are successful, so this one, with zero fatalities, is called "Miracle on the Hudson."
Afgan (or Afghanistan). It started in 2001.
This is the distinct different between the house member from the District of Columbia and those from the states.
She was Darren's mother-in-law and Samantha's mother on Bewitched.
Endora.
This Stevie Wonder tune begins:
"Like a long lonely stream
I keep runnin' towards a dream
Movin' on, movin' on
Like a branch on a tree
I keep reachin' to be free
Movin' on, movin' on."
"A Place in the Sun"
The Kingsmen performed a 1963 tune with a title that repeats a first name.
"Louie Louie." It was a No. 1 hit in 1963.
This popular and controversial music-sharing Internet site was shut down.
Napster. The suit was brought by the Recording Industry Association of America for copyright infringement. It re-emerged in a different format.
You learned about this magnificent Chinese structure in school, but you might not have learned that it took more than 2000 years to build.
What is the Great Wall of China.
If the vice president resigns, this is how a new vice president is installed.
The president appoints a new vice president, and the senate must confirm him or her.
In this 1984 film, Al Pacino plays Tony Montana, a Cuban who escaped during the Mariel boatlift.
Scarface. The film is on the Top 10 List of the American Film Institute's "Gangster" category.
Two abbreviated lines form this song by Bobby Hebb are:
"...yesterday my life was filled with rain."
and
"...thank you for the love you brought my way."
"Sunny"
Norman Greenbaum sang a 1969 tune about the spirit in this place.
Sky. The tune is "Spirit in the Sky."
In 2009, findings were published that show molecules of this were found on the moon.
Water. NASA notes the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, known as M3, found water molefules on its blyby-not rivers, lakes, or streams. Still, it adds to the growing knowledge base about the moon.
This 1996 Shakespeare film is the longest American film.
Hamlet. It runs 242 minutes, or a little over four hours.
This was the year the U.S. Constitution was written.
1787.
This is the name of a classic novel by Hermann Hess and also a 1960s rock band with followers known as the Wolfpack.
Steppenwolf. The band performed its last concert in 2018.
This 1961 screen adaptation of a Broadway play by Lorraine Hansberry stars Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger. The film is about a poor, black family whose fortune changes thanks to an insurance check.
A Raisin in the Sun.