Shark Week
On this ABC reality television series, entrepreneurs have to make their pitch to a panel of 5 investors.
What is Shark Tank?
You will see more than a few of these Bavarian drinking vessels at Oktoberfest, a fall tradition held in Munich dating back to 1810.
What is a Stein?
Since 2000, humans have lived on this orbital research lab, operated by the combined space programs of the USA, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
The titular Odyssey is credited to this blind Greek poet, who there is still uncertainty as to whether he truly ever existed.
Who is Homer?
The Oscars’ most recent Best Original Song winner, this K-Pop phenomenon sat at #1 on the Billboard Top 100 for 8 straight weeks.
What is "Golden," K-Pop Demon Hunters?
This song for young children was inescapable in 2016, stemming from a South Korean Youtube song-and-dance video that surpassed 10 billion views in 2022.
What is "Baby Shark"?
A common sight at a backyard cookout or sports tailgate, this receptacle is known for it’s bright and iconic hue.
What is a Solo Cup?
Seen and recorded since ancient times, these icy, interstellar objects streak across the night sky to wonderous affect – the most famous of which is named after the astronomer Edmond Halley.
These two explorers and their crew traversed the Western United States in search of the illusive “Northwest Passage” in the early 1800’s, and are credited with naming the Pacific Ocean.
Written and composed by the legendary Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, this 1989 winner features Sebastian the Crab touting the pleasures of the subaquatic life.
What is "Under the Sea," The Little Mermaid?
This is a term for a highly proficient billiards player, who may hide those skills to take advantage of lesser competition.
What is a pool shark?
It may be small, but it still packs a punch! You will surely see some of these being sipped on, if walking by a Venecian café.
What is an Espresso Cup?
A fascination of science-fiction since their first theorization by Albert Eistein, these gargantuanly dense objects create a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape.
What is a black hole?
A Venecian merchant, he traveled the Silk Road across Asia for 24 years in the late 1200’s, and who’s name has become a popular summertime game.
Who is Marco Polo?
Performed by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, this hauntingly beautiful ballad won the Oscar in 2019, in a movie that has been remade 4 times since 1937.
What is "Shallow," A Star Is Born?
The name lovingly given to the autonomic shark used in the making of Steven Spielberg’s summer classic Jaws, it was reused as a character name years later in Pixar’s Finding Nemo.
What is Bruce?
This Norse drinking vessel was used in ceremonial feasts and is known for it’s unmistakable curved shape.
What is a Drinking Horn?
These are giant, luminescent clouds of dust and gas in space, the remnants of dead stars, but also the birthplace of new ones. Many are named for the animals or shapes which they resemble.
What is a nebula?
Named for an ancient Greek battle and a messenger who ran long distances to deliver news of their victory, it is now modern-day race.
What is a marathon?
The 1987 winner, this song comes from a movie in which Patrick Swayze sweeps Jennifer Grey off her feet (literally) during an upscale Catskills resort vacation.
What is "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," Dirty Dancing?
Appearing in the debut season of SNL in 1975 (the same year as Jaws’s release) this clever creature tricked unsuspecting folks to open their apartment doors with promises of flower deliveries, only to then eat them.
What is "Land Shark"?
Named for the company that originally commercialized the vacuum-insulated flask in 1904, it is now synonymous with any receptacle that helps keep your hot drinks hot.
What is a Thermos?
The Milky Way’s nearest galactic neighbor, this galaxy is named for a mythological Greek princess, rescued by Perseus on his return from defeating the Gorgon Medusa.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
In this classic of modern literature written by Jules Verne, Phileas Fogg must circumnavigate the globe at breakneck pace.
What is Around the World in Eighty Days?
A duet between Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, this ballad won the award in 2007 for a movie famously made for a budget of only $150,000 over 17 days in Dublin.
What is "Falling Slowly," Once?