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"Goose," "Jester," "Hollywood," and "Wolfman" are nicknames of some flying military bros in this 1986 movie.
What is Top Gun
The head of this branch of the government is elected for for a maximum of two four year terms.
What is the Executive Branch
While commonly viewed as a dairy item, this white ovals are actually classified as a poultry product.
What are eggs
This North American conflict broke out when cavalry crossed into the disputed Nueces territory provoking a shoot out that spurred calls for war.
What is the Mexican-American War
Deoxyribonucleic acid is more commonly known by this name.
What is DNA
While known in many roles, his most iconic was playing Hans Gruber in the movie Die Hard.
Who is Alan Rickman
This book by Thomas Paine is what helped support the idea of independence against the British Crown.
What is Common Sense
During WWII, when bananas were scarce, vanilla cream replaced the banana filling of a major pastry company and this sugary pastry titan was born.
What is a Twinkie
The Germans attempted this operation against the French at the beginning of World War I, which was just a modern redoing of the German attack plan in the Franco-Prussian War.
What is the Schlieffen Plan
This is the term used for the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism.
What is a genome
In this 1989 movie English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, urge his students to “seize the day.
What is the Dead Poets Society
This Amendment establishes that a President and his Vice President must be listed on the same party ticket.
What is the 12th Ammendment
One of Andy Warhol's most famous paintings is of this iconic American soup brand.
What is Campbell's
This multi decade long war in central Europe broke out as a result of religious differences among Holy Roman Empire client states and ended with the concept of a states right to soverignty.
What is the 30 Years War
Inspired by the greek monster of the same name, this is an organism or tissue that contains at least two different sets of DNA, most often originating from the fusion of as many different zygotes.
What is a chimera
DAILY DOUBLE!
Taking place over the course of a whole day, this 1986 movie stars Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson as a group of unlikely friends spending time in detention.
Ironically known as the "Great Compromiser," he is the reason the Speaker of the House went from being a neutral referee of the House to a partisan tool for the ruling party.
Who is Henry Clay
This distilled alcoholic spirit has an English name derived from a diminutive form of the Slavic word for water.
What is Vodka
DAILY DOUBLE!
World War II first began in Asia in 1937 when Japanese and Chinese forces clashed in what's known as this incident. What provoked the two sides to engage is still disputed to this day.
Completed in 2003, this international scientific research project had the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome.
What is the Human Genome Project
This California-set 1982 Spielberg film was the highest grossing film of the 1980s at the U.S. box office raking in $359 million, however, it's video game adaptation is considered the worst video game ever made.
What is E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
This is the opposite of Judicial Originalism, where Justices abandon their responsibility to interpret the Constitution and instead decide cases to advance their preferred policies.
What is Judicial Activism
Dave Thomas is the founder of this fast food giant which serves fresh, never frozen burgers that are delicious with tons of bacon.
What is Wendy's
This Prussian general is known as the father of modern warfare and wrote most of his philosophy down in his book On War which was published post humorously in 1832.
Who is Carl von Clausewitz
Who is Gregor Mandel