Epic 80's Movies
After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires in this 1987 film.
The Lost Boys
Name the movie and the actor who delivers the iconic line "you complete me" in it.
Tom Cruise in Jerry Mcguire
In 2000, this company offered to buy a DVD-by-mail rental service company, Netlfix for $50M but they thought the offer was a joke and turned it down. Today Netflix is worth $195B.
Blockbuster
What country gifted the United States the Statue of Liberty?
France
What is the name of the late night spot popular with college students is world renowned, or at least St. Louis famous, for its walls of mirrors?
In this 1987 film, a team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Predator
What is the highest grossing rom com of all time?
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
In 1803, the USA bought ~828K square miles of this territory from France for $15M. The territory stretched from the Mississippi river in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the West. What is this commonly known as?
The Louisiana Purchase
The term "forty-niners" refers to the peak year of what mass Western migration of people in the United States?
California Gold Rush
What little known drinking establishment has been a staple in Clayton since 1948?
Krueger's
In this 1988 film, an NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Die Hard
Name at least two movies with the once iconic Amanda Bynes.
What a girl Wants, She's the Man, Sydney White, Easy A....
This Houston-based energy company stock plummeted from $90/share to less than $1 by 2001. The company's complex business model and unethical practices required that the company use accounting limitations known as mark-to-market accounting to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to indicate favorable performance.
Enron
What was the first permanent English settlement in the US?
Jamestown
Owned by the more refined Planters House, what south city establishment can one get a beer and a shot for $3?
Small Change
In this 1983 film, a young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
War Games
In arguably the best Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler collab, 50 First Dates, what is the name of Lucy's steroid addicted brother?
Doug
In 2005, this company's mobile phone was the second-highest selling product. But after having lost $4.3B from 2007 to 2009, this former American multinational telecommunications company was eventually acquired by Lenovo in 2014. This company pioneered the flip phone but refused to innovate which now makes them obsolete in the smart phone market.
Motorola
Who alerted the militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord in the Revolutionary War?
Paul Revere
Known for its pink pool tables, maybe less known would be some of the other interior decor. What large animal hangs from the ceiling of Pink Galleon in Creve Couer?
Great White Shark
In the movie Bloodsport, what is the name given to the deadly, underground, full contact fighting tournament in which the main character, Frank Dux played by Jean-Claude Van Damme is invited to?
Kumite
What great rom com ends with a big speech delivered on New Years Even in NYC?
When Harry Met Sally
This former hedge fund manager obtained manufacturing license for the antiparasitic drug Daraprim and raised its price 56x from $13.50 to $750 per pill, leading him to be referred to by the media as "the most hated man in America" and "Pharma Bro". In 2018 he was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison on two counts of securities fraud.
Martin Shkreli
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
There are ______ Hot Shots establishments in the STL metro area.
10