THE FILMS PLOT
A Minnesota car salesman botches a crime, as pursued by pregnant police officer Gunderson.
What is Fargo?
He plays Gomez Addams, among other roles: SATIN.
Who is Astin (John Astin)?
Vladimir Putin became the president of this country in May 2000.
What is Russia
This is the iconic color of Elizabeth Taylor’s eyes.
What is purple (violet)?
Popularized by star Farrah Fawcett, “The Farrah” hairstyle was also called this bird-like term.
What is feathered?
In 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened, connecting these two European nations
What are Britain and France? The Channel Tunnel Rail Link was opened in 2007 to connect the tunnel with London.
In 1980, the World Health Organization declared this disease eradicated, the only human disease to be eradicated to date.
What are smallpox?
A group of test pilots work in the space program to break the sound barrier, leading up to the Mercury 7 mission.
What is The Right Stuff?
War in this nation sparked widespread protests: VAIN MET.
What is Vietnam?
This boy band released the best selling album of the year, No Strings Attached.
Who is NSYNC?
According to Sherwin-Williams, popular earthy colors of the 1970s included Jute Brown and this muted green shade named for a stone fruit.
What is Avocado?
This ’80s technique involved backcombing hair to achieve volume and was often used for bangs.
What is teasing (teased hair)?
In 1995, the first successful hot-air balloon ride over this ocean was achieved, making headlines for its daring.
What is the Pacific Ocean? Adventurer Steve Fossett made the flight solo.
NYPD detectives try to bust a narcotics ring based in Marseilles, France.
What is The French Connection?
This office complex was the site of a major scandal: WAGE TETRA.
What is Watergate?
In November of 2000, this Republican candidate won the U.S. Presidential election after a very close race with Al Gore?
Who is George W. Bush?
This 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is named for fried tomatoes of this color.
What is green?
This super-short hairstyle was popular with 1990s stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and has a cute, impish name.
What is a pixie cut?
In March 1990, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum became known for the biggest theft of this kind.
What is art? The museum fell victim to an art heist in which the crooks made off with 13 works of art, including three Rembrandts.
A blue-collar Indiana man has a brush with a UFO, spurring an obsessive quest.
What is Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
This King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was a popular musician in the ’70s: LIVES YELPERS.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This New York Baseball team defeated the Mets in the "Subway Series" World Series in 2000.
Who are the New York Yankees?
This 1984 film stars Prince in a semi-autobiographical tale about a young musician on the rise
What is Purple Rain?
When it comes to iconic hairstyles, this “Remember Me” singer inspired many with her sleek bobs, voluminous Afros, and other incredible looks.
Who is Diana Ross?
Major astronomical news in 1997 included the sighting of this comet.
What is Hale-Bopp?
Based on a Jane Austen novel, the Dashwood girls are left poor after their father’s death and then fall in love.
What is Sense and Sensibility?
A popular 1970s pastime taking place in a rink: REROLL TASKING.
What is roller-skating?
This country won the most medals at the Sydney Olympics.
Who is the United States?
A 1987 crime noir novel by James Ellroy is named after this color of dahlia.
What is black? The Black Dahlia is based on a real-life unsolved case in Los Angeles.
Blowouts were a popular ’90s style, largely thanks to this supermodel’s red carpet signature look.
Who is Cindy Crawford?
In 1999, Europe debuted this currency.
What is the euro? At first it was used only for accounting and electronic transactions before euro coins and banknotes launched in 2002
R. P. McMurphy isn’t really crazy.
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?
Her achievements in the ’70s include films like 1970’s On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, live concerts in Las Vegas, and her Butterfly album: TARDINESS.
Who is Streisand (Barbra)?
The first camera phone was released in this country in 2000?
What is Japan?
Patrick Swayze and C. Thomas Howell star in a 1984 film named after this color of dawn; it was remade in 2012.
What is red?
This ’80s technique involved using a tool or heated iron to create a zig-zag wave in the hair.
What is crimping (crimped hair)?
After years as a British Crown colony, this island was returned to China in 1997.
What is Hong Kong?