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Batman and his sidekick
Who is Robin?
Robin (Burt Ward) was in contention with Lyle Waggoner of The Carol Burnett Show fame for the part.
The tune “Memory” comes from this long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
What is Cats? Theaters in New York and London were filled with Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals during the 1980s. Cats is based on the poems in T.S. Eliot’s book Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
Debby Boone’s “You Light Up [two missing words]” was a hit tune
What is My Life?
“You Light Up My Life” hit the Top 10 in 1977.
Pfeifer, Obama, and Kwan
What is Michelle?
Michelle Kwan is the two-time Olympic gold medalist in figure skating.
Michael J. Fox plays a teenager who time travels into the past in a DeLorean time machine invented by a scientist in the 1985 film Back to the [missing word]
What is Future?
Fox plays Marty McFly, and he told fellow cast members at a reunion that strangers still call him McFly
BJ Hunnicutt and his best war buddy on M*A*S*H
Who is Hawkeye (Pierce)? Before Mike Ferrell joined the cast, Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) was Hawkeye’s sidekick.
This 1950s-era musical—about a bad boy and a goody two shoes who are teens in love—was made into a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
What is Grease?
“Grease” and “Summer Nights” are two of the cuts from the soundtrack album.
Most states began allowing righthand turns in this instance while driving after a complete stop
What is on a red light?
Of course, drivers must yield to traffic before turning right. By 1980, all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam allowed right turns on red.
Burnett, Channing, King
What is Carol(e)?
Carol Burnett was the first woman to host a variety show.
Dustin Hoffman stars in this 1982 film about an actor who doubles as a daytime female soap opera actress. He plays the dual role of Michael Dorsey and Dorothy Michaels.
What is Tootsie?
Tootsie was the name of Dustin Hoffman’s mother’s dog. Hoffman passed himself off as a woman at his daughter’s school in preparation for the audition
Laverne and her best friend
Who is Shirley? Laverne & Shirley was a popular TV sitcom. One of the shows featured the women on a double date with the Fonz and Richie Cunningham, characters from Happy Days
The tune “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” comes from this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about Juan Peron’s wife, first lady of Argentina
What is Evita?
Eva Peron was an actress before marrying Juan Peron, and she was loved by the poor.
This disease for which we used to take vaccinations was eradicated in North America
What is smallpox?
Smallpox had its origins during the Egyptian Empire in the third century BC. Smallpox is still a problem in Africa, Asia, and South America.
DeNiro, Downey Jr., and Redford
What is Robert?
Robert Redford is 85 years old, and he’s been in show business for eight decades.
Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson star in this 1983 movie as next-door neighbors. She’s a mother with mother-daughter problems, and he’s a retired astronaut.
What is Terms of Endearment?
Many of the scenes between MacLaine and Nicholson were improvised
Cagney and this detective
Who is Lacey? The show is a multiple award winner. Both stars won the Emmy award for Best Actress in a Drama Series: Tyne Daly, who plays Mary Beth Lacey, won four times, and Sharon Gless won twice.
“I Don’t Know How to Love Him” comes from one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s earliest musicals, a rock opera about Christ
What is Jesus Christ Superstar?
It is his second biblical musical. His first one is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Three Americans crossed the Atlantic Ocean by this means of travel on August 17, 1978. The apparatus was called the Double Eagle II
What is hot-air balloon?
It left Presque Isle, Maine, and landed 137 hours later in a barley field near Paris, France.
Douglas, Keaton, and Landon
What is Michael?
Michael Landon’s real name is Eugene Maurice Orowitz, and he chose his stage name from the phone book. He is known for his roles on the TV shows Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie
This 1981 film stars Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. He plays a spoiled man who stands to gain a fortune if he marries a woman he doesn’t love. However, he then falls for Linda Morolla (Minnelli), a woman of no means
What is Arthur?
While filming, Minnelli mistakenly boarded a New York City bus in front of Bergdorf’s. It was a real bus, not the stage prop.
Captain Kirk and this person on Star Trek
Who is Mr. Spock?
Leonard Nimoy plays the Vulcan character in the original 1960s series
This Bob Fosse Broadway musical about the Jazz Era is set in the Windy City
What is Chicago?
“All That Jazz” is one of the recordings from the soundtrack
This New York team won the World Series in both 1977 and 1978.
What is New York Yankees?
The Yankees won more than a quarter of the World Series in the 100 years between 1921 and 2021 (27 times). That’s quite a few more wins than any other MLB team.
Rickles, Knotts, McLean
What is Don?
Don McLean was turned down 72 times by record labels before his first album release
In this 1989 film, Kevin Costner stars as Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer. He hears the words “If you build it, he will come” and interprets those words as meaning he should build a baseball field in his cornfield.
What is Field of Dreams?
In the movie, Kinsella’s actions allow the 1919 White Sox players, who were banned from baseball, to come back to play another day. In real life, the 1919 White Sox, known as the Black Sox, allegedly threw the World Series.