"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine..."
What is "you make me happy when skies are gray?"
This everyday beverage was originally marketed in the U.S. as a health tonic in the late 1800s.
What is Coca-Cola?
A silly-sounding word for a foolish person that somehow feels less mean than it should.
What is a nincompoop?
A young man discovers he is special, attends a boarding school with terrible safety standards, and is repeatedly put in mortal danger by adults.
What is Harry Potter?
This video game taught an entire generation that hunting is hard and dysentery is worse.
What is the Oregon Trail?
"Sweet Caroline..."
What is "bum bum bum?"
This common office behavior actually helps your brain problem-solve by increasing blood flow and oxygen.
What is taking a short walk?
Meaning nonsense or foolish talk, this word sounds like it belongs in a Monty Python sketch.
What is balderdash?
A group of friends (and sometimes family members) take multiple trips to exotic locations and are shocked every time something goes wrong.
What is Jurassic Park?
This early handheld virtual pet required constant attention or it would dramatically "die."
What is Tamagotchi?
"You can dance, you can jive..."
What is "having the time of your life?"
This animal sleeps more hours per day than almost any other mammal, averaging 12 - 16 hours.
What is a cat?
This term refers to exaggerated talk meant to impress, often light on facts and heavy on enthusiasm.
What is bluster?
A man refuses to throw away a piece of jewelry despite overwhelming evidence that it is ruining everyone's lives.
What is the Lord of the Rings?
This playground game involved a rubber ball, wall throws, and numbered rules that somehow varied by school.
What is Four Square?
"A little bit of Rita's all I need..."
What is "a little bit of Tina's what I see?"
This low-frequency vibration has been shown in studies to support bone density, reduce pain, and aid tissue repair.
What is purring?
A delightfully old-fashioned word for playful mischief or mild rule-breaking - often with plausible deniability.
What is tomfoolery?
A family business uses increasingly unsafe methods to resolve interpersonal conflict across multiple decades.
What is The Godfather?
This card game caused friendships to end when a "Draw Four" was played incorrectly.
What is UNO?
What is "you're never going to keep me down."
This everyday human behavior has been shown to lower stress and improve immune function - even when done alone.
What is laughing?
This term describes absurd or illogical behavior that makes you pause and blink twice.
What is absurdity?
What is "Mrs. Doubtfire?"
This educational computer game series taught geography by having players track a globe-trotting criminal.
What is "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"