Classic Comic Strips
How Meta
Presidential Speeches: One Word Off
Lines On the Map
76ers
Final Jeopardy
100
In 2013 this lasagna-loving cat celebrated his 35th birthday
Who is Garfield
100
He famously assured Americans the only thing they had to fear was fear itself
Who was Franklin Roosevelt
100
Reagan:
"Mr. T, open this gate! Mr. T, tear down this wall!"
Who is Gorbachev
100
During a solstice, the sun is directly over one of these lines of latitude whose names suggest easy days & fruity drinks
What are the tropics
100
Roman emperor Theodosius I abolished these Greek games that had begun back in 776 B.C.
What are the Olympics
200
Even with inflation this "Peanuts" character was always willing to give her advice for 5 cents
Who is Lucy
200
If you wanted to learn about the history of history, you would need to study this subject.
What is historiography
200
LBJ:
"The Great Pumpkin rests on abundance and liberty for all"
What is society
200
It's the only state whose borders, like with Montana to the north & Colorado to the south, are 4 straight lines
What is Wyoming
200
It made news in Nov. 1976 when it was announced that this 9-year-old girl would attend a D.C. public school
Who is Amy Carter
300
It followed the imaginative adventures of a 6-year-old boy & his trusty toy tiger
What is Calvin and Hobbes
300
She later revealed that Warren Beatty was one of three people "You're So Vain" was actually about.
Who is Carly Simon
300
Lincoln:
"A world divided against itself cannot stand"
What is house
300
Lines called isobars & isotherms show up on these maps
What are weather maps
300
First published at Harvard in 1876, it was the first collegiate humor magazine in the U.S.
What is the National Lampoon
400
You could say it's wife Helga who wears the skins in the family in this strip
Who is Hagar the Horrible
400
This term for word origins comes from the greek etumos, meaning "true."
What is etymology?
400
FDR:
"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good time"
What is neighbor
400
Heading east, the equator passes through the Maldives, & the next nation it reaches is this other island one
What is Indonesia
400
This "timely" British royal observatory was open for business in 1676
What is Greenwich
500
Though his original strip ended in 1975, this character lives on as Georgia's state 'possum
What is Pogo
500
After being assigned the job of adapting the novel The Orchid Thief into a screenplay, he turned in a script about a writer trying to adapt the novel The Orchid Thief into a screenplay.
Who is Charlie Kaufman?
500
George H.W. Bush:
"A thousand points of purchase, of all the community organizations... doing good"
What is light?
500
These lines on a map connect points of equal elevation & allow mountains & other features to be depicted in 2 dimensions
What are contour lines
500
The "Babylonian Captivity" of the Roman Catholic popes in this French city was ended by Pope Gregory XI in 1376
What is Avignon
500
FLOWERS
The flower pictured here is called this, also a disparaging term for people on the political left
What is a bleeding heart