70s
"Aaaay!" This "Happy Days" character was the epitome of cool in the '70s (by way of the '50s)
Arthur Fontanella
Many a '90s mom thought all these alliterative stuffed animals would increase in value & pay for her kid's college education
Beanie Babies
A chariot wheel would drop a pebble every 400 spins to show one mile in the ancient version of this device now used in cars
Odometer
If your favourite Grenfell professor sewed you clothes
Tyler the Tailor
Is the game 18 holes or 19 holes? The 19th hole is actually a bar?! Sign me up for this sport!
Golf
In '72, this tennis-like Atari video game debuted & kids went crazy--such cool graphics! They'll never get better than that!
Pong
An estimated 50 million people watched his final "Tonight Show" appearance on May 22, 1992
Johnny Carson
Georges Lemaître proposed that the universe began with an explosion; Fred Hoyle gave this derisive name to the theory & it stuck
The Big Bang
Out of the way kids! This teacher needs her coffee!
Caffeine Janine
In this sport, your 1st point is worth 15, your 2nd point puts you at 30 & your 3rd point has you at 40?? Okayyy...
Tennis
When we first met the 2 title gals of this series, they were working at Shotz Brewery
Laverne and Shirley
Games for this alphanumeric console included '90s classics like "GoldenEye" & "Banjo-Kazooie"
N64
As light hits the atmosphere, air molecules scatter blue & this shortest-wavelength color, which has a day job as a flower
Violet
He shimmers, he shines, he's everyone's favourite pop
Razzle Dazzle Basil
Hey, NBA fans! It's not just a 3-point "line"! Official NBA rules also refer to it as this 3-letter geometric path
arc
This show whose theme song was "Come On Get Happy" turned David Cassidy into a teen heartthrob
The Patridge Family
Every "Jeopardy!" staff member who was a kid in the '90s still keeps one of these digital pets from Bandai
Tamagotchi
It's a structure made of DNA found in the cell nucleus; the hermit crab has 254, we have 46
Chromosomes
This trivia buff added some synthetic extensions to look more like Allen Iverson
Steve's Weave
This Hall of Fame Yankees catcher said, "I usually take a 2 hour nap from 1 to 4"; he also once said, "Pair up in threes"
Yogi Berra
Panda-panda! In 1972 to the delight of U.S. kids, this panda & her mate Hsing-Hsing arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Ling Ling
One meme about this actor who was "Walker, Texas Ranger": "Death once had a near-" him "experience"
Chuck Norris
This longtime late-night host said his doctor told him "I've never, ever, ever had a DNA result like this... you are 100% Irish"
Conan O'Brien
If this cutie avoided meat products.
Vegan Reegan
Big "Ten"? In that sports conference, there are currently 2 fewer than twice that number of member schools, or this many
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