The “GIF” was created by Steve Wilhite in 1987, and its pronunciation is still debated today.
What is Graphics Interchange Format
Decades before AI apps and chatbots were a thing, which 1985 Hughes film was about a couple of high school computer nerds who use their skills to program their dream woman?
What is Weird Science
This instrument has heavy associations with a band’s rhythm section. It’s also heavily used in certain cultures to strengthen their men in war, or to provide a beat for dance. What is it?
What are Drums
Now appearing prophetic, what device was announced in 2007 with the following slogan? "This is only the beginning."
What is the iPhone
What is a group of whales called?
The name "SPAM" is believed to be one of these 2 origins.
What is “Special Processed American Meat” or “SPiced HAM.”
#84 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes list is the closing of a 1933 horror film – "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast." What creature’s demise on the Empire State Building inspired the line?
What is King Kong
Which famous guitar brand has a model named the Stratocaster?
What is Fender
What delicious computer term did programmer Lou Montulli coin to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server?
What is a Cookie
What are the largest whales in the world?
What is a Blue Whale
The name “SCUBA” stands for?
What is “Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.”
Which "odd" character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe wears an amulet called the Eye of Agamotto?
Who is Dr. Strange
If there are 52 white keys on a piano, how many black keys does it have?
What is 36
Eric Yuan is a former Cisco engineer and executive that left the telecom giant to found what speedy meeting company in 2011?
What is Zoom
The Killer Whales is the largest of which family of marine mammals?
What are Dolphins
The term “Radar” was coined in 1940 as an acronym for?
What is “RAdio Detection And Ranging.”
What sixth U.S. president, oddly enough, had a pet alligator that lived in the unfinished East Room of the White House?
Who is John Quincy Adams
This large wind instrument is used for cultural music by the indigenous people of Australia.
What is a Didgeridoo
While building magnetrons at MIT in the 1940s, Percy Spencer noticed a melting chocolate bar in his pocket. Deeper investigation and exploration led to the invention of what household device?
What is the Microwave
What is the name of the whale that is hunted by the indigenous people of Alaska for its meat and blubber?
What are bowhead whales
The word “LASER” is an acronym for?
What is “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Within Washington DC, near where M Street becomes Canal Road in Georgetown, lies a long, steep staircase resting between a stone wall and a brick warehouse. This structure was featured in a climactic final scene in what 1973 horror movie?
What is the Exorcist
Names after the Greek god of wind, this musical instrument is played by passing a current of air over its strings. What is it?
Aeolian Harp
The symbol "#" has an official technical name what is it?
What is an octothorpe.
What is the name of the whale that is sometimes called the “blackfish”?
What are Pilot Whales