80s Action Movies
Included the famous line, "I'll be back."
The Terminator (1984)
He's remembered mainly in pop culture for his little ditty about Jack's exploits with Diane.
John Cougar Mellencamp
Sometimes you want to go / Where everybody knows your name
Cheers
How many planets are in the solar system?
Eight planets
What does CVSRF stand for?
Crew-Vehicle Systems Research Facility
The main character, Snake Plissken, inspired the Metal Gear Solid video game series.
Escape from New York (1981)
Their overnight success with 1986's pop-metal classic 'Slippery When Wet' had actually taken a few years. They had a Top 40 hit from a self-titled debut two years before, then released a gold-selling sophomore project, '7800° Fahrenheit.'
Bon Jovi
I'll be there for you / When the rain starts to fall
Friends
The Space Center in Houston is named for this president, who was an early advocate of manned space flight.
President Lyndon B. Johnson
What year did Ames and Google disclose details to a long-term research partnership?
2005
This John Carpenter movie was mostly filmed on location in Chinatown, and the character David Lo Pan has been credited as the original inspiration for the soul-stealing Mortal Kombat villain Shang Tsung.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
By their 10th album, Peter Cetera had scored an easy-listening No. 1 hit with 1976's "If You Leave Me Now," and the band moved into a new direction.
Chicago
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants
What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way?
Red dwarf stars
Who is Ames named after?
Joseph Sweetman Ames
Stanley Kubrik's film has video clips shared widely among fans, mostly concerning R. Lee Ermey's infamous drill instructor.
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
They reeled off nine Top 10 singles, and six straight platinum albums. After that, singer Lou Gramm began an on-again, off-again relationship with the band, and they struggled to regain their footing.
Foreigner
I wanna be the very best / Like no one ever was / To catch them is my real test / To train them is my cause
Pokemon
Alan Shepard's many accolades included a Medal of Honor for space and a Langley medal from this institution.
The Smithsonian
What year was the Center founded as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory.
1939
It might surprise you that this film was listed in the action category, but these brothers are on "a mission from God," and they'll do anything to get the band back together.
The Blues Brothers (1980)
She was already a multi-million-selling artist as a member of Fleetwood Mac when she began a parallel solo career in the early '80s – and that streak continued.
Stevie Nicks
Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice / Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake
Fairly Odd Parents
A 1990 photo of Earth taken by this space probe prompted Carl Sagan to call planet Earth a "pale blue dot."
Voyager 1
In 2008, it was announced that former Ames director _________ was a 60th Anniversary Class inductee of the Ames Hall of Fame for providing, "...exceptional leadership and keen technical insight to NASA Ames as the Center re-invented itself in the late 1990s."
Henry McDonald