Double Talk Words
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What are PomPoms?
A very old vertebrate, the Greenland shark takes nearly 150 years to reach this; for humans, it's around age 10 or 11
What is Puberty?
This barbarian ruler who had terrorized Europe died on his wedding night in 453 A.D.
Who is Attila the Hun?
2013: Disgraced stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio)
What is The Wolf of Wall Street?
Name the artist who sang these lyrics: "Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I wanna be the one to walk in the sun"
Who is Cyndi Lauper?
MUSIC:
Just 24 notes, this piece is nicknamed "Butterfield's Lullaby" for the U.S. Army general who arranged it
What is Taps?
This abnormal heart sound is caused by turbulent blood flow within the heart
What is Murmur?
Any basic unit of matter and energy
What is a Particle?
The 2nd tsar of this name freed the serfs in Russia in 1861
Who is Alexander?
1986: Richard Dreyfuss remembers back to when he was Wil Wheaton
What is Stand by Me?
What is In Utero?
NEWSPAPER NAMES:
Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests
What is Tribune?
A North African dish of semolina
What is Couscous?
A compressed spring is an example of an object that has strong this type of energy
What is Potential?
This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993
What is Czechoslovakia?
1990: Henry Hill says, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"
What is Goodfellas?
This 32-year-old British man's "Divide" tour in 2019 set the all-time record for highest-grossing tour.
Who is Ed Sheeran?
RICH & FAMOUS:
At $900 million, his fortune was once 2% of the GNP; by his death in 1937, he was down to about $26 million
Who is John Rockefeller?
In this Pixar film young Miguel idolizes movie star/singer Ernesto de la Cruz
What is Coco?
Proteins & cellulose are examples of these, materials made up of repeating chains of molecules
What are polymers?
Once a powerful republic, this Italian city lost 4 wars to Venice in the Middle Ages
What is Genoa?
1950: A screenwriter doesn't let being dead stop him from narrating a Hollywood tale
What is Sunset Boulevard?
This is the only performer to ever turn down Weird Al's request to parody their music
Who is Prince?
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE:
Brazil stretches 2,700 miles from the Atlantic in the east to Serra do Divisor National Park on the border with this country in the west
What is Peru?
This type of fly seen here can cause a potentially fatal sleeping sickness
What is Tsetse?
According to Bohr's atomic model, electrons can jump orbit, emitting this light particle
What are Photons?
This new policy in 1958 was an attempt to achieve "true communism" in China
What is The Great Leap Forward?
2000: The narration provided by "Patrick Bateman" and gives the audience a glimpse into his life and his increasingly worrisome inner thoughts
What is American Psycho?
Name the song these lyrics are from : She's got eyes of the bluest skies / As if they thought of rain / I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain
What is Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns n' Roses)?
PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS:
The first president to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office, he did so to meet with other world leaders
Who is Wilson?
It was the title of Debbie Harry's first solo album
What is KooKoo?
This part of a plant contains the ovary
What is Pistil?
On October 25, 1415 an English army won this battle over a much larger French force
What is the Battle of Agincourt?
1979: Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) regrets he's still only in Saigon
What is Apocalypse Now?
Michael Jackson's song "Human Nature" was originally written for this band
Who is Toto?
19TH CENTURY POETRY:
He wrote, "He looked upon the garish day With such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved, & so he had to die"
Who is Oscar Wilde?