Souvenirs
The Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum store sells a Barbie doll of Katherine Johnson, a pioneering NASA mathematician who was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in this Oscar-nominated 2016 film
What is Hidden Figures?
Upon his arrest in 1933, "Machine Gun" Kelly inadvertently gave this nickname to the FBI agents who nabbed him
Who are the G-Men?
The voice he used as Hannibal Lecter was inspired by Hal the Computer's voice in "2001"
Who is Anthony Hopkins?
This fort that successfully defended Baltimore in 1814 was built in the shape of a 5-pointed star
What is McHenry?
"Did I ever tell you you're my hero? You're everything, everything I wish I could be"
What is The Wind Beneath My Wings?
19th Century Poets:
In 1824 he was refused burial in Westminster Abbey for "questionable morality"; in 1969 he got a memorial stone there
Who is Lord Byron?
Daruma dolls, which right themselves when tipped over, are associated with a Japanese phrase meaning "fall down seven times" do this "eight"
What is Get Up?
Saying "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn was with her all day February 14, 1929, Louise Rolfe got the name "The Blonde" this
Who is The Blonde Alibi?
In 1989 she played Olivia in "Twelfth Night" onstage & Susie Diamond in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" on film
Who is Michelle Pfeiffer?
A carpenter named James Marshall found this in a streambed on January 24, 1848; he tried to keep it a secret, but...
What is Gold?
"If you're lost, you can look--and you will find me"
What is Time after Time?
BRAND NAMES:
In the 1930s this product was advertised with the phrase "Don't put a cold in your pocket"
What is Kleenex?
A hippopotamus nicknamed William is the mascot of the 5th Avenue outpost of this venerable New York City museum; a replica of him makes a good souvenir
What is The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)?
Kevin Poulsen & Kevin Mitnick are on Kaspersky Lab's list, "Top Ten Most Notorious" these "of All Time"
What are Hackers?
"Evening Shade" co-star whose portrayal of Mark Twain was inspired partly by his own grandfather
Who is Hal Holbrook?
This project to develop an atomic bomb got started in 1940 with $6,000 for research
What is The Manhattan Project?
"The word is out you're doin' wrong, gonna lock you up before too long"
What is Bad?
19th CENTURY NOVELS:
The author of this tale dedicated the novel to British philosopher William Godwin, her father
What is Frankenstein?
The lid keeps the beer cool, ja, in a traditional one of these German tankards
What is a Stein?
To spy on the U.S., Maksim "Schultz" Martynov used his cover as part of the USSR's 1950s delegation to this organization
What are the United Nations?
In this TV series' last season, Nancy Walker played housekeeper to Uncle Bill, Buffy, and Jody
What is Family Affair?
In addition to the cotton gin, he developed the idea of mass production of interchangeable parts
What is Eli Whitney?
"Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear"
What is Livin' on a Prayer?
JAZZ CLASSICS:
In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington's home in Harlem
When you visit the country just south of Kenya, you can bring home some of this mineral named for it
What is Tanzanite?
On July 7, 1865, this boardinghouse operator became the first woman executed by the U.S. governmen
Who is Mary Suratt?
Rex Harrison ends up as a ghost in this 1945 film based on a Noel Coward comedy
What is Blithe Spirit?
In 1861 this Secretary of State suggested the U.S. provoke a foreign war to distract from civil discord at home
Who is William Seward?
"How long can you stand the heat? Out of the doorway the bullet rip to the sound of the beat"
What is Another One Bites the Dust?
LITERARY ADAPTATIONS:
The director of the 2018 TV version of this 1953 classic said, yes, books were harmed in the making of this motion picture
What is Fahrenheit 451?