Fun Guy (Fungi)
This amphibious-named fun guy serves as the long-time servant and attendant to Princess Peach in Nintendo's Mario franchise.
Who is Toad?
A chalice and torte.
What is a cupcake (cup and cake)?
1950 - This famous American pianist was born on this day and is known songs such as "Superstitious," "Overjoyed," and "Isn't She Lovely."
Who is Stevie Wonder?
One of the first companies in Ireland to provide pensions, it also gave workers a daily two-pint beer allowance.
What is Guinness?
The band formerly known as Starfish is now known for songs such as "Yellow" and "Something Just Like This."
What is Coldplay?
The Scottish fun guy Alexander Fleming was the accidental inventor of this widely-used antibiotic due to lab contamination in 1928.
What is penicillin?
$1000 and progenitor.
What is grandparent (grand and parent)?
1989- A student-led hunger strike protest begins in this public area in Beijing prior to the violent government crackdown one month later, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
What is Tiananmen Square?
During WWI the U.S. government confiscated the assets of this German aspirin company and sold off the name.
What is Bayer?
This famous musical duo formerly known as Tom and Jerry are known for songs that have less to do with predatory cartoon hijinks and more about "Mrs. Robinson" and "The Sound of Silence."
Who are Simon & Garfunkel?
Not so fun guys: this fungi was often viewed negatively in anecdotes found in holy texts of Judaism and Christianity.
What is yeast (leaven)?
Conflagration and pugilist.
What is firefighter (fire and fighter)?
1964- This American comedian was born in Washington D.C. and was known for his political news satire show that aired 1,447 shows on Comedy Central.
Who is Stephen Colbert?
After a bitter feud, the Dassler Brothers formed rival sneaker companies; Rudolf founded Puma and Adolf this one.
What is Adidas?
The city of Istanbul was formed in 1453 but was formerly known as this city.
What is Constantinople?
Biologically speaking, this is the part of a fungal structure that is most often used in culinary traditions.
What is the fruiting body?
Framework and sentry.
What is a bodyguard (body and guard)
1981- This papal figurehead was shot two times by an assassin yet survived and visited his assailant in jail the same day.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
Founded by Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler, this company's first product was wood picture frames; doll furniture made from wood scraps changed its emphasis to toys.
What is Mattel?
This musician was known most recently as The Artist performing the 2007 Superbowl Halftime Show and was popularly known by this former stage name.
Who is Prince?
This (2008) Electronic Arts PC game forces the player to go through the full evolutionary process to become the galaxy's dominant species and shares its title with a microscopic reproductive particle from a fungus.
What is Spore?
A jalopy and mollycoddle.
What is a carpet (car and pet)?
1950- Giuseppe Farina won the inaugural race at Silverstone Circuit for this modern racing championship series?
What is Formula One (F1)?
Kenneth Lay, CEO of this scandal-laden company admitted, "In hindsight, we made some very bad investments in noncore business."
What is Enron?
Formerly known as Petrograd and Leningrad, this city houses colorful cathedrals with iconic onion-shaped domes and is the second-largest city in its country.
What is St. Petersburg?