Biopics
The 1980s biopic Raging Bull centers around the life of Jake LaMotta, a star in this high-contact sport.
What is boxing?
In 1985 sports news, Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm were inducted into this Hall of Fame.
What is the Baseball Hall of Fame?
In 1979, Dr. Sylvia Earle set a deep-diving record off the coast of Oahu in this U.S. state.
What is Hawaii?
The 1979 Nobel Prize in this category went to Odysseus Elytis for his poetry, “which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts... modern man’s struggle for freedom and creativeness.”
What is literature?
Hayley Mills plays the double leading roles of kids who meet at camp in this film; their first meeting exposes a visceral hatred for each other.
What is The Parent Trap?
Based on a book by Tom Wolfe, this ’80s film portrays the Mercury 7 astronauts.
What is The Right Stuff?
On January 19, 1985, his single “Born in the U.S.A.” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts.
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
A hallmark in ocean exploration was Dr. Robert Ballard’s 1985 discovery of this sunken vessel.
What is the Titanic?
A trio won in this category in 1978, “for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics.”
What is medicine?
When leaving school for summer vacation, students in love are reminded by this 1966 hit single by the Happenings that they will see each other again in September.
What is “See You in September”?
Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Penelope Allen star in this 1975 flick about amateur bank robbers.
What is Dog Day Afternoon?
In April, Coca-Cola introduced this now-famous flop.
What is New Coke?
A 1992 project began mapping the ocean surface by using these devices in orbit around the planet.
What are satellites?
This nun won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
Who is Mother Teresa?
On a cold, dreary Sunday in the dead of winter, a reminder of what lies ahead comes with watching this sport, played on lush fairways and greens and often set against the pounding waves of the ocean.
What is golf?
George C. Scott stars in this 1970 biopic of a controversial general, also named George.
What is Patton?
His final appearance as James Bond was in A View to a Kill.
Who is Roger Moore?
This organization, abbreviated NOAA, was founded in 1970.
What is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?
This leader of the Buddhist faith was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
This 1955 classic film starring Katharine Hepburn and Italian actor Rossano Brazzi captures the romance of Venice, Italy.
What is Summertime?
This 2017 film deals with Washington Post owner Kay Graham and an exposé on government deception.
What is The Post?
On June 27, this iconic route from Chicago to Santa Monica was decertified.
What is Route 66?
In the 1980s, underwater studies were improved by the advancement of AUVs, otherwise known as Autonomous these.
What are Autonomous Underwater Vehicles?
The prize in economic sciences was established in 1968 in memory of this Nobel Prize founder.
Who is Alfred Nobel?
The refrain to this 1967 Johnny Rivers tune goes: All summer long, we spent dancin’ in the sand And the jukebox kept on playin’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
What is “Summer Rain”?