Let's Dance
This is Donna Summer’s disco hit with lyrics that claim it is her “last chance for romance tonight.”
What is “Last Dance”? The chorus continues, “So let’s dance the last dance/Let’s dance the last dance/Let’s dance this last dance tonight.”
This 1980s slang was short for favorite.
What is fave? It was used in teen magazines and caught on with teen girls.
Most of the time there are 365 “D”s in a “Y.” The letters represent these words.
What are days in a year? This is true except for leap years, which have 366 days.
This entrepreneur is famous for creating Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Who is Walt Disney? He went from working for a newspaper company to owning one of the most successful entertainment and amusement park businesses in the world.
Although it’s a star, it shines brightly during the day.
What is the sun? The sun is the closest star, only 93 million miles from Earth.
This 1977 hit film about dance competition hopefuls Tony Monero (John Travolta) and Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) featured songs by the Bee Gees.
What is Saturday Night Fever? Filming had finished when the Bee Gees were commissioned to write songs for the film. They also repurposed some songs they had already written.
This one-word Spielberg film title stars Roy Schneider and Richard Dreyfuss. It’s a story about shark attacks on Amity Island.
What is Jaws? Decades after the film was released, Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner, went into a restaurant and noticed an Alex Kintner sandwich on the menu. She mentioned that she played his mother in Jaws. The restaurant’s owner ran out to see her, and the owner was Jeffrey Voorhees, who played her son Alex in the film.
This English word becomes its opposite when you add the letters fe in front of it.
What is male? Many opposites are formed with the prefix in-. For example, active and inactive are opposites.
She is known as Fred Astaire’s dancing partner.
Who is Ginger Rogers? Her stage name Ginger came from a cousin who had trouble pronouncing Virginia.
This type of animal sleeps during the day and is active at night.
What is nocturnal? Bats, coyotes, and raccoons are examples of nocturnal animals.
The Spanish duo known as Los Del Rio made this 1996, one-word dance song beginning with an M.
What is “Macarena”? The song is about a woman who cheats on her husband while he’s away on military duty. The original lyrics are in Spanish, but it was a hot dance song throughout North America.
This top British modeling sensation of the late 1960s was known for her especially slender frame.
Who is Twiggy? She has since worked on TV and film as well as on stage.
This three-letter word associated with you goes up every year but never comes down
What is age? However, “age is just a number,” as they say, which means one’s age shouldn’t define a person or their abilities.
His fried chicken recipes were rejected more than 1,000 times even though he is inextricably linked with a fast-food chain.
Who is Colonel Sanders? Harland Sanders’ Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe went on to become so popular that in 1935 Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon named him a colonel.
Mosquitoes are most active at two times of day. Name one of them.
What is dusk or dawn? North American mosquitoes tend to avoid sun exposure.
“Turn the Beat [missing word]” was recorded by Vicki Sue Robinson and covered by Laura Branigan and Gloria Estefan. Lyrics include “Turn it upside down/Love to hear the percussion/Love to hear it/Love to hear it.”
What is Around? Robinson is also an actress who appeared in Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Michael Jackson’s hit song from this album by the same name was inspired by Jackson’s interest in the horror genre.
What is Thriller? The spoken parts and ominous, deep laughs you hear come from Vincent Price.
This wildly popular 1960s band name sounds like a bug but is spelled differently.
What is the Beatles? The band made its debut in 1963 and broke up in 1970.
When people hear this teacher’s name, they usually associate her with Helen Keller.
Who is Annie Sullivan? The first word she taught Helen was water. She taught it to her by placing Helen’s hand under running water and then signing the word in Helen’s hands.
This pole has a star directly above it.
What is the north pole? It’s known as the Pole Star or Polaris. There is no star directly above the south pole.
One of Martha and the Vandellas’ greatest hits is “Dancing in the [missing word].”
What is Street? It was on the Billboard charts for more than a year.
“Who ya gonna call?” is the tagline of this film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramos, Ernie Hudson, and Sigourney Weaver.
What is Ghostbusters? Three university professors lose their jobs for performing unethical paranormal experiments on their students, so they set up business ridding New York City of ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.
This is a narrow strip of land that links two larger areas of land and has sea on either side.
What is an isthmus? One example of an isthmus is the Panama isthmus that connects Costa Rica and Colombia.
This “horror” author had his best-seller Carrie manuscript rejected 30 times before he found a publisher willing to accept it.
Who is Stephen King? His novels are always on best-seller lists.
According to studies, people dream in color more than ever before because this electronic is available almost exclusively in living color.
What is TV? Those over 55 now dream in color around 75 percent of the time. Those under 25 dream in black and white only four percent of the time.