Resiliency
Pop Culture from the 90s
Our Central Nervous System
Celebrities in Recovery
Pop Culture from the Last Decade
100
Having this means you have the ability to bounce back from setbacks in life.
What is resiliency?
100
This haircut was made popular by the sitcom Friends.
What is the "Rachel"?
100
These types of drugs slow down our central nervous system.
What is a depressant (or downer)?
100
This actor, friends with Matt Damon, first entered rehab in 2001 for alcohol addiction.
Who is Ben Affleck?
100
In 2012, this popular song by South Korean artist Psy, topped the music charts in over 30 countries and prompted people around the world to recreate the catchy and amusing dance moves from the accompanying music video with many videoing and uploading their "moves" to YouTube.
What is Gangham Style?
200
While in addiction recovery, resiliency refers to the ability to withstand this.
What are cravings and impulses?
200
Created in 1993, this stuffed animal craze was not only a collector's item, but also bought for investment purposes.
What are Beanie Babies?
200
These types of drugs speed up our central nervous system.
What are stimulants (uppers)?
200
Fever Pitch actress, who started her career as a child, had her first taste of alcohol at age 9.
Who is Drew Barrymore?
200
In 2014, the ice bucket challenge, encouraged viewers to dump a bucket of ice water to bring awareness to what disease affecting motor neurons.
What is ALS (or Lou Gehrig's Disease)?
300
Showing resiliency means getting back on track after this.
What is a relapse?
300
This Audrey Hepburn film shared the same name with a one-hit wonder in 1995.
What is Breakfast at Tiffany's?
300
These types of cells are in our brain and are responsible for sending and receiving nerve impulses and signals.
What are neurons?
300
This "Tears in Heaven" singer became sober in 1987 after battling an addiction to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol.
Who is Eric Clapton?
300
Many bought into the conspiracy theory that the world was going to end on December 21, 2012, due to this calendar ending.
What is the Mayan calendar?
400
Practicing positive activities can actually retrain this to become more resilient.
What is our brain?
400
In 1992, Macauley Culkin was the first child to be paid one million dollars for this film.
What is My Girl?
400
The release of this feel-good neurotransmitter not only helps with coordination, but also causes an intense feeling of reward and a euphoric sensation.
What is dopamine?
400
This actress, who passed away in 2016 from cardiac arrest on a trans-Atlantic flight, often spoke and wrote about her experiences with bipolar disorder, and drug and alcohol use disorders.
Who is Carrie Fisher?
400
Taking Lin-Manuel Miranda over 7 years to write, this Broadway musical received 16 nominations with 11 awards at the 2016 Tony Awards.
What is Hamilton?
500
This refers to our own personal statement we can say to ourself in order to build resiliency.
What is a mantra?
500
Nominated by Bill Clinton, this woman was the first female secretary of state.
Who is Madeleine Albright?
500
Too much of this neurotransmitter, which acts as a mood stabilizer and can be found in certain medications and illicit drugs, can cause a rare, but dangerous, syndrome requiring medical attention.
What is seratonin?
500
This singer boasts over 3 decades sober and credits the start of his sobriety in 1990 by becoming inspired by Ryan White, a dying American teen with hemophilia who contracted HIV via a contaminated blood transfusion.
Who is Elton John?
500
The missing Malaysian flight MH370 is known as the "greatest mystery in aviation" with the leading theory that it landed in this body of water.
What is the Southern Indian Ocean?