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100

Complete the real-life couple: Katharine Ross and this mustachioed leading man.

Sam Elliott, the pair met while filming 1978's The Legacy and tied the knot in 1984.

100

It was during the big-hair decade that young inventor Rachel Zimmerman created a symbol communication device called the Blissymbol. What era?

1980s

100

Debuting in 1969 and running for decades, this brand's most famous commercial features an owl asking, "How many licks" to the center of this sweet treat.

Tootsie Pop

100

Cars driven by this suave spy include the Mustang Mach 1, Aston Martin V8, and BMW Z8.

James Bond

100
The track and field world records for 100 and 200 meters are both held by this American, also called Flo Jo.

Florence Griffith Joyner

200

Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei are couple Vinny Gambini and Mona Lisa Vito in this 1992 comedy.

My Cousin Vinny.

200

During the 1970s, Erna Schneider Hoover patented a new switching system that helped manage calls from these devices.

Telephones
200
In the 1990s, a famous commercial for this soft drink featured Cindy Crawford dimply walking to a vending machine.

Pepsi

200

The Swedish automaker Saab made these bottom-warming devices standard in 1972.

Heated seats

200

On April 4th, 1974, this man tied Babe Ruth's record with 714 home runs; he would break the record only four days later.

Hank Aaron

300

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell take their romance to the big screen with this 1987 flick about an heiress with amnesia.

Overboard.

300

Maria Telkes was an inventor nicknamed the "Sun Queen" for her inventions in this kind of energy.

Solar energy

300
A 1987 Super Bowl commercial from this beer brand featured a goofy bull terrier named Spuds MacKenzie.

Bud Light

300

In the 1980s, French automaker Renault debuted a car that could unlock without the use of these.

Keys

300
In 1984, a White Sox-Brewers game set a record for the most of these played.

Innings

400

In 1984's Splash, Tom Hanks' love interest is secretly this type of mythical being, played by Daryl Hannah.

A mermaid.

400

This bulletproof material used for vests and other military gear was invented thanks to scientists Stephanie Kwolek.

Kevlar

400
Fittingly, an Apple commercial from this year referenced George Orwell's most famous book.

1984

400

This Hueytown, Alabama, resident, along with son Davey, is one of NASCAR's most beloved drivers from the 1970s and '80s.

Bobby Allison

400

The world record for a hammer throw is held by Yuriy Sedykh, of this nation, which now longer exist.

Soviet Union

500

A late '90s teen romance, 10 Things I Hate About You is based on a (much) earlier work by this English playwright.

William Shakespear

500

Inventor Patricia Bath created the Laserphaco Probe in 1986, which allowed eye doctors to safely dissolve this vision-disturbing clouding of the eye lens.

Cataract

500
One of the most famous commercial campaigns of all time, Coca-Cola's 1971 "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" ad was originally shot in this European nation.

Italy

500

Dashboards got a futuristic makeover in 1976, when the first of this type of display was unveiled, bye-bye, analog dials.

Digital. The Aston Martin Lagonda was the first car to feature a digital dashboard.

500
A milestone for this sport came in 1972 with the Summit Series, a series of games between Canada and the Soviet Union.

Ice Hockey