OLYMPICS
The first Olympic games were held in this ancient civilization in 776 BC.
Greece
At six feet tall and weighing about 300 pounds, this is the largest living bird in the world.
Ostrich
Porky’s hairpiece.
Pig Wig
The first hit character for the Hanna-Barbera animation studios was this picnic basket-stealing resident of Jellystone Park.
Yogi Bear
1965, Nancy Sinatra: “These boots are made for walkin' and that's just what they'll do ... “
“… One of these days these boots are gonna’ walk all over you.”
With 28 medals, this American athlete is the most decorated Olympian of all time.
Michael Phelps
Often included in lists of the “world’s cutest animals,” this marine mammal (found on the Pacific coast from northern California to Alaska) uses tools to break the shells of its favorite foods: mollusks, crustaceans, and sea urchins.
Otters
A clear soup made from the relative of a butterfly.
Moth Broth
The first ABC television show to be broadcast in color featured this father of the future and his family.
George Jetson (of the Jetsons)
1941, The Ink Spots: “I don’t want to set the world on fire, I just want to start …”
“… a flame in your heart.”
This notable athlete made track-and-field history in 1936 when he won four gold medals in Berlin and helped set a new world relay record, dealing a major blow to Hitler's ideas of Aryan supremacy.
Jesse Owens
Mistakenly often called a “bear,” this Australian mammal is a marsupial closely related to the wombat.
Koala
A thief who steals volumes from the library.
Book Crook
The animated brothers Alvin, Simon and Theodore, who first sang “Christmas, Don’t Be Late” in 1958, were this kind of rodent.
Chipmunks
1956, Ella Fitzgerald: “Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it …”
“… Let’s do it, let’s fall in love.”
This Jamaican athlete holds the record for being the fastest man in history.
Usain Bolt
Cashmere wool, which is finer and softer than sheep’s wool, comes from this type of animal.
Goat
TV journalist Diane’s attorneys.
Sawyer's Lawyers
The first characters that come to mind for most people when thinking of the Peanuts gang are Charlie Brown and Snoopy. What breed of dog is Snoopy?
Beagle
1968, O.C. Smith: “God didn't make little green apples, and …”
“… it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime.”
What do the five rings in the Olympic flag represent?
The five parts of the world where the competitions take place (Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas)
This sly animal is known as el zorro in Spanish.
Fox
A semester-long college class on equines.
Horse Course
In their Cold War-era animated series, Rocky and Bullwinkle’s main antagonists were a couple of Russian-esque spies, two humans named Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. But what kind of creatures were Rocky and Bullwinkle?
Rocky was a "flying" squirrel and Bullwinkle was a moose.
1964, Frank Sinatra: “Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars …”
“… Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.”