Movies of the Aughts
In this 2001 animated film, a green ogre sets off to rescue a princess with a wisecracking donkey
What is Shrek?
This 19th-century invention by Alexander Graham Bell let voices travel over wires
What is the telephone?
This New Zealand region put the country on the map with zesty, aromatic Sauvignon Blanc
What is Marlborough?
In baseball, this hit that lets the batter run around all the bases and score in one play
What is a home run?
This Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb, discovered in 1922, became one of archaeology’s biggest headlines
Who is King Tutankhamun?
This 2004 teen comedy features the “Burn Book,” the Plastics, and a new student named Cady Heron
What is Mean Girls?
This medical technology, publicly demonstrated in 1846, made surgeries far less painful by putting patients into temporary slumber
What is anesthesia?
This New York wine region is especially celebrated for Riesling grown in a cool climate shaped by long, deep glacial lakes
What is the Finger Lakes?
In American football, these two areas at each end of the field called lie beyond the goal line... Touchdown!
What are end zones?
In Greek mythology, this ruler of the underworld shares his name with the realm itself
Who is Hades?
In The Matrix franchise, this actor plays Neo, “The One,” who learns to bend reality inside the simulation
Who is Keanu Reeves?
This 19th-century "writing machine" (commercially successful by the 1870s) transformed office work and publishing
What is the typewriter?
This "Sideways" Southern California county is known for cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
What is Santa Barbara County?
This golfer famous for his winning ways got his nickname from a South Vietnamese soldier and close friend of his father
Who is Tiger Woods?
This actor starred in Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden before dying in a 1955 car crash at age 24
Who is James Dean?
In 2003, this Pixar flick sent Marlin across the ocean to find his son, who has been taken by divers
What is Finding Nemo?
Samuel Morse popularized this invention in the 1840s, using dots and dashes
What is the telegraph?
Home to Chianti Classico, this central Italian wine region is synonymous with Sangiovese... and the Italian Renaissance
What is Tuscany?
In ice hockey, this frozen rubber object can travel over 100 mph with a "slap shot"
What is a puck?
This author opened his dystopian novel 1984 with “It was a bright cold day in April…”
Who is George Orwell?
This 2001 comedy has a fashion-obsessed heroine legally dazzling her way through Harvard Law
What is Legally Blonde?
This chemical explosive, invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867, led to his founding of the Peace Prize that bears his name
What is dynamite?
These two neighboring Northern California counties, world famous for their wines, are separated (roughly) by the Mayacamas Mountains
What are Napa and Sonoma Counties?
This legendary NBA player wore #23 for the Chicago Bulls and soared through the "air" to six championships in the 1990s
Who is Michael Jordan?
This river runs through Paris and is central to French history and commerce
What is the Seine?