Theme Song Thursday
Star Trek
Trees
Star Wars
US History
200

Eloquent orator & 11th president of the U.S. known as the "Napoleon of the Stump"

Who is James K. Polk, our 11th president, Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump?

200

Petty officer in the U.S. Navy who performs clerical duties, or Janice Rand on "Star Trek"

What is yeoman?

200

Although the red type of this tree can provide sap for syrup, it mainly gives us shade

What is maple?

200

"Hokey religions & ancient weapons are no match for a good ____ at your side"

What is a blaster?

200

On November 21, 1620 41 male passengers signed this document while anchored at a Massachusetts harbor

What is the Mayflower Compact?

400

The people in John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" vacation "down at" this body of water, perhaps in Fort Morgan, Alabama

What is the Gulf of Mexico?

400

On the show "Star Trek", the "T" in Captain James T. Kirk stood for this Roman

Who is Tiberius?

400

A Japanese lantern lighting ceremony is part of this April festival in Washington, D.C.

What is the Cherry Blossom Festival?

400

"Star Wars" had Darth Vader; "Phantom Menace" had this other Darth

Who is Darth Maul?

400

A century before she was on a dollar coin, she was convicted & fined for casting a vote in the 1872 pres. election

Who is Susan B. Anthony?

600

The ballad of him begins, "Come all you rounders if you want to hear a story about a brave engineer"

Who is Casey Jones?

600

This crystal regulates matter/antimatter reactions that provide energy for travel faster than light

What is dilithium?

600

Pine trees are evergreens & also classified as these, for the scaly structures that house seeds

What are conifers?

600

George Lucas gave this Jedi character a unique purple lightsaber at the request of actor Samuel L. Jackson

Who is Mace Windu?

600

An ink used in a newspaper cartoon in the 1890s gave us this term for sensationalist reporting

What is yellow journalism?

800

In 2001 on the CMA Awards he debuted the 9/11 anthem "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)"

Who is Alan Jackson?

800

A "Star Trek" homage, this colorful John Scalzi title refers to clothing soon-to-die crew members wear

What is Redshirts?

800

This giant tree bears the name of a Cherokee leader who created a writing system

What is the sequoia?

800

Scripted as a "used car salesman" type C-3PO was modeled after a robot in this 1926 Fritz Lang film

What is Metropolis?

800

Osceola was a leader of this people who resisted removal from their land in Florida in the 1830s

Who are the Seminoles?

1000

Stones fans know this 3-word slang term for a tranquilizer

What is mother's little helper?

1000

Inspired by Nichelle Nichols & her "Star Trek" character, she became the first African-American woman in space

Who is Mae Jemison?

1000

An Australian study found that forests of these trees that grow around swamps & coastlines expand & contract with a 19-year lunar cycle

What are mangroves?

1000

In "Star Wars" the language of Greedo the bounty hunter is this language of S. America's Andean regions

What is Quechua?

1000

Before becoming Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier governed this prospective state that existed for all of 4 years

What is Franklin?