Competitive cheerleading
Modern cheerleading icon Lawrence Herkimer patented these classic cheer props with the advent of color TV in mind.
Pom poms.
At Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Science Center, he’s inducted in the Robot Hall of Fame; so is his sidekick R2 D2.
C3PO.
Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, and tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich.
BLT.
This weepy Sinead O Conner ballad might not be about lost love; prince is rumored to have written it about his housekeeper.
Nothing Compares 2 U
It’s the term for a 200th anniversary; the US celebrated one in 1976.
Bicentennial.
This university’s Lexington-based cheer team is the winningest in UCA division IA history, with 24 national titles; Go Wildcats!
Kentucky.
1601 NASA Parkway is the street address of a space museum in this Texas city.
Houston.
Mayo is in egg salad with hardboiled eggs, which are with bacon atop this salad, first served at LA’s brown derby.
Cobb salad.
Daily Double: Existential pain and stand still traffic, life’s essential struggles, are on display in the video for this 1992 R.E.M. hit.
Everybody Hurts.
Stereotypes about this demographic - - also known as “Gen-Y” - - include “tech-savvy” and “saddled with student loan debt”.
Millennial.
“The complete story of the cheerleading movie that changed, like, everything” is the partial title of a 2022 book saluting this film.
Bring It On.
The Saint Louis Science Center recently hosted “Becoming Jane”, a traveling exhibition about this primatologist.
Jane Goodall.
Milk is in custard with the eggs, and eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France.
Lorraine.
At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys and the trio sang Its So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday in a tribute to Kobe Bryant.
Boyz II Men
It describes the “first pitch” thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game - - a nice way of saying it doesn’t actually count.
The ceremonial first pitch.
It’s no picnic being a flier in this flashy stunt, where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and, hopefully, catch you.
Basket toss.
Daily Double: Behind thick glass in the gems and minerals hall of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Tom’s baby is an 8 lb nugget of this.
Colorado Gold Rush.
Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, and beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy’s burger, introduced in 2007.
Baconator.
This handsome crooner revealed that after a bad breakup, he wrote Somebody’s Crying inside a closet at a party.
Chris Issak
Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself “the world’s largest living history museum”.
Colonial Williamsburg.
It’s the term for cheer squads whose sole purpose is to compete; they’re not affiliated with any school… or with smash mouth.
All Star the cheerleading movie.
Hey, Fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio’s Center of Science and Industry, kids can lift a 2,437 lb car using this bar.
What is a lever?
Sugar is in jam with fruit, and fruit is with pancakes and bacon in this classic IHOP dish with a kooky name.
Roots Tooty Fresh N Fruity.
You hardly notice that this Simon and Garfunkel song has no rhymes; maybe you’re busy counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.
America
It’s the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line “I’m in a dress, I have gel in my hair…and I’m armed. Don’t mess with me”.
Ms Congeniality.