Potpourri
The common housefly is known by this more fragrant scientific name.
What is Musca Domestica?
Purring is caused by vibrations of this type of biological component.
What is bone?
Elements with no available valence electrons are known by this chivalric name.
What are noble gases?
This late 1990s classic features a song by Celine Dion and was directed by James Cameron.
What is Titanic?
This former Democratic candidate invented the internet. (citation needed)
Who is Al Gore?
This company, which filed for bankruptcy in 2018, once delivered houses (and almost anything else) by railway car.
What is Sears and Roebuck?
While Garfield is perhaps the most well-known cat of comic fame, this sometimes large sometimes small half imaginary friend is a legend in his own right.
Who is Hobbes?
Featured in the movie Antman, this 'location' is actually a parameter that describes the scale at which the titular mechanical effects become important when studied as an isolated system.
What is the quantum realm?
While 007 has fittingly appeared in every James Bond movie, 'Q' did not appear in this film, the second of the Daniel Craig Bond films.
What is Quantum of Solace?
This bumbling baboon was elected president despite losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes. SAD!
Who is Trump?
This alliterative quality is the reason that they say once you learn to ride a bike you'll never forget.
What is muscle memory?
This term describes a group of cats. No, not a soup of cats.
This type of microscopic object consists of a single misfolded macromolecule. No, it's not made by Toyota.
What is a Prion?
Perhaps the most quoted film of all time, this comedy classic was developed in between series of the comedy troop's show '...Flying Circus'.
What is Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
Often considered the worst president in the history of the position, this former vice president failed to protect the rights of former slaves.
Who is Johnson?
Segways make an excellent segue into conversations about this type of dynamic sensor.
What are gyroscopes?
While it is still debated by experts, this is the only one of the "big" cats that is considered to purr.
What are cheetahs?
Typically depicted in popular media by the Bohr model, a more accurate model of the atom is named after this famous cat...or is it?
Who is Schrodinger's cat?
Based on books written by a British linguist, this trilogy features characters with names such as Rosie Cotton and Bill the Pony.
What is the Lord of the Rings?
This presidential hopeful was falsely proclaimed the victor by the Chicago Tribune in the 1948 presidential race against Harry Truman.
Who is Dewey?
This learned soda brand was established in 1885.
What is Dr. Pepper?
Named for a famous author, cats with an abnormally large number of toes are known as this. -You can see them wandering around the author's home to this day.
What are Hemingway cats?
Alexander Fleming discovered this famous antibiotic by accident when he contaminated a culture plate of Staphylococcus with fungus while he went on vacation.
What is Penicillin?
This movie, made by Disney, is the last animated film to be the highest grossing movie of the year.
What is Frozen?
While it would be out of the ordinary for Trump to run again in 2024, he would not be the first former president to run after losing a second term. This late 1800s president successfully did it.
Who is Grover Cleveland?