EXTRA
This 1982 Spielberg film is about a stranded alien and made the phrase "phone home" famous.
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
You'll probably find one of these ordinary time-telling devices hanging on the wall of a classroom.
What is a clock?
This was once the standard, but now it's no more than a shiny rock.
What is gold?
Regions sponsors this local minor league baseball team.
What is Birmingham Barons?
This 2013 film imagined a man forming a close relationship with an AI played by Scarlett Johansson, foreshadowing the rise of generative AI.
What is Her?
Dentists perform this when they remove a troublesome molar.
What is extraction?
It's the ordinary liquid that makes up about 60% of the human body.
What is water?
The $2 bill features this Founding Father on the front, and his Virginia estate, Monticello, on the back.
One of Regions founding banks was the First National Bank of this city -- now the home of U.S. Space Command.
What is Huntsville?
This TV series' 1966 debut showed characters using flip-phone-like "communicators" decades before cell phones were real.
What is Star Trek?
In math, when you propose a new trend based on existing data, you're doing this, a term that literally means "to spread out beyond."
What is extrapolate?
An ordinary writing tool, first mass produced by Laszlo Biro in the 20th century.
What is a ballpoint pen?
This former Federal Reserve chairman, who fought stagflation in the 80s, later lent his name to a rule that restricts proprietary trading by banks.
Who is Paul Volcker?
In 2006, Regions merged with this cross-town rival bank for $10B.
What is Amsouth?
In 1969, this frontman of The Doors predicted that one day music would be created by "one person with a lot of machines."
Who is Jim Morrison?
What are extracurriculars?
An ordinary kitchen ingredient, NaCl.
What is salt?
This U.S. government agency, originally created in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, now protects national leaders.
What is the Secret Service?
Prior to joining Regions, John Turner was president of this New Orleans-based bank.
What is Whitney National Bank or Hancock Whitney?
This British mathematician proposed the idea of a machine that could simulate any human intelligence task, and developed the famous test named after him.
Who is Alan Turing?
If a fugitive flees across national borders, a government may ask the other country to do this (formally return the person to face charges).
What is extradite?
This ordinary metal, atomic number 26, is used in everything from skyscrapers to frying pans.
What is iron?
This 19th-century U.S. paper currency was first issued during the Civil War to finance the Union.
What are greenbacks?
The name "Regions" was purchased from a bank in this state in 1994.
What is Arkansas?
Writing in the 1940s, this sci-fi visionary coined the term "robotics" and created the Three Laws of Robotics still referenced in AI ethic today.
Who is Isaac Asimov?