Our Changing Lives & Language
We moved from watching them in theaters and drive-ins to collecting them on VHS and DVD formats; now kids stream them on the internet.
What are movies?
Official record of your school grades or a written record of spoken words, such as from court proceedings
What is a transcript
The Barbie doll was released in this decade.
What are the 1950s?
He is Mayberry’s beloved sheriff.
Who is Andy Taylor?
This lighter-colored chocolate is often found in candy bars.
What is milk chocolate?
The American Virgin Islands are St. Thomas, St. Croix, and this.
What is St. John?
hey used to stop by for a visit, but now we can also communicate with them on screens and social media.
What are friends/loved ones?
A coast-to-coast flight
What is transcontinental?
Eight squared equals this
What is 64?
On Hawaii Five-O, Steve McGarrett tells this person, “Book ’em.”
Who is Danno?
This candy bar company shares its name with a planet
What is Mars
The majority of the world’s coral reefs and islands are found in this ocean.
What is the Pacific?
This electronic communication device was once used strictly for audio communication between two parties; today, it’s a multifunction device.
What is a phone?
To change
What is transform?
Ben Franklin used a kite and a key to experiment with this.
What is electricity?
If you love mystery novels, you probably grew up reading books about this female amateur sleuth.
Who is Nancy Drew?
This chocolate cake is named for a man with the same last name as a European country.
What is German chocolate cake?
This is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea.
What is Cuba?
We were told one of these a day keeps the doctor away; now, it’s a top computer and smartphone brand.
What is Apple?
A violation or infringement of law, duty, principle, or command
What is transgression?
The standard dinner fork and salad fork have this number of tines.
What is four?
Jim is the private detective protagonist in this 1970s series, and his father Rocky and friend Angel add color and implied off-color to the show.
What is The Rockford Files?
This essential small or built-in appliance was initially marketed as the Radarange and has a history entwined with a chocolate bar.
What is a microwave?
These American Islands are almost entirely volcanic.
What are Hawaiian?
This was once a time to party, club hop, and flock to the hottest new restaurant, but today many use it as a time to unwind and relax from a harried week.
What is a weekend?
A medium that permits diffused light to come through without providing a clear view of the object behind it
What is translucent?
Collectively, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known as these.
What are Jewish High Holy Days?
He is Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective creation.
Who is Hercule Poirot?
This chocolate company opened a theme park in Pennsylvania.
What is Hershey?
This city built three man-made islands in the shape of a palm tree
What is Dubai?
Transactions used to be completed using cash and credit or debit cards; this popular cryptocurrency is emerging as an alternative payment option.
What is Bitcoin?
A person who consistently moves from place to place
What is transient?
“Sea cow” and “teddy bear of the sea” are nicknames for this marine animal.
What is a manatee?
He is the stout, intellectual, crack detective created by Rex Stout.
Who is Nero Wolfe?
This ingredient is missing from white chocolate.
What are cocoa solids?
This tiny island nation in the Mediterranean Sea has been occupied by the Roman Empire, Napoleon’s soldiers, and the British Empire.
What is Malta?