Pyro Pop Culture
This 2000s pop anthem by Alicia Keys describes a girl that is strong and empowered.
What is "GIRL ON FIRE"?
These common household items are the correct things to smother a small fire with — unlike water, panic, or yelling at it. Only need one.
What are METAL LID/HEAVY RUG OR BLANKET/BAKING SODA?
THIS was Smokey The Bear's famous PSA line:
In the Hunger Games, she is known by this nickname, but everyone she knows calls her Katniss.
What is THE GIRL ON FIRE?
This kitchen disaster happens when overheated oil ignites — and throwing water on it is basically starting a fireworks show indoors.
What is a GREASE FIRE?
This classic camping rule says you should always drown, stir, and repeat with these, because Smokey doesn’t trust you to do it right the first time.
What is PUTTING OUT THE CAMPFIRE?
(Accept: CAMPFIRE)
In the 80s, Johnny Cash sang about falling into THIS - which honestly is a pretty metal way to describe heartbreak.
What is "RING OF FIRE"?
This common smoke detector feature makes it chirp at 3 AM, because that’s the legally mandated time for alerting you.
What is LOW BATTERY WARNING?
This phenomenon occurs when a wildfire gets so intense it creates its own rotating column of flame — basically nature saying, "You thought just fire was scary...? Hold my beer!"
What is a FIRE WHIRL?
(ACCEPT: Fire Tornado; Fire Devil)
In Super Mario Bros., this item gives Mario the ability to shoot fireballs from his hands.
What is the FIRE FLOWER?
This type of fire extinguisher is used for electrical fires, because apparently electricity gets its own special flavor of danger.
What is a CLASS C EXTINGUISHER?
(Uses CO2 and other non-conducting agents to prevent more current from igniting something else.)
This tool is used by firefighters to clear brush and dig fire lines, and it sounds like something a D&D barbarian would wield.
What is a PULASKI?
This 2013 Pitbull song features the line “I’m on fire,” which is ironic because he’s also Mr. Worldwide and therefore should stop, drop, and roll globally.
What is "FIREBALL"?
This term describes the point where a material gets hot enough to ignite without a flame — also known as “the moment your cooking experiment becomes a fire department problem.”
What is AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE?
(Accept: IGNITION TEMPERATURE)
"There can only be one" tool, carried by firefighters and trail crews, is basically a shovel with anger issues — perfect for digging fire lines when Smokey’s day has gone completely off the rails.
What is a MCLEOD?
(Hence the Highlander reference... I'll see myself out.)