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This The Office character is famous for the phrase "That's what she said!"
Who is Michael Scott?
This archduke's assassination ignited World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
This novel written by Mary Shelley is an early example of science fiction. It’s the first novel of the “mad scientist” subgenre.
What is Frankenstein?
This insect typically goes through metamorphosis and comes out as a butterfly.
What is a caterpillar?
This TV show features the cafe Central Perk.
What is Friends?
A famous Mongolian warlord who united the Mongolian tribes. This leader is well known for being a brutal conqueror and having many children - you may be one of his purported millions of descendants.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, this famous author was also an ophthalmologist. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s and based his most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, on a former university professor.
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
This large fruit with a striped rind comes in both seeded and seedless varieties.
What is a watermelon?
Andy Dwyer's FBI alter ego in the show Parks and Rec.
Who is Burt Macklin?
This famous author was both born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. (That is, if you believe he was indeed just one person.)
Who is William Shakespeare?
This Pulitzer Prize winning novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
A transparent tank of water in which fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.
What is an aquarium?
The name of the model train that Bubbles steals from a model train show in Trailer Park Boys. And no, we're not talking about that Patrick Swayze.
What is the Swayzie Express?
This iconic warship used by the Vikings was long, narrow, and fast, designed for speed and maneuverability in both open seas and shallow waters for surprise attacks. We get today's term from the Old Norse word langskip.
What is a longship? (also, longboat)
This famous Jazz Age author was named after the author of the American national anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This device converts electrical signals into pictures and sound.
What is a television?
The name of the store from the show Tires.
What is Valley Forge Automotive Center?
Similar structures to pyramids, these temple towers feature a stepped design and were common in ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq, Iran, and Syria).
What is a ziggurat?
This ex-pat author loved cats and at one time had over 50 of them at his home in Cuba. However, this author is more well known for the pawprints he left in Key West, as many of the polydactyl cats are descendants of his polydactyl cat Snow White. These 6-toed furballs are commonly referred to as _________ cats, named after this author.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Relating to old people, especially with regard to their healthcare. Derogatory use: decrepit; very old or outdated.
What is geriatric?