Technology
This historic best-selling piece of computer software had to be renamed before release. It was originally called "86 Quick and Dirty Operating System."
What is MS-DOS?
This man's untimely 2001 death is often attributed to his refusal to wear something known as a HANS device.
Who was Dale Earnhardt?
Of the following, the first Shuttle to fly in space: Challenger, Endeavor, Columbia
What is Columbia?
This state was originally created when it seceded from another state to avoid fighting for the Confederacy.
What is West Virginia?
Weezer charted three singles from their debut album- Undone (the Sweater Song), Buddy Holly, and this 1995 lament.
What is "Say It Ain't So"?
This company unsuccessfully fielded a challenger to the VHS video format called Beta-Max.
What is Sony?
This well-known 19th century political thinker's last words were: "Last words are for people with nothing left to say!"
Who was Karl Marx?
Neal Armstrong was credited as the first astronaut to gain control of an out-of-control spacecraft during this NASA program.
What was Gemini?
In private recordings not released until after his death, this Secretary of State once referred to US soldiers as "dogs" while speaking to President Nixon.
Who was Henry Kissinger?
This was the worst-selling of Weezer's first 5 albums.
What is Maladroit?
A regenerative breaking system is normally found in this type of car.
What is a hybrid?
This man was the victim of a drunken king's errant request: "Won't someone rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
Who was Thomas of Becket?
This dog was famous for becoming the first animal in space. Sadly, she didn't return alive.
Who was Laika?
One tracing the path of this famous duo's expedition can locate former campsites by mercury deposits in the topsoil.
Who were Louis and Clark?
"The Angel and the One" is the closer to this Weezer album.
What is the Red Album?
This device was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in a failed attempt to save the life of a US President.
What is the metal detector?
This Lazytown actor and subject of a widespread meme tragically died of cancer in 2018.
Who was Stefan Karl Stefansson?
A cosmonaut by the last name Tereshkova became world famous for this historic "first."
What is "First woman in space"?
The Ford Motor Company has knowingly sold two vehicles with fatal flaws after deciding the lawsuits arising from deaths would be cheaper than a recall. This one was introduced in the 1970s.
What is the Pinto?
This song, released on 1996's Pinkerton, asks the rhetorical question "if everyone's a little queer, can't she be a little straight?"
What is "Pink Triangle"?
RISC is a type of architecture associated with what critical piece of common electronics?
What are processors?
A physicist named Louis Alexander Slotin was killed in a 1946 "criticality accident" while running tests on a component of this type of deadly device.
What is an atomic bomb?
This was the site of the first manned lunar landing.
What is the Sea of Tranquility?
This American general was so paranoid of German infiltrators at his base in Europe that he reportedly sprayed the bushes outside his headquarters with a hail of machine gun fire.
Who was Omar Bradley?
Brian Bell, rhythm guitarist for the band, replaced this man shortly before the release of the band's debut album.
Who is Jason Cropper?