Pre-Colonial Names
This Andean capital’s pre-Columbian name, sounds suspiciously similar to a David Spade character.
What is Cuzco?
Three nerds, a lawyer, and two kids have a really bad time visiting a zoo that hasn't opened yet.
What is Jurassic Park?
Sightings near Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966–67 described this winged figure with glowing red eyes.
What is Mothman?
The day before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave this speech at Mason Temple Church.
What is "I've Been to the Mountaintop?"
This 1945 British novel was often accompanied with the subtitle: "A Contemporary Satire."
What is Animal Farm?
Before becoming Ceylon, this island was called this; a shortening of the modern name.
What is Lanka?
A short guy tries to destroy his older relatives' jewelry.
What is Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring?
This werewolf/sasquatch mashup sighted in Louisiana is essentially Cajun Bigfoot.
What is the Rougarou/Loup-Gaux-Roup?
Elvis' first album, featuring "Heartbreak Hotel," was released by RCA in 1956, and was given this creative name.
What is Elvis Presley?
Harriet Beecher Stowe's neighbor while she lived in Hartford, CT, who was also a well-known author.
Who is Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain?
This pre-colonial endonym for Ethiopia is still used today.
What is Abyssinia?
A country girl desperately tries to get out of a marriage while her lover's friend is dead-set on murder and vengeance?
What is The Princess Bride?
This 'monster' sighted in the Southwest turned out to just be a mangy coyote.
What is chupacabra?
Before relocating to Memphis in 2001, the Grizzlies played this many seasons in Vancouver.
What is six?
This 1950s novel was in Mark David Chapman's hand when he shot John Lennon.
What is "The Catcher In the Rye?"
This West African empire is located along the Ivory Coast, and interestingly has little geographical association to the modern country of the same name.
What is Ghana?
A kid violently harasses two poor guys in Chicago.
What is Home Alone?
This state leads the country in Bigfoot sightings, with over 700 reported so far.
What is Washington?
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was originally founded in 1912 to be a hospital for this disease.
What is yellow fever?
Dickens loved putting pieces of his life into his books, including where he bases this titular character off of himself.
Who is David Copperfield?
This name used by the Mexica people for their capital translates roughly to “place of the prickly pear cactus”
What is Tenochitlan?
With the help of two friends, a conspiracy theorist commits a felony to thwart his former business partner.
What is National Treasure?
This sea monster is believed to inhabit Lake Champlain in Vermont.
What is Champ?
This 6'6 guard/forward was named to the ABA All-Rookie team for the Memphis Tams in 1972.
Who is Johnny Neumann?
'Mark Twain' wasn't Samuel Clemens' only pen name; he also used this: A combination of a president, and a Scottish word meaning 'smooth grass.'
What is Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass?