U.S. Presidents
Oscar Winning Performances
Writer Invented Vocab
Sports Potpourri
Before and After
400
He was the first U.S. President.
Who was George Washington?
400
Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump
Who is Tom Hanks?
400
In his novel The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens created this word to describe someone who is clumsy. Much later it also became the name of a famous candy bar promoted by characters from The Simpsons.
What is butterfingers?
400
It's the name of our MLS club here in Colorado.
What is the Rapids?
400
Dr. Seuss's famous breakfast with a tragic Shakespearean twist.
What is Green Eggs and Hamlet?
800
On JFK's assassination, this man became the second U.S. President from the State of Texas.
Who was Lyndon Johnson? (Eisenhower, who was raised in Kansas, was the first to be born in Texas.)
800
June Carter Cash in Walk the Line
Who is Reese Witherspoon?
800
Czech playwright Karel Čapek coined this term in 1921 to mean forced artificial worker. It has evolved to mean any gleaming metal automaton.
What is robot?
800
Of active NFL quarterbacks, he has the most Super Bowl rings.
Who is Patrick Mahomes?
800
2008 Tony Stark movie meets 2013 Clark Kent movie.
What is Iron Man of Steel?
1200
This 4th U.S. President was the main author of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Who was James Madison?
1200
Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the Silence of the Lambs
Who is Anthony Hopkins?
1200
This feline-inspired term, to mean someone who is afraid, was first used by Dorothy Parker in her 1933 short story, The Waltz.
What is scaredy-cat?
1200
The Colorado Avalanche moved from this Canadian city, that is also the name of the province in which it resides.
What is Quebec City?
1200
Jiminy Cricket song about making dreams come true for Luke Skwyalker.
What is When You Wish Upon a Star Wars?
1600
DAILY DOUBLE
The only U.S. President never elected by the people to serve as President or Vice President.
1600
Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore in Sinners
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
1600
The word "grok," which means to understand something at a visceral level, was created by this author of the 1961 Hugo Award winning novel, Stranger in a Strange Land.
Who was Robert A. Heinlein?
1600
DAILY DOUBLE
This classic comedic duo performed the iconic, baseball-inspired routine, "Who's on First?".
1600
Jack in Titanic shouting about cyberspace.
What is I'm the King of the World Wide Web?
2000
Before Donald Trump, he was the only U.S. President elected to non-consecutive terms.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
2000
Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy
Who was Jessica Tandy?
2000
First used in short stories and his 1982 novel Neuromancer, William Gibson invented this word, a synonym today for World Wide Web, the net, or the cloud.
What is cyberspace?
2000
The main center court at the U.S. Open Tennis Championship is named for the American tennis icon.
Who was Arthur Ashe?
2000
The first direction in the dance routine from Rocky Horror's "Time Warp," for the hosts of tonight's event.
What is It's just a jump to the Left Field Publishing?