Scientists and Discoveries
AFI 100 Years, 100 Movie Quotes
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Born in October
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"Po"pourri
100
Elisha Gray raced this inventor to the patent office, both to submit paperwork for a telephonic device. If Gray had gotten there first, he felt we should answer the phone with "Ahoy".
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
1939 “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
What is the Wizard of Oz?
100
This term was born because the rubber sole on the shoes allowed you to walk around undetected.
What is Sneakers?
100
The amusement attractions in this book and movie use mosquitos trapped in amber, taking DNA from the blood to clone dinosaurs.
What is Jurassic Park?
100
This is the capital city of Nevada.
What is Carson City?
100
This blue-green March birthstone and beryl family gem gets its name from the Latin words for “water” and “of the sea."
What is Aquamarine?
100
This Emmy winning actor is predominantly known for playing a Wisconsin greaser in a leather jacket; he was born on October 30, 1945.
Who is Henry Winkler?
100
When a chef juliennes a fruit or vegetable, the results look like this portable fire device.
What is a matchstick?
100
A pocketful of these are mentioned in an old nursery rhyme; they are small, hand-held bunches of flowers or a single bloom, also known as a nosegay or tussie-mussie.
What are Posies?
200
This scientist published On the Origin of Species in 1859, revolutionizing our understanding of biology and evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
1967 “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me… Aren’t you?"
What is The Graduate?
200
Nearly all authentic Christian Louboutin-designed shoes feature a sole painted this color. He felt his earliest designs lacked energy and added this feature after seeing his assistant polish her nails.
200
This book, subtitled A Modern Prometheus, is considered the first science fiction story.
What is Frankenstein?
200
This annual summer event sees Black Rock City pop up in the Nevada desert to host two weeks of art, self-expression, and self-reliance.
What is Burning Man?
200
Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires are the four gems considered this adjective.
What is Precious?
200
This singer, songwriter and member of the Beatles was born on Oct. 9 1940. If you're curious, his middle name is Winston.
Who is John Lennon?
200
This is the simple process of lightly coating moist food in a dry ingredient like flour, cornstarch, or cornmeal before you cook it, often to add a crunchy coating of seal in moisture.
What is Dredging?
200
This word for a downloadable audio blog comes from a portmanteau of a portable media player and a means of communicating to a lot of people at once.
What is a PODCAST?
300
Before becoming a revered author of children’s literature about woodland creatures, this naturalist and conservationist studied fungi and submitted a paper with her theory of their germination to the Linnean Society.
Who is Beatrix Potter?
300
1950 “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”
What is All About Eve?
300
Sandals named for this Vietnamese communist revolutionary are simple, durable footwear handcrafted from discarded vehicle tires
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
300
This Star Trek location is a planet of logic and discipline, home to Spock and others who suppress emotions for logical thinking.
What is Vulcan?
300
The "super bowl of" this sport is held in Las Vegas every December since 1985, when it moved from Oklahoma City
What is Rodeo?
300
In ancient Rome, men often wore these to seal important documents with wax.
What is a signet ring?
300
Harvey Kurtzman, creator of this humor and satire magazine, was born in 1902.
What is Mad Magazine?
300
When meat is browned in a pan, bits of caramelized juices remain in the pan. This process involves dissolving the bits in a liquid (like wine or stock) to form the basis for a sauce.
What is Deglazing?
300
This word describes any of several carnivorous mammals of the weasel family, especially a brown to black European mammal from which the domesticated ferret is derived.
What a a Polecat?
400
Pioneering female American doctor and medical researcher Leila Alice Denmark lived to be 114 and helped to develop the vaccine for whooping cough, also known as this bacterial disease.
What is Pertussis?
400
1991 “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”
What is Silence of the Lambs?
400
Shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo invented the wedge shoe in the 1940s when economic sanctions against Italy made it impossible to purchase this metal to make heels.
What is Steel?
400
According to this author:
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Who is Isaac Asimov?
400
This infamous gangster brought life into the once deserted Las Vegas when he founded the Flamingo casino in 1946
Who is Bugsy Seigel?
400
The three rings on a Cartier Trinity ring and the three symbols on an Irish Claddagh Ring (heart, hands and crown) each represent these three things.
What are love, friendship and fidelity (or loyalty)?
400
This novelist, writer of the Godfather (and its sequel, The Sicilian, was born Oct, 15, 1920
Who is Mario Puzo?
400
This C word is a French culinary cutting technique where the chef stacks leafy greens or herbs and cuts them into long, thin ribbon-like strips.
What is Chiffonade?
400
Similar to a balm of salve, this is a medicated covering, often using oils and herbs, used to heal an injury
What is a poultice?
500
This man was granted the first patent for the fully electronic television system in 1927 at just 21 years old in Provo, UT.
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
500
1949 “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!”
What is White Heat?
500
This grain-based English unit of length, standardized by Edward II in 1314 equates to 1⁄3 inch. This is the basis for current UK and North American shoe sizes.
What are Barleycorns?
500
This dystopian book series begins with the catalyst of a younger sister chosen to participate in a televised fight to the death and her older sister volunteering to take her place
What is The Hunger Games?
500
The peace treaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo ended this war in 1848. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million and in return received land that would become Nevada as well as other states near the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Mexican American war?
500
According to Hemming Jewelers, Dana Dane's 1987 rap "Nightmare" dropped the first use of this popular term for jewelry.
What is BLING?
500
This poet who claimed that the true end of poetry is to give pleasure “through medium of beauty”, and whose works include The Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, was born Oct 21, 1772.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
500
This term is a mixture of two liquids that normally do not mix, such as oil and water, held together by force or an added ingredient, such as mustard or an egg.
What is an Emulsion?
500
Most famously by Georges Seurat, this theory or practice in art consists of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together
What is Pointilism?