The Modern Kitchen
TV Pairs
Remembering the Late 1970s
Famous First Names
An ’80s Afternoon at the Movies
Best of Broadway Musicals
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This accidental discovery is found in most kitchens and is often used to reheat or defrost meals and pop popcorn.

What is microwave?

100

Batman and his sidekick

Who is Robin?

100

Debby Boone’s “You Light Up [two missing words]” was a hit tune

What is My Life?

100

Pfeifer, Obama, and Kwan

: What is Michelle?

100

Michael J. Fox plays a teenager who time travels into the past in a DeLorean time machine invented by a scientist in the 1985 film Back to the [missing word]

What is Future?

100

The tune “Memory” comes from this long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

What is Cats?

200

If you like your morning coffee to have peak flavor, you probably have one of these small appliances to prepare your coffee beans

What is coffee grinder?

200

BJ Hunnicutt and his best war buddy on M*A*S*H

Who is Hawkeye (Pierce)?

200

Most states began allowing righthand turns in this instance while driving after a complete stop

What is on a red light?

200

Burnett, Channing, King

What is Carol(e)?

200

Dustin Hoffman stars in this 1982 film about an actor who doubles as a daytime female soap opera actress. He plays the dual role of Michael Dorsey and Dorothy Michaels

: What is Tootsie?

200

This 1950s-era musical—about a bad boy and a goody two shoes who are teens in love—was made into a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

: What is Grease?

400

This small appliance sucks air out of food packages to keep foods fresh longer.

What is vacuum sealer?

400

Laverne and her best friend

Who is Shirley?

400

This Navratilova won her first grand slam by defeating Chris Evert at Wimbledon.

Who is Martina?

400

DeNiro, Downey Jr., and Redford

What is Robert?

400

Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson star in this 1983 movie as next-door neighbors. She’s a mother with mother-daughter problems, and he’s a retired astronaut.

What is Terms of Endearment?

400

The tune “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” comes from this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about Juan Peron’s wife, first lady of Argentina.

What is Evita?

600

These appliances make authentic Italian coffee drinks

What are espresso machines?

600

Cagney and this detective

Who is Lacey?

600

This disease for which we used to take vaccinations was eradicated in North America.

What is smallpox?

600

Douglas, Keaton, and Landon

What is Michael?

600

This 1981 film stars Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. He plays a spoiled man who stands to gain a fortune if he marries a woman he doesn’t love. However, he then falls for Linda Morolla (Minnelli), a woman of no means.

What is Arthur?

600

“I Don’t Know How to Love Him” comes from one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s earliest musicals, a rock opera about Christ.

: What is Jesus Christ Superstar?

800

Use this appliance for quick and easy fried foods without the frying.

What is air fryer?

800

Captain Kirk and this person on Star Trek

Who is Mr. Spock?

800

Three Americans crossed the Atlantic Ocean by this means of travel on August 17, 1978. The apparatus was called the Double Eagle II

What is hot-air balloon?

800

Rickles, Knotts, McLean

What is Don?

800

Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, and Jeff Conrad play the Jarrett family in this 1980 film about a grief-stricken family in the aftermath of their other son’s accidental death. The title of the film is [missing word] People

What is Ordinary?

800

This Bob Fosse Broadway musical about the Jazz Era is set in the Windy City.

What is Chicago?

1000

People used to be afraid to use pressure cookers, but this modern counter appliance removes the fear.

What is Instapot or instant pot?

1000

Frasier and his brother

Who is Niles?

1000

This New York team won the World Series in both 1977 and 1978

What is New York Yankees?

1000

Hopkins, Quinn, Nugent

What is Anthony?

1000

In this 1989 film, Kevin Costner stars as Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer. He hears the words “If you build it, he will come” and interprets those words as meaning he should build a baseball field in his cornfield.

What is Field of Dreams?

1000

The Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles was adapted into this film starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

What is The Birdcage?