19th CENTURY INVENTORS
CLASSIC MOVIES
AROUND THE BIBLE
1990s POP/ROCK
NASA
100
In 1880 he invented the photophone, which transmitted speech via light waves
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
100
For Julie Andrews, the hills were alive with this, the title of a 1965 musical
What is The Sound of Music
100
Matthew 10:2 tells us that Jesus recruited this many apostles
What is 12
100
Their "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" was featured in the movie "Armageddon"
Who is Aerosmith
100
NASA took up JFK's 1961 challenge to do this by decade's end & met it with 5 months to spare
What is Put a man on the moon
200
In 1854 he demonstrated his elevator safety device by ascending in an elevator & having the rope cut
Who is Elijah Otis
200
Jimmy Stewart finds out what it would be like if he'd never been born in this Christmas film
What is It's A Wonderful Life
200
Upright man who moaned, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return."
Who is Job
200
In a 1995 hit he asked, "Have you ever really loved a woman?"
Who is Bryan Adams
200
NASA took up W's 2004 challenge to do this as the first of "the next steps of space exploration"
What is Put a man on Mars
300
In 1863 this Swede developed a detonator for nitroglycerin that used shock rather than heat
Who is Alfred Nobel
300
Organized crime is the real Corleone family business in this 1972 classic
What is The Godfather
300
This king got angry & killed all the babies in Bethlehem
Who is King Herod
300
In the '90s they peppered the charts with songs like "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There"
Who is The Spice Girls
300
NASA radar checks out ECAs, Earth-orbit crossing these, in case one is about to wipe out civilization
What is an Asteroid
400
He conceived the idea of his revolver pistol by observing a ship's capstan on a voyage to India in 1830
Who is Samuel Colt
400
Margaret Hamilton played Miss Gulch & the Wicked Witch in this film
What is The Wizard of Oz
400
Cain's 5-word question to God in Genesis 4:9, when asked of Abel's whereabouts
What is Am I my brother's keeper
400
In 1992 it was hardly the "End Of The Road" for this group, whose hit spent 13 weeks at No. 1
Who is Boyz II Men
400
Before Buzz Aldrin stepped out of the lunar module on July 20, 1969 he took part in this Christian sacrament.
What is Communion
500
In 1837 he developed the steel plow & tested it on Lewis Crandall's farm near Grand Detour, Illinois
Who is John Deere
500
This 1975 comedy includes the line "We are the knights who say Ni!"
What is Monty Python and The Holy Grail
500
In John 20 this woman finds that the boulder in front of Jesus' tomb has been rolled away & that he is gone
Who is Mary Magdalene
500
Who Bumped Michael Jackson off The #1 Spot In January 1992?
Who is Nirvana
500
Named for this rocketry pioneer, NASA's first space flight center was set up when NASA was 1
What is Goddard