It's foul to have a defensive tackle jump offside into the neutral zone in this sport
What is American football?
1942:
The Battle of Midway
What is World War II?
In April 2009 this mail order DVD rental company delivered its 2 billionth movie
What is Netflix?
Ursine term for an investor who expects share prices to fall
What is bear?
Yikes!
Some of these sweet potato lookalikes can measure 6 feet long & weigh 100 pounds
What are yams?
The fifth season of this show is finding itself: Jin isn't dead after all; like others he's sort of displaced in time
What is Lost?
This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves)
What is baseball?
1814:
The Battle of Lake Champlain
What is the War of 1812?
Model Bar Refaeli graced the cover of this magazine in 2009 wearing nothing but a bikini
What is Sports Illustrated?
Rhyming with but less severe than a depression, it's 2 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth
What is a recession?
In 1973 Arab states attacked Israel on this Jewish Day of Atonement
What is Yom Kippur?
Joshua Jackson plays the son of a mad scientist on this "X-Files"-esque Fox show
What is Fringe?
In ice hockey, player A's shot is legal; player B's shot crosses two red lines, which is this infraction
What is icing?
1898:
The Battle of San Juan Hill
What is The Spanish-American War?
His return to bicycle racing took a fall when he fell & was injured during a race in March 2009
Who is Lance Armstrong?
It's the 4-letter word for the degree of hazard involved in making a loan or investment
What is risk?
Beware these snazzy dressers seen here--they can sting repeatedly
What are yellow jackets?
We were just getting into Michael Imperioli & Harvey Keitel on this "planetary" cop show, then it got canceled
What is Life on Mars?
This man lived to see basketball, the sport he invented, become an Olympic event in 1936
Who is James Naismith?
1951:
The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
What is The Korean War?
Robert Downey Jr. played Aussie actor Kirk Lazarus playing a black U.S. soldier in this recent film
What is Tropic Thunder?
Alliterative term for what you've got when spending equals income
What is a balanced budget?
It's another name for the Abominable Snowman
What is the Yeti?
Hey, Simon Baker plays this title crime solver on CBS; sure, he was a fraud in the past, but he gets the job done
What is The Mentalist?
An early advocate of cycling, Paul de Vivie experimented with geared bikes, leading to the perfection of this Frenched-named gearshifting device
What is the derailleur?
1415:
The Battle of Agincourt
What is The Hundred Years' War?
Born Curtis Jackson, this rap superstar took his stage name from an armed robber he knew in Brooklyn
Who is 50 Cent?
This 3-word concept describes the relationship between buyers, sellers & producers
What is supply and demand?
A dynasty in China from 1279 to 1368, it's also the name of China's basic unit of currency
What is Yuan?
They always call in science-loving biophysicist Jacob Hood at the last possible moment on this show
What is Eleventh Hour?