PEOPLE IN HISTORY
CHEMISTRY
THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY

THE 1980s
FAMOUS MOVIE QUOTES
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After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699

Who is William Penn?

400

It's the branch of chemistry generally concerned with non-carbon elements & their compounds

What is Inorganic chemistry?

400

This global movement opposed fascism and totalitarian regimes during the 20th century.

What is anti-fascism?

400

This British singer released the hit album Faith in 1987 and later became one of the decade’s biggest pop stars.

Who is George Michael?

400

“May the Force be with you.”

What is Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope?

800

This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

800

This type of bond is formed when two atoms share electrons.

What is a covalent bond?

800

A disappointing end after a big buildup

What is an Anti-climax?

800

This 1986 disaster in Ukraine is considered the worst nuclear accident in history.

What is the Chernobyl disaster?


800

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

What is Jaws?

1200

First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster

What is Sinking of the Titanic?

1200

This element makes up about 78% of normal dry air by volume

What is Nitrogen?

1200

Sherman's "Act" of 1890

What is the Anti-Trust Act?

1200

In a 1985 hit, Prince sang of a girl wearing this title article, "and if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more"

What is "Raspberry Beret"?

1200

“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.”

What is Forrest Gump?

1600

In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

1600

For ice, it's 0 degrees Celsius; for tungsten, it's 3,410 degrees Celsius

What is melting point?

1600

Signed May 26, 1972, it's abbreviated as the ABM Treaty

What is Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?

1600

In 1981, this first female prime minister of the United Kingdom began her second term, famously nicknamed the “Iron Lady.”

Who was Margaret Thatcher? 

1600

“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

What is Back to the Future?

2000

This Lakota leader helped defeat Custer at Little Bighorn in 1876 and later toured with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show.

Who is Sitting Bull?

2000

It's an atom that has gained or lost one or more electrons, & carries a positive or a negative charge

What is an Ion?

2000

In immunology, this molecule binds specifically to antigens to neutralize or mark them for destruction.

What is an antibody?

2000

On Nov. 29, 1981 this film actress drowned after falling from a yacht moored off Catalina Island

Who was Natalie Wood?

2000

Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury.

What is a few good men?