CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD CINEMA
HUMPHREY BOGART PLAYS CYNICAL CLUB OWNER RICK BLAINE, WHO UTTERS THE FAMOUS LINE, "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID," IN THIS 1942 WARTIME DRAMA.
WHAT IS CASABLANCA?
THIS CLASSIC ITALIAN DISH FEATURES LAYERS OF PASTA, MEAT SAUCE, RICOTTA, AND MELTED MOZZARELLA CHEESE.
WHAT IS LASAGNA?
OFTEN CALLED THE "POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL," THIS ORGANELLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING MOST OF THE CELL'S CHEMICAL ENERGY.
WHAT IS THE MITOCHONDRION (OR MITOCHONDRIA)?
THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A MINI TREE, THIS GREEN VEGETABLE BELOGNS TO THE CABBAGE FAMILY AND ITS NAME COMES FROM THE ITALIAN NAME FOR "CABBAGE SPROUT."
WHAT IS BROCCOLI?
REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE, ORSON WELLES DIRECTED, PRODUCED, AND STARRED AS NEWSPAPER TYCOON CHARLES FOSTER KANE IN THIS 1941 MASTERPIECE.
WHAT IS CITIZEN KANE?
THIS GREEN, CREAMY MEXICAN DIP IS PRIMARILY MADE FROM MASHED AVOCADOS, LIME JUICE, ONIONS, AND CILANTRO.
WHAT IS GUACAMOLE?
THIS CHEMICAL ELEMENT WITH THE SYMBOL K ON THE PERIODIC TABLE, IS FAMOUSLY FOUND IN HIGH AMOUNTS IN BANANAS
WHAT IS POTASSIUM?
THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF FULL-SIZED ACUOSTIC STRING INSTRUMENT USES A BOW, IS PLAYED SITTING DOWN BETWEEN THE KNEES, AND IS TUNED AN OCTAVE LOWER THAN A VIOLA.
WHAT IS A CELLO?
IN THIS 1950 FILM NOIR CLASSIC, GLORIA SWANSON PLAYS NORMA DESMOND, A FADED SILENT FILM STAR WHO UTTERS THE LINE, "I AM BIG! IT'S THE PICTURES THAT GOT SMALL."
WHAT IS SUNSET BOULEVARD?
NAMED FOR THE TRADITIONAL SKILLET IT'S COOKED IN, THIS VIBRANT SPANISH RICE DISH OFTEN FEATURES SAFFRON, CHORIZO, SEAFOOD, AND PEAS.
WHAT IS PAELLA?
TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 186,000 MILES KPER SECOND, THIS IS THE UNIVERSAL SPEED LIMIT THAT NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE CAN EXCEED
WHAT IS THE SPEED OF LIGHT?
THIS DEEP, NARROW VALLEY IN ARIZONA WAS CARVED OUT OVER MILIONS OF YEARS BY THE COLORADO RIVER AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
WHAT IS THE GRAND CANYON
THIS 1934 ROMANTIC COMEDY STARRING CLARK GABLE AND CLAUDETTE COLBERT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE TO SWEEP ALL FIVE MAJOR ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE.
WHAT IS IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT?
THIS BAKING TECHNIQUE USES A HEAVY IRON POT WITH A LID TO TRAP STEAM, GIVING HOMEMADE SOURDOUGH BREAD ITS SIGNATURE CRISPY, BLISTERED CRUST.
WHAT IS A DUTCH OVEN?
THE COLORFUL ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN LIGHTS, IS CAUSED BY SOLAR WINDS COLLIDING WITH EARTH'S MAGENTIC FIELD. WHAT IS ITS OFFICAL NAME
WHAT IS THE AURORA BOREALIS?
THIS TIMELESS 1961 SOUL BALLAD, ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY BEN E. KING, FEATURES A FAMOUS WALKING BASSLINE AND CONTAINES THE LYRICS, "NO I WON'T BE AFRAID, OH I WON'T BE AFRAID, JUST AS LONG .......................ME"?
WHAT IS "STAND BY ME"
THIS 1952 MUSICAL COMEDY STARRING GENE KELLY, DONALD O'CONNOR, AND DEBBIE REYNOLDS SPECTACULARLY SATIRIZES HOLLYWOOD'S DIFFICULT TRANSITION FROM SILENT FILMS TO "TALKIES" IN THE LATE 1920'S
WHAT IS SINGING IN THE RAIN?
THIS CHEMICAL REACTION, NAMED AFTER A FRENCH PHYSICIAN, OCCURS WHEN HEATING FOODS TO TURN THEM BROWN AND UNLOCK COMPLEX, SAVORY FLAVORS, LIKE SEARING A STEAK OR TOASTING BREAD.
WHAT IS THE MAILLARD REACTION?
THIS IS THE ONLY TYPE OF ROCK THAT CAN FLOAT ON WATER, FORMED WHEN FROTHY, GAS-CHARGED LAVA COOLS RAPIDLY DURING A VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
WHAT IS PUMICE?
THIS ICONIC BRITISH ROCK BAND CROSSED LONDON'S ABBEY ROAD FOR A FAMOUS ALBUM COVER AND ASKED LISTENERS TO "LET IT BE" IN THEIR FINAL RELEASED STUDIO ALBUM.
WHO ARE THE BEATLES?