Movies & TV
In the TV Series, Ted Lasso, we are first introduced to Keely Jones when she is debating being one of two animals
Lion or a Panda
A modern term for when one did a great job; pulled it off well; had a lot of success with something
Ate it
Organelle responsible for synthesizing proteins in eukaryotic cells
Ribosomes
Which presidential library is located in Abilene, Kansas?
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
A sample of this gas was analyzed in the basement of Bailey Hall in 1905 making it the first time it was detected on earth
Helium
The TV show Strangers Things features this Parallel Universe.
The Upside Down
A 90s Slang term made popular by MTV show of the same name
Crib
The main factor driving the current, rapid loss of biodiversity worldwide
Habitat destruction/Fragmentation
This college town is known for being both the birthplace of Ameilia Eirhart and a demonic haunting.
Atchinson, KS
In the late 1870s, a KU chancellor declared university holidays and led groups of faculty members and students on a tree-planting excursion on this rocky campus hillside
Marvin Grove
This acclaimed, Oscar-winning filmmaker directed Happy Feet, Babe: Pig in the City and Mad Max: Fury Road.
George Miller
The action of showing great personal charm or magnetism
Rizz
This bacterium is responsible for causing tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic site, located in Olathe, KS was originally a stop for these three pioneer trails
Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails
The current football coach at the University of Kansas
Lance Leipold
This TV show invented the rerun to allow its star time to recover from pregnancy
I Love Lucy
This Gen Z term describes a scenario in which something is doomed to fail
Cooked
This type of microorganism causes malaria
Plasmodia
One of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Geography, this small state park boasts rock formations in the shape of what organism
Mushrooms (Mushroom Rock State Park)
The University of Kansas’ Crimson and Blue colors originate from these two universities.
Harvard and Yale
The fictional boy band in Pixar's Turning Red
4*Town
Often associated with Bart Simpson, this slang insults or dismisses something previously said
Eat my shorts
Process by which Nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia which plants can use
Nitrogen fixation
This chain of seven sandstone bluffs, located in Lindsborg, Kansas, is believed to be the spot where this conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (Coronado Heights Castle)
During this conflict there were protests that resulted in the burning of Strong Hall and the Kansas Union
Vietnam War