The Lines Are Drawn
Vertical lines run this way.
Answer: What is up and down, or from top to bottom? The straight legs on the average dinner table are vertical lines.
In 1979, Dr. Sylvia Earle set a deep-diving record off the coast of Oahu in this U.S. state.
Answer: What is Hawaii? In her pressurized metal JIM suit, she dove 1,250 feet.
In 1985 sports news, Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm were inducted into this Hall of Fame.
Answer: What is the Baseball Hall of Fame? Brock was an outfielder for the Cardinals, while Wilhelm was a pitcher known for knuckleballs.
The 1980s biopic Raging Bull centers around the life of Jake LaMotta, a star in this high-contact sport.
Answer: What is boxing? Robert De Niro portrays the famously temperamental LaMotta.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is better known as this.
Answer: What is FIFA? Starting in 1977, FIFA began organizing youth soccer tournaments
This visual line separates the ocean from the sky.
Answer: What is horizon? The water doesn’t really meet the sky on the horizon; it’s an optical illusion. The beach is a great place to see the horizon unobscured
A hallmark in ocean exploration was Dr. Robert Ballard’s 1985 discovery of this sunken vessel.
Answer: What is the Titanic? The Ballard expedition found the wreck 12,500 feet below the surface off the coast of Newfoundland.
On January 19, 1985, his single “Born in the U.S.A.” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts.
Answer: Who is Bruce Springsteen? He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, the first year he was eligible.
Based on a book by Tom Wolfe, this ’80s film portrays the Mercury 7 astronauts.
Answer: What is The Right Stuff? Sam Shepard plays Chuck Yeager alongside other big names like Dennis Quaid (Gordon Cooper)
1991 saw the first World Cup for these players.
Answer: Who are women? The Women’s World Cup was first held in China.
White lines that run across the street at an intersection are known as this.
Answer: What is a crosswalk? The lines indicate pedestrian walkways for crossing the street.
A 1992 project began mapping the ocean surface by using these devices in orbit around the planet.
Answer: What are satellites? The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite helped scientists study ocean circulation and its effect on climate.
In April, Coca-Cola introduced this now-famous flop.
Answer: What is New Coke? This sweeter version of their popular soda didn’t last long; original Coke was back by July.
Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Penelope Allen star in this 1975 flick about amateur bank robbers.
Answer: What is Dog Day Afternoon? It is based on real events that happened in August 1972.
Due to increased usage, FIFA tightened regulations around the use of these during the 1980s.
Answer: What are performance-enhancing drugs/steroids? Players who are found to use performance-enhancing drugs can be banned from the sport worldwide under FIFA regulations.
This letter is made up of two diagonal lines that cross in the center.
Answer: What is X? The alphabet comprises many letters that are formed solely of straight lines. Other letters are made of curved lines or a combination of straight and curved
This organization, abbreviated NOAA, was founded in 1970.
Answer: What is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration? NOAA was formed under the Department of Commerce.
His final appearance as James Bond was in A View to a Kill.
Answer: Who is Roger Moore? Moore stars in seven Bond films, released between 1973 and 1985.
George C. Scott stars in this 1970 biopic of a controversial general, also named George.
Answer: What is Patton? One prop for the film was a set of ivoryhandled revolvers that were owned by General George S. Patton.
In 1971, this Brazilian soccer legend retired from international soccer.
Answer: Who is Pelé? He played his final professional game at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Some believe these imaginary straight lines connect sacred places, such as Stonehenge and the Giza Pyramids.
Answer: What are ley lines? Some believe ley lines are energetic and are associated with magnetic fields.
In the 1980s, underwater studies were improved by the advancement of AUVs, otherwise known as Autonomous these.
Answer: What are Autonomous Underwater Vehicles? The range and capabilities of these vehicles enabled sophisticated and detailed underwater studies.
On June 27, this iconic route from Chicago to Santa Monica was decertified.
Answer: What is Route 66? A huge cultural landmark associated with music, literature, and, of course, Burma Shave, parts of the route can still be visited.
This 2017 film deals with Washington Post owner Kay Graham and an exposé on government deception.
Answer: What is The Post? Real recordings, including those of former President Richard Nixon, are used in the film to lend a sense of reality to the biopic.
The 1994 World Cup was played in this nation, the first time it had been held outside of Europe or South America.
Answer: What is the United States? This was also the first World Cup Final to be decided based on a penalty shootout.