War Movies
1987 film starring Robin Williams as a radio funny man sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of soldiers.
What is Good Morning Vietnam?
Push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in ones feet and legs.
What is jump?
America's favorite pie.
What is apple pie?
In 1900 Louis Lasse answered a customer's rush order for something "quick and delicious" at his New Haven lunch wagon, putting broiled ground beef between toasted bread slices and inventing this American staple.
What is the hamburger?
Vanna White turns the letters on this show.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
In the 1988 film, this actor takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan whose three brothers have been killed in combat.
Who is Tom Hanks?
Talk in a friendly and informal way.
What is chat?
This pie was first introduced at the second Thanksgiving in 1623.
What is pumpkin pie?
Noah Webster was the author of this type of book in 1828, which shaped what we now consider American spelling.
What is a dictionary? (American Dictionary of the English Language).
Hosted Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975, and the Price is Right from 1972 to 2007.
Who is Bob Barker?
1957 movie where British POW's are ordered by their Japanese captors to construct a bridge of high importance.
What is Bridge Over the River Kwai?
Engrave by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed.
What is etch?
Pie consisting of a shortened pastry base filled with a citrus curd and a topping made of whipped egg whites and sugar.
What is lemon meringue pie?
In 1775, CT native David Bushnell created the first of this kind of watercraft which he called "The Turtle," which was used to attempt to bomb a British Warship in New York Harbor.
What is a submarine?
In this game, 4 couples, each married less than 2 years, compete for prizes by answering questions about their relationship.
What is the Newlywed Game?
1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppolla where a Captain played by Martin Sheen takes a perilous and hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate a Colonel played by Marlon Brando, who has gone completely crazy.
What is Apocalypse Now?
To wound or injure so that part of the body is permanently damages.
What is maim?
This pie, originating in New England, is actually a cake containing sponge cake, custard or whipped cream, and chocolate glaze.
What is Boston cream pie?
Eli Whitney attended Yale University and lived in New Haven, where he worked on this invention.
What is the cotton gin?
Game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win prizes. The board is a vertical stock of open faced cubes each occupied by a celebrity.
What is Hollywood Squares?
Epic anti-war film based on the 1929 German novel. It has been adapted several times including 1930, 1979 and 2022.
What is All Quiet on the Western Front?
To encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.
What is abet?
A type of pie made with molasses associated with Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine.
What is Shoofly pie?
Yale University students would toss and catch empty pie tins from this pie company, which became a game picked up by student on other nearby college campuses.
What is Frisbee?
This game show teams up a celebrity and a contestant to guess the right word.
What is password?