HISTORIC HISTORY
ON JULY 4, 1826
THIS EX-PRESIDENT DECLARED INDEPENDENCE FROM LIFE IN MONTICELLO, VIRGINIA
WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON ?
THIS TEMPORARY LOSS OF MEMORY OFTEN AFFLICTS MOVIE & TV CHARACTERS, LIKE SONNY CORINTHOS ON "GENERAL HOSPITAL"
WHAT IS AMNESIA ?
IT'S A BALLET DANCER'S SKIRT & ALSO A TYPE OF POISONOUS PLANT IN NEW ZEALAND
WHAT IS A TUTU ?
IT'S THE CRIME OF MAKING SOMEONE PAY YOU TO NOT REVEAL THEIR EMBARRASSING SECRETS
WHAT IS BLACKMAIL?
"ROUND THE USUAL SUSPECTS"
WHAT IS CASABLANCA (1942)?
IN 2010, THIS NATION PAID OFF ITS WAR DEBT -- THAT'D BE ITS WW1 DEBT -- FORKING OVER THE LAST 70 MILLION EURO IN REPARATIONS
WHAT IS GERMANY ?
JUGULAR VEINS TAKE BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEAD & THE CAROTIDS, THESE BLOOD VESELS BRING IT BACK
WHAT ARE ARTERIES ?
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC SAYS THIS "REFERS TO 'NORMAL' VISION, NOT 'PERFECT' VISION"
WHAT IS 20/20 ?
THIS 2-WORD FISHY TERM REFERS TO A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT IS A DISTRACTION FORM THE MAIN ISSUE
WHAT IS A RED HERRING ?
I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE
WHAT IS NETWORK (1976) ?
A U.S.-BACKED INVASION OF CUBA ON APRIL 17, 1961 AT THE BAHIA DE COCHINOS, OR THIS, ENDED IN FAILURE
WHAT IS THE BAY OF PIGS ?
EACH HALF OF THE BRAIN, LEFT AND RIGHT, IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THESE AND EACH HAS DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONS ?
WHAT IS A HEMISPHERE ?
IT'S THIS DELICIOUS SEMOLINA DISH OF NORTH AFRICA
WHAT IS COUSCOUS ?
THESE DRAWINGS ARE USED TO SHOW HOW TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING LIKE A BUILDING OR A MACHINE
WHAT IS A BLUEPRINT ?
WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES
WHAT IS PSYCHO (1960)?
WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THIS ATOMIC "PROJECT" TRACES BACK TO FEB. 1940, WHEN $6,000 WAS GIVEN TO START RESEARCH
WHAT IS THE MANHATTAN PROJECT ?
THIS ADJECTIVE IS THE "M" IN AN MRI DIAGNOSTIC TEST, SO DO TAKE YOUR KEYS & YOUR LUCKY COIN OUT OF POCKETS
WHAT IS MAGNETIC ?
FASHION'S GABRIELLE CHANEL WENT BY THIS FIRST NAME
WHO IS COCO ?
IT'S A STRUCTURE MADE OF GLASS TO GROW PLANTS, OR WHAT SOME FEAR MAN-MADE GASES ARE TURNING OUR PLANET INTO
"GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYIN"
WHAT IS THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)?
CATHERINE PARR BECAME WIFE NO.6 TO THIS MAN ON JULY 12, 1543, & BEATING THE ODDS, OUTLIVED HIM (BUT ONLY BY A YEAR)
WHO IS HENRY VIII ?
CALLED THE "MASTER GLAND", IT SITS AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN & SENDS HORMONES INTO THE BLOOD STREAM
WHAT IS THE PITUITARY GLAND ?
DID YOU STUDY UP ON YOUR CALCULUS? BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER WORD FOR THIS HARD YELLOWISH SUBSTANCE THAT CAN CAUSE TOOTH DECAY
WHAT IS TARTAR ?
A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAS BEEN WOUNDED IN ACTION MAY RECEIVE THIS MEDAL
WHAT IS A PURPLE HEART ?
Suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong. It sounds crazy, Keyes, but it's true, so help me. I couldn't hear my own footsteps. It was the walk of a dead man.
WHAT IS DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) ?