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This 34-letter tune is from Mary Poppins.
What is “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”?
Created by songwriting team Richard and Robert Sherman, the meanings of the roots of the word are as follows: super means “above,” cali means “beauty,” fragilistic means “delicate,” expiali means “to atone,” and docious means “educable.” Put it together and you get a loose definition of “atoning for educability through delicate beauty
This decade was full of Happy Days
What is the 1950s?
Although the show ran from 1974 to 1984, the story of the Cunningham family was set much earlier
This nation launched the first space station, the Salyut 1
What is the USSR?
The launch took place on April 19, 1971
One of two states that is rectangular in shape.
What is Colorado or Wyoming?
They are rectangular states due to the method of land surveying used during Western expansion
The largest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter? Its mass is 318 times the mass of Earth
This tune from The Sound of Music, which is set in summertime, has become a classic Christmas song
What is “My Favorite Things”?
As a marketing tool for the movie, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s music publishers talked Jack Jones into adding sleigh bells to the tune and including it on his Christmas album
The backstory for Dallas starts the Ewing family drama during this decade.
What is the 1930s?
Star-crossed lovers, family dynamics, and drama abound in this soap opera.
Launched and returned from space in 1981, this was the first reusable spacecraft
What is Columbia?
A tragic accident destroyed the spacecraft in 2003, but remnants can still be seen at the Kennedy Space Center
The state of Washington is home to the largest building in the world, which belongs to this aviation company.
What is Boeing?
The factory covers 98.3 acres (39.8 hectares)
Dutch artist who painted the famous painting The Starry Night
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
He painted it while in an asylum in France after he cut off part of his ear.
This hit, recorded by B. J. Thomas, is part of the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid score
What is “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”?
The song is also featured in other films, including Forrest Gump
This decade was the setting for M*A*S*H
What is the 1950s?
It tells the story of an army hospital during the Korean War and is one of the most beloved shows from the ’70s and early ’80s
This large space telescope was launched in 1990
What is the Hubble (space telescope)?
The reflecting telescope has since sent back breathtaking images of stars, nebulas, and more
This state has the largest economy in the United States
What is California?
It has the fifth-largest economy in the world, and its GDP is equivalent to India’s
Process plants use to convert sunlight to energy
What is photosynthesis?
We often equate this process with producing green leaves; however, other colors are also derived through photosynthesis. Algae use photosynthesis to generate their own food
You probably associate Andy Williams with this standard tune, but Holly Golightly introduced it first in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
What is “Moon River”?
Audrey Hepburn wasn’t a singer, and she barely whispers the lyrics while playing the guitar on her fire escape. Paramount wanted to can the tune, but Hepburn told them, “Over my dead body.
1980s science-fiction classic Star Trek: The Next Generation takes place in this century still to come.
What is the 2300s?
Set in 2360, the futuristic show centers around a group of peaceful space explorers
In 1976, an American probe discovered water frost on the surface of this planet
What is Mars?
The Viking 2 probe also found many elements essential to life, such as carbon and oxygen.
This state has the most incorporated companies.
What is Delaware?
According to Forbes, 68 percent of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware due to lenient tax laws
The name of the treaty that ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
It was signed at the Paris Peace Conference, which took place at the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Germany paid a heavy price for the war, ceding territory to neighboring countries and agreeing to international supervision of other lands, paying reparations to the Allies, and more
“Monkey See, Monkey Do” is featured in this film, starring Connie Francis and Harve Presnell
What is When the Boys Meet the Girls?
The film features tunes by popular performers of the day, including Connie Francis, Louis Armstrong, and Herman’s Hermits.
Much of the original Dark Shadows series takes place during this decade in the late 1700s
What is the 1790s?
The show tells the story of the Collins family and has been remade into both a TV series and a movie.
William Shepherd, Yury Gidzenko, and Sergey Krikalyov were the first resident crew to occupy this space object.
What is the ISS (International Space Station)?
The station boasts multiple laboratories for experiments and study of space.
Alaska is more than twice as large as this giant southern U.S. state.
What is Texas?
Alaska is the undisputed champion when it comes to the size of U.S. states. In fact, Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve alone is larger than 10 of the 50 U.S. states, at 13.2 million acres (5.3 million hectares)
The chemical symbol for gold on the periodic table
What is Au?
Its atomic number is 79. The symbol for silver is Ag, and its atomic number is 47
The hit song “Everybody’s Talking” is featured in this 1969 film
What is Midnight Cowboy?
It was written and first released by Fred Neil and later performed in the film by Harry Nilsson. Nilsson won a Grammy Award for his version of the tune
Recent TV show The Goldbergs has this decade as its setting, leading to many of the show’s iconic and nostalgic moments
What is the ’80s?
Creator Adam Goldberg based the show’s storylines around his real-life ’80s childhood.
The Apollo and this other spacecraft became the first two to achieve international docking in space, in 1975.
What is Soyuz?
The docking between the U.S. and Soviet crafts took place as part of a test project.
This state’s official state song is “Yankee Doodle
What is Connecticut?
The song was written by the British to mock the volunteer soldiers from Connecticut who fought in the French and Indian War
Main computer input device for text
What is keyboard?
Other computer input devices include the microphone for those who want to speak into the computer, and the mouse, which positions the cursor or selects text or images. A pen or stylus can be used with cell phones and notebooks that support them