Fun Facts
This tiny creature can carry 5000 times its own body weight.
What is an ant?
The first manned craft to orbit the earth was this one, bearing Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin.
What is Vostok 1?
Overweight rodent. (1)
What is a 'fat rat'?
She made her Broadway debut in 1954 in "The Boyfriend" before she became famous for her role in "My Fair Lady," among others.
Who is Julie Andrews?
Rory Gilmore dreamed of attending this school, the oldest in the Ivy League.
What is Harvard?
Uranus is blue-green because of the presence of this gas in its atmosphere.
What is methane?
Alexei Leonov beat American Ed White to be the first to do one of these.
What is a space walk?
American kleenex. (2)
What is a 'Yankee hanky'?
This musical was based on T. H. White's 1958 novel "The Once and Future King."
What is Camelot?
Rory ended up going to this school, founded in 1701 but gaining its current name in 1718 thanks to a large donation from a Welsh merchant.
In 2018, Joey Chestnut set a world record by eating 74 of these in 10 minutes.
What are hot dogs?
This outer space accessory is also known as the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System.
What is the Canadarm?
An unsolved puzzle about the past. (3)
What is a 'history mystery'?
This composer's musical "Funny Face" starred Fred Astaire and his sister Adele when it debuted on Broadway in 1927.
Who is George Gershwin?
Of the 45 Presidents of the United States, this number of them were Ivy League graduates.
What is 16?
The biggest mystery in this author's life is her 10-day disappearance in 1926, which has never been explained.
Who is Agatha Christie?
During his time in space, Chris Hadfield sent home thousands of photographs and a recording of him singing this 1969 rock song.
What is David Bowie's "Space Oddity"?
Bureaucratic office for rentals. (3)
The creators of this hit Broadway musical are also responsible for the animated TV series "South Park."
What is "The Book of Mormon"?
A group of colleges including Amherst College, Wesleyan, and and Williams are sometimes referred to with this name.
What are the "Little Ivies"?
Two of the vertices of this fear-inducing watery landmark are Miami FL and San Juan PR.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
It would take 46 billion years for light to reach us from this location.
What is the edge of the known universe?
Major source of surprise. (4)
What is "predominant astonishment"?
This longest-running musical on Broadway opened its doors in January 1988 and is still playing today (or it would be, if it weren't for COVID-19).
What is "The Phantom of the Opera"?
The nine "colonial colleges," founded before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, include 7 Ivy League schools and these two others.