Childhood Toys
Beloved by boys and first introduced in 1968 and often sold in sets, the very first one out of production was a dark blue custom Camaro.
What are Hot Wheels cars?
This 2012 movie from a popular book by Dr. Seuss makes a strong case about climate change.
What is The Lorax.
The roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is destroyed by fire.
BC: April 15, 2019
Which rapper's track Uno inspired the #UnoDanceChallenge?
Who is Ambjaay?
This is where Ms. Austin grew up.
What is Chicago (or the Chicago area)?
This is the value of the Earth's gravitational field (must be specific).
What is 10 N/kg?
Ruth Handler worked with a former Pentagon engineer to make this toy for her daughter, to encourage her to think of an adult future beyond 'wife and mother'.
What is the Barbie Doll?
What is 'The Croods'?
Barbenheimer
AC: July 21, 2023
Of 'The Dougie', 'The Milly Rock', 'The Ol' Razzle Dazzle' and 'The Floss', this move is not featured in the #DipAndLeanChallenge.
What is 'The Ol' Razzle Dazzle'?
This is where Ms. Austin went to college.
What is University of Arizona (BS) in Tucson or University of Texas at Austin (PhD)? (either answer)
T/F: Objects must touch in order to exert forces on each other.
False: field forces (gravitational, electric, magnetic) exert force from a distance
Laid end-to-end, the number of these colorful building toys sold each year would reach five times around the world (24,900 miles).
What are legos?
This 2014 movie was based on a popular line of Danish plastic construction toys.
What is The Lego Movie?
Joe Biden elected president of the US.
DC: Nov 2020
Which BLACKPINK song inspired millions of TikTok dances?
What is Kill This Love?
This is Ms. Austin's favorite record album.
What is Dark Side of the Moon? (Pink Floyd)
Recite any of the kinematics equations
∆x = v0t + 1/2at2
v = v0 + at
v2 = v02 + 2a∆x
If you did it successfully, double points. If not, just for picking the question you got 300 points!
Name your favorite childhood toy.
Congrats--you just got 400 points!
This 2015 animated comedy film is a prequel to Despicable Me (2010) about pill-shaped creatures that evolved from single-cell organisms.
What is Minions?
Brexit (Britain withdrew from European Union)
DC: January 2020
What was the name of the dance challenge created by DJ Noisestorm, where people moved from side to side?
What is
What is 2?
Claire and Trevor
The unit in which you learned about LOL charts
What is energy?
This popular toy that includes over 100 words in its native language was banned by the National Security Agency over fears it could possibly record and repeat confidential material.
What is the furby?
Sing any song from a movie from your childhood.
Sing and you get 500 points.
God's Plan was the top Billboard song of the year
BC: 2018
T/F There's a TikTok dance inspired by Mr. Bean
True
This is Ms. Austin's husband's college major.
What is music?
Piano performance--undergrad
Composition & Theory--Masters and Doctorate
Name any scientist who published research in the 19th Century.
Max Planck, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, Heinrich Hertz, Michael Faraday, Ernest Rutherford, John Dalton, Sadi Carnot
This remote-controlled toy by Sphero rolled into living rooms for Christmas before fans saw it on the big screen in the first of the three Star Wars sequels.
What is BB-8?
This 2016 movie created by Garth Brooks tells the story of a theater owner who creates a singing competition to get out of debt.
What is Sing?
Russia invades Ukraine
AC: February 2022
Do the Oh Na Na Na
Surprise--you get 600 points!
You lose points if you don't at least try.
This is the formal name for the study of motion.
What is kinematics.