Virginia is for Lovers
Although this famous poet only attended UVA for one year, you can still see the dorm room they (allegedly) resided in
Edgar Allen Poe
2012 (78)
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
What is the #1 purchased candy for Halloween?
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Only beer brewed within this city's limits may be sold at Oktoberfest
Munich
Newton's third law of motion states that "for every action there is" one of these
"an equal and opposite reaction"
Virginia is called the "Mother of Presidents". How many presidents have been born in VA?
8; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson
1984 (79)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Who wrote the classic horror novel, Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
This festival symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance
Diwali
The process of photosynthesis converts water & carbon dioxide into organic compounds & this gas
Oxygen
DD#2
Loving
1979 (80)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
In an early scene, Victor Van Dort practiced his wedding vows and inadvertently used which word instead of "bride"?
Wine
This celebration occurs on the summer solstice celebrating the longest day of the year
Midsummer or Midsommar
The tarsals & the metatarsals are among the 26 bones that make up this body part
The foot
When it comes to collegiate sports the University of Virginia is in which conference?
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
1993 (81)
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
October 16, 1958- Chevrolet begins to sell a car-truck hybrid that is called what?
The El Camino
DD#1
Holi (Festival of Colors)
5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome
The Locus
What year did VA become a state? (within 2 years)
1788; it was the 10th state
2000 (82)
Smooth (Santana ft. Rob Thomas)
From 1952-1969 the U.S. Air Force investigated unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, as part of what project?
Project Blue Book
This is a traditional Italian festival where streets are covered with massive, intricate carpets and mosaics made from fresh flower petals, leaves, seeds, and soil
Infiorata
Discovered around 1961, mRNA is this special kind of RNA that directs protein synthesis within a cell
Messenger