Geography
This mountain range is the home of the Continental Divide.
Hint** think of Alberta & British Columbia
What are the Rocky Mountains.
The natural divide separates rivers’ directions toward one of the oceans. To the east of the divide, rivers run from west to east and empty into the Atlantic Ocean. To the west of the divide, rivers run from east to west and empty into the Pacific Ocean. All continents have this kind of divide.
When an advertised special isn’t available, ask for one of these so you can buy it at the advertised discount when it’s back in stock.
Rain ______.
What is a rain check?
Some stores have retired rain checks, but asking doesn’t hurt.
Giving this percentage means doing your best.
What is 110?
Lake Superior State University added the saying giving 110 percent to its list of banished terms in 1998 due to its illogical nature.
The 26th Amendment is ratified, lowering the voting age by three years.
What is the 1970s?
The amendment passed in July 1971, changing the voting age from 21 to 18.
It was in this song that Elton John sang, “Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band.”
A) Tiny Dancer
B) True Love
C) Out of the Blue
What is “Tiny Dancer”?
The popular song is featured in the 2000 film Almost Famous.
What is the longest River in Africa?
A) Black Kei River
B) Nile River
C) Mania River
What is the Nile River? Because the Nile has so many rivers feeding into it, pinpointing its exact source is difficult, but generally, it begins just south of the equator. It ends in Egypt, where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile basin alone covers 10 percent of the African landmass
This word is used to describe rain coming down in buckets or when it’s raining cats and dogs.
What is pouring?
You might hear “I was caught in the pouring rain.”
In the 90's, something great was "all that a a bag of" these.
What are chips?
The funny phrase was popularized as a pick-up line in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
The first use of the written word Internet to describe a tech phenomenon is recorded.
What is the 1970s?
The term internet was first used by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in their research paper on internetworking, published in 1974.
In his song “1999,” he sings that “life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant to last.”
A) Stevie Wonder
B) David Bowie
C) Prince
Who is Prince? Despite its upbeat sound, it is a protest song written about nuclear weapons.
Mount Rushmore is in this state.
A) South Dakota
B) North Dakota
C) Vermont
What is South Dakota?
Initial plans for the project ran out of money, so the creator and sculptor never got to finish the intended Hall of Records behind President Lincoln’s head or the granite staircase that would have led to it.
B.J. Thomas sang this song about raindrops.
A) Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
B) Singin' in the Rain
C) I Wish it Would Rain
What is “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”?
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song
Among the acronyms used in the '90s, FYI became popular shorthand for this phrase.
What is “for your information”?
Though in use since the 1940s, its popular everyday use has been on the rise since the ’90s, and it is used in texting lingo to this day.
This sci-fi film directed by George Lucas introduced audiences to a galaxy was released.
What is the 1970s?
Star Wars.
In “Come On Eileen,” this musical group sings, “No not us (no never); We are far too young and clever.”
A) The Beatles
B) Dexys Midnight Runners
C) The Rolling Stones
Who are Dexys Midnight Runners?
The band released this smash hit at a time when they were struggling and considering quitting music altogether.
The Dodecanese islands are in this body of water.
A) Aegean Sea
B) Ligurian Sea
What is the Aegean Sea? Rhodes is one of the Dodecanese islands.
She is the female lead in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain
A) Audrey Hepburn
B) Betty Davis
C) Debbie Reynolds
Who is Debbie Reynolds?
Gene Kelly plays the male leading role.
If you wanted someone to quiet down in the '90s, you might encourage them to talk to this body part.
What is the hand?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the saying originated as campus slang at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
This decade marked the historic March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech.
What is the 1960's?
This was his "I Have a Dream" speech.
In 1983, she sang “I wanna be the one to walk in the sun; Oh, girls, they wanna have fun.
A) Cyndi Lauper
B) Janis Joplin
C) Joni Mitchell
Who is Cyndi Lauper?
The song is actually a cover of a 1979 single by Robert Hazard, but Lauper reworked it into a girl power anthem.
This country has the most pyramids.
A) Egypt
B) Sudan
C) Indonesia
What is Sudan?
Sudan has more than 200 pyramids, and Egypt has only 138. Researchers say Egyptians did not build the pyramids in Sudan.
A) Johnny
B) Robert
C) Clayton
Who is (Little) Johnny?
It starts: “Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. Rain, rain go away; Little Johnny wants to play.”
This apian-sounding term for someone with a depressing or negative effect first appeared in 1992.
A) Party-pooper
B) Buzzkill
C) Sourpuss
What is a buzzkill?
The term even sparked a short-lived show on MTV.
This year marked the official launch of the first of the first iPhone by Apple, revolutionizing the mobile phone industry.
What are the 2000's?
Specifically 2007
In “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin reassures listeners not to be alarmed if there’s a bustle in their… this.
A) Hedgerow
B) Attic
C) Closet
What is hedgerow? The song was inspired by wanting an epic new sound with both acoustic and electric instruments