Famous Last Lyrics
(Song and Artist)
(Song and Artist)
2023: "Hate that I let this drag on so long, you can go to hell"
"Casual" Chappell Roan
A dish of large shrimp cooked Italian style with butter & garlic
Scampi
Leading exports from Honduras include these fruits, historically called "green gold" from their color when shipped
Bananas
The mitochondria are often called this nickname because they produce energy for the cell
The Powerhouse of the Cell
This country is home to the famous Oktoberfest and is often credited with perfecting the lager
Germany
Straddling two states, Lake Tahoe lies on the border of California and this neighbor to the east
Nevada
A mouselike boy grows up with Meg, Jo, Amy & Beth
Stuart Little Women
1993:
"All in all is all we are"
"All Apologies" Nirvana
A triangle with all sides of different lengths
Scalene
The ancient Mayan city of Tikal, known for its towering pyramids, lies deep in the jungles of this country.
Guatemala
The periodic table is arranged primarily by this atomic feature
Atomic Number
This trendy beer style, often cloudy and juicy, originated in New England and is low on bitterness
Hazy IPA
This massive mountain range surrounds Lake Tahoe and is responsible for both its alpine beauty and epic winter snowfall
Sierra Nevada
Darth Vader chops off Luke's hand, so Marty fills in on guitar at the dance
The Empire Strikes Back to the Future
1999:
"All that glitters is gold, only shootin' stars break the mold"
"All Star" Smash Mouth
This board game, invented in the 1930s, lets players build words for points—just don’t forget to yell it when you use all 7 tiles
Scrabble
Just follow your nose to Belize to discover the keel-bill type of this tropical bird, a national symbol
Toucan
This organ system transports oxygen, nutrients, and hormones through the body via the bloodstream
Circulatory System
Refreshing like a milkshake, this Irish beer nicknamed "the black stuff" is known for its unique texture
Guinness
The 1960 Winter Olympics, held near Lake Tahoe in this California resort town, put the region on the global map for winter sports
Squaw Valley
Rotund Cosby-voiced cartoon character who penned works like "The Plague" & "The Stranger"
Fat Albert Camus
2021:
"You said forever, now I drive alone past your street"
"Driver's License" Olivia Rodrigo
Because they’ll eat just about anything—trash, fruit, or leftovers—raccoons are considered this type of opportunistic feeder
Scavenger
This Central American country is the only one whose official language is English
Belize
This geological theory explains how Earth's lithospheric plates move and interact at boundaries
Plate Tectonics
This type of beer, known for its cloudy appearance and citrusy notes, gets its name from a German word meaning "wheat"
Hefeweizen
Though a natural lake, Tahoe’s modern shoreline was influenced by a dam built in 1913 to regulate outflow into this Nevada river
Truckee River
CBS sitcom about Ted Mosby's search for the nun who founded the order of the Missionaries of Charity in India
How I Met Your Mother Teresa
1969:“Planet Earth is blue, and there’s nothing I can do”
"Space Oddity" David Bowie
From stinger to pincers, this arachnid glows blue-green under UV light but scientists aren't sure to what purpose
Scorpion
One of the world's best ecotourism destinations, this nation is "rich" in places like the Monteverde Cloud Forest
Costa Rica
This classification level comes just above genus and below domain in taxonomy
Family
This bittering ingredient, essential to balancing the sweetness of malt, comes from the flowers of the Humulus lupulus plant
Hops
At 1,645 feet deep, Lake Tahoe is second only to this U.S. lake in depth
Crater Lake
Paul Blart portrayer takes a ride on a really big piece of fruit
Kevin James and the Giant Peach
1976: “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"
"Hotel California" The Eagles
We'll get to the point--it's a sword with a curved blade that was mostly used in the Middle East
Scimitar
The name of this capital city means "holy savior"
San Salvador
This sweet plant secretion that's full of sucrose, fructose & glucose serves to attract pollinators like birds & bees
Nectar
Singha beer from Thailand uses a mystical one of these beasts on its label
Lion
This Native American tribe, which lived around Lake Tahoe for thousands of years, regarded the lake as sacred
Washoe
Julia Roberts escapes from getting married to an evil doll boy
Runaway Bride of Chucky
2024: "You had that same look in your eyes I love you, don't act so surprised"
"Birds of a Feather" Billie Eilish
This small bone resides in the wrist, and can often fracture
Scaphoid
This Central American nation's flag features two blue stripes and five stars representing the original members of the Federal Republic of Central America.
El Salvador
This region of the inner Earth is prone to hot spots; volcanoes can form above them
The Mantle
Goldstar & Maccabee are beers from this nation
Israel
Before roads encircled Lake Tahoe, steamboats like the Tahoe and Nevada were vital for transporting these two things across the lake
People and Lumber
Pirate flag that symbolizes a 13th c. English scholar who was jailed when his talk of science was deemed heretical
Jolly Roger Bacon
2009: "Why'd you have to wait to find me, to find me?"
"You Found Me" The Fray
The name of this mineral with a tendency to split into layers comes from the Greek for "divided"
Schist
This volcano in Nicaragua shares its name with the city it overlooks and has a crater so deep the Spanish called it “The Mouth of Hell.”
Masaya
Neptune's moon Triton is the only big moon in our solar system that orbits in this 10-letter way, meaning backwards
Retrograde
Trappist monks in this small European country make Chimay & use the income to support their charitable works
Belgium
Once a bustling casino scene in the 1950s, the Tahoe town of Stateline attracted celebrities and this Rat Pack singer with rumored mob ties
Frank Sinatra
Movie in which Morgan Freeman chauffeurs Catherine Bach in her short shorts, perhaps in the General Lee
Driving Miss Daisy Duke
1984:
"I am human & I need to be loved, just like everybody else does"
"How Soon is Now" The Smiths
This monster was on the shore opposite the whirlpool Charybdis
Scylla
About 3,000 square miles in area, the largest lake in Central America is this one that bears the name of a country there
Lake Nicaragua
It's the process by which an atomic nucleus splits into 2 smaller nuclei, or how certain single-celled organisms reproduce
Fission
Lambic beers, including gueuze and kriek, are spontaneously fermented in the Zenne Valley near this European capital
Brussels
A lakefront estate in The Godfather Part II was said to be owned by this character, who met an icy end in a fishing boat
Fredo Corleone
Revolutionary Thomas Paine pamphlet about men & marriage in a Jane Austen work
Common Sense and Sensibility
2002:
"I better have you naked by the end of this song"
"Rock Your Body" Justin Timberlake
This word can describe both hardened arteries and a rigid, unresponsive bureaucracy
Sclerotic
These ruins in western Honduras were once a major Mayan cultural hub and feature a famous hieroglyphic staircase.
Copán Ruins
The epicanthus is a fold of skin at the inner corner of this part of the human body
The Eye
First brewed in 1842, Pilsner Urquell from this Central European republic is based on a beer first made in the Middle Ages
Czech Republic
Lake Tahoe sits in a basin formed by this type of faulting, where blocks of Earth’s crust drop between others
Normal Faulting
C.S. Lewis' Narnia book that showed off a little too much skin at the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Malfunction