Teubner Truths
Edair graduated high school in 1951, what year did Harlan graduate?
What is 1952.
The red-and-white image of Santa Claus was popularized in the 20th century largely through advertising by this company.
What is Coca-Cola?
This player scored 100 points in a single NBA game, but never won an NBA championship during his career.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
This chocolate bar’s name comes from a family surname—not from a sound, a texture, or what happens when you eat it.
What is Hershey’s?
Who was president for more than two terms?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This was the name of Grandpa Ron’s father.
What is Fred.
In A Christmas Carol, this author named his famously miserable character after a word meaning “to squeeze.”
Who is Charles Dickens?
(Ebenezer Scrooge)
This NBA franchise drafted Dirk Nowitzki but traded him before he ever played a regular-season game.
Who are the Milwaukee Bucks?
Originally marketed as a throat-soothing lozenge, this candy didn’t lean into its fruity identity until the mid-20th century.
What are Lifesavers?
Which war ended with the Treaty of Paris?
What is the American Revolutionary War?
The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War.
Ron and Edair were married on this date.
What is June 21, 1957
Which country is credited with starting the tradition of decorating Christmas trees as we know it today?
What is Germany?
What NFL team was the first ever to finish a season with a record of 0-16 in 2008?
What is the Detroit Lions?
This chocolate bar’s nougat is chemically closer to whipped candy foam than traditional European nougat.
What is 3 Musketeers?
Which president resigned in 1974?
Who is Richard Nixon?
What was grandpa Wagenman's name?
What is Jesse.
This carol’s lyrics are drawn directly from the Gospel of Luke and were written by a German pastor after a pipe organ broke on Christmas Eve.
What is Silent Night?
This university won the first-ever NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship in 1982 and has since become the sport’s most dominant dynasty.
Who are the North Carolina Tar Heels?
This candy bar contains peanuts but no chocolate coating, making it an outlier in the candy bar category.
What is PayDay?
This 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal,” shaping American law for nearly six decades.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
What is 1957?
Name the Christ-like character in the movie Home Alone.
Who is Old Man Marley?
This school won the NCAA men’s basketball championship in 1966 with the first all–African American starting lineup in title-game history.
Who are the Texas Western Miners?
Bonus points if you know the name of the coach?
This candy’s signature crunch comes not from nuts, but from aerated sugar created by introducing carbon dioxide under pressure.
What is Pop Rocks?
Ratified in 1913, this constitutional amendment fundamentally changed federal power by allowing Congress to collect income taxes without apportionment among the states.
What is the 16th Amendment?