Romantic Pairs
In 1984’s Splash, Tom Hanks’ love interest is secretly this type of mythical being, played by Daryl Hannah.
What is a mermaid?
Maria Telkes was an inventor nicknamed the “Sun Queen” for her inventions in this kind of energy.
What is solar? Her career spanned the 20th century and spawned creations like a solar distillation device and a home heated entirely through solar energy.
Debuting in 1969 and running for decades, this brand’s most famous commercial features an owl asking, “How many licks” to the center of this sweet treat.
What is a Tootsie Pop?
These, with shoulder harnesses, were required by U.S. law starting in 1968 in all consumer automobiles.
What are seat belts? Seat belts in their early days were just lap belts, but Volvo began popularizing the three-point belt in the 1960s.
Popular since the 1960s, this cosmetic brand is named for its founder and known for its trademark pink cars driven by the company’s salespeople
What is Mary Kay?
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell take their romance to the big screen with this 1987 flick about an heiress with amnesia.
What is Overboard?
This bulletproof material used for vests and other military gear was invented thanks to scientist Stephanie Kwolek.
What is Kevlar?
In the 1990s, a famous commercial for this soft drink featured Cindy Crawford simply walking to a vending machine
What is Pepsi?
The Swedish automaker Saab made these bottom-warming devices standard in 1972.
What are heated seats (or seat warmers)? Cadillac had debuted a seat warmer option in 1966, but Saab made a heated driver’s seat standard.
In the 1970s, this eyelash enhancer became popular in colorful varieties like blue, green, and purple.
What is mascara?
Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei are couple Vinny Gambini and Mona Lisa Vito in this 1992 comedy.
What is My Cousin Vinny?
In this field of STEM, Mary Wilkes is known for creating programs like the LINC software.
What is computing?
A 1987 Super Bowl commercial from this beer brand featured a goofy bull terrier named Spuds MacKenzie.
What is Bud Light?
French automaker Renault debuted a car that could unlock without the use of Keys in this decade.
1980's
Established in 1973, the International Cosmetic Ingredient Nomenclature Committee oversaw standardizing these for cosmetic ingredients.
What are names? Standardized names for ingredients were created in order to help consumers around the world recognize what was in their makeup
Complete the real-life couple: Katharine Ross and this mustachioed leading man.
Who is Sam Elliott? The pair met while filming 1978’s The Legacy and tied the knot in 1984.
Inventor Patricia Bath created the Laserphaco Probe in 1986, which allowed eye doctors to safely do this.
dissolve this vision-disturbing clouding of the eye lens, caused by Cataracts
One of the most famous commercial campaigns of all time, Coca-Cola’s 1971 “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” ad was originally shot in this European nation
What is Italy?
This Hueytown, Alabama, resident, along with son Davey, is one of NASCAR’s most beloved drivers from the 1970s and ’80s.
Who is Bobby Allison? The Allisons are one example of a racing family; others include the Earnhardts, Bakers, and Elliots.
In the 1970s, eyeshadow shades went pearlescent and were called this word, which calls to mind cakes more than makeup
What is frosted?
A late ’90s teen romance, 10 Things I Hate About You is based on a (much) earlier work by this English playwright
Who is William Shakespeare? The Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles film is based on The Taming of the Shrew.
In the 1980's young inventor Rachel Zimmerman created Blissymbol to help people communicate What is it?
What is a symbol communication device that allow non-speaking people to communicate using symbols on a touchpad inn stead of letters.
Fittingly, an Apple commercial from this year referenced George Orwell’s most famous book.
What is 1984? The computer brand played off the novel’s idea of conformity to espouse their new PC as breaking the mold.
Before 1976 dashboards had this type of display.
Analog Dials
In 1999 Cover Girl introduced "Crackle" a variety of this cosmetic.
What is nail polish? Gals might remember the trend from the ’90s and 2000s of layering crackle nail polish over a contrasting color to create a unique, weathered look.