Television Miniseries
Word Taken Out of Context
Native American History & Culture
Names in Songs
Prehistoric Creatures
100

Amy Adams returns to her hometown to investigate murders in this miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel

What is Sharp Objects?

100

From the Hail Mary to the cast lists of "High Noon" (a first name) & the last 2 "Ghostbusters" movies (a last name)

What is Grace?

100

This 1811 battle ended Tecumseh's plans for a confederacy of tribes

What is Tippecanoe?

100

An Erykah Badu song says, "I think ya better call" this title guy--"but you can't use my phone"

Who is Tyrone?

100

This school-bus-sized dinosaur is the state fossil of Colorado, where the USA's first one was discovered in 1877

What is a Stegosaurus?

200

Before "The Last of Us", Craig Mazin wrote this HBO miniseries set in Europe in 1986

What is Chernobyl?

200

From the first verse of "This Land Is Your Land" to a material for fencing & decking available at Home Depot

What is Redwood?

200

Under federal law, members of the Native American church are allowed to ingest this hallucinogenic cactus in ceremonies

What is Peyote?

200

In this Red Hot Chili Peppers song, the title anti-heroine robs banks & steals hearts

Who is Dani California?

200

The asteroid believed to have killed off the dinosaurs struck this peninsula 66 million years ago

What is the Yucatan?

300

In "The Night Of", this actor plays a character incarcerated on Rikers Island

Who is Riz Ahmed?

300

From a dollar bill to the first word of a novel title that replaced "Richard Diver"

What is Tender?

300

Quanah Parker was a leader of this Western tribe, perhaps the greatest horsemen of all native peoples

What is the Comanche?

300

This blues musician named an album & song "Lucille"

Who is B.B. King?

300

Scientists at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve say these 2 types of mammals co-existed, but did they gorily tusk it out?
No info!

What are Mammoths and Mastodons?

400

This second-generation actress played Alex, a young mother in the Netflix miniseries "Maid"

Who is Margaret Qualley?

400

From a New York City driving surcharge to a Sudafed or Afrin box

What is Congestion?

400

In 1998, this first woman to become principal chief of the Cherokee Nation was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom

Who is Mankiller?

400

In a viral song, Drake was caught in his feelings & asked this name, "Do you love me? Are you riding?"

Who is Kiki?

400

A 2023 paper brings new evidence to a raging debate in paleontology saying yes, T. rex had these soft-tissue features

What are Lips?

500

This Hulu miniseries was based on the Lawrence Wright book subtitled "Al-Qaeda & the Road to 9/11"

What is The Looming Tower?

500

From "God Save The King" to the name of a "rot" or fungus that attacks grapes

What is Noble?

500

The Iroquois League of New York was originally composed of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca & these 2 "on" the list

What is the Onondaga & the Oneida?

500

In a song by the Beatles, we're told this alliterative man likes to yell obscenities at the Queen

Who is Mean Mr. Mustard?

500

Theropods ate flesh; these giants such as Apatosaurus & Australotitan used their long necks to eat high plants like giraffes do

What are Sauropods?