Idioms
Better to arrive late than not to come at all
What is Better late than never?
This President was elected in 1988.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
First National Park created in 1872
What is Yellowstone?
This National Park was the most visited national park in the United States.
What is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park?
Who is Madonna?
This former boxer switched to selling this kitchen product.
What is the George Forman Grill?
This show is about four Miami women who live together.
What is the Golden Girls?
To get something over with because it is inevitable
What is to Bite the Bullet?
The major explosion of a space shuttle during launch.
What is the Challenger?
The U.S. park system grew dramatically during this decade.
What is the 1930s?
This park is considered the hottest, driest, and lowest land in the U.S.
What is Death Valley?
1984 American rock musical drama film
What is Purple Rain?
Suzanne Sommers endorsed this exercise equipment
What is the ThighMaster?
This theme song to this show starts:
Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high
Take a look, it's in a book
What is Reading Rainbow?
Stop working on something
What is Call it a Day?
This once wildly popular highway system was succumbed to the interstate system in October 1984.
What is Route 66?
This first lady's lobbying efforts helped to establish the National Park Foundation which was passed by Congress in 1967.
Who is Lady Bird Johnson?
National Park used for filming Raiders of the Lost Ark
What is Arches?
She was first famous or being a part of the duet with her husband, she then launched one of the greatest comebacks in music history as a solo artist.
Who is Tina Turner?
This sleeved and fleeced blanket product was made famous in 2008 with the help of A-list celebrities.
What is the 'Snuggie'?
This show is a retooling of Good Morning, Miss Bliss, that follows a group of high school friends and their principal.
What is Saved by the Bell?
The person we were just talking about showed up!
What is Speak of the devil?
First women from the United States in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
This man is considered the father of the national parks.
Who is John Muir?
This park contains the highest mountain in the US
What is Denali?
This song, released in 1983, is Van Halen's most successful single.
What is Jump?
This more than a towel claims to be the best way to pick up a spill.
What is Shamwow?
This show is a spin-off that focused on the life of students at Hillman College.
What is A Different World?
An idiom that means to start over.
What is Go back to the drawing board?
Major holiday dealing with the Civil Rights movement established in 1983.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
President who created the National Park Service in 1916 with the law that stipulated that the new service was to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and…leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”
Who is Woodward Wilson?
National Park in Colorado known for its cliff dwellings
What is Mesa Verde?
An Independent label formed in 1984 was co-founded by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin.
What is Def Jam Recordings?
Sodium percarbonate is the main ingredient in this miracle cleanser.
What is OxyClean?
The name of Bob Ross's show on PBS.
What is the Joy of Painting?
Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable
What is Beat around the bush?
Oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 24, 1989, releasing 11 million gallons of oil.
What is Exxon Valdez oil spill?
Two of the most ecologically sensitive ones, Zion and Denali, instituted bans on most of this type of transportation.
What is vehicular?
Number of states that have National Parks
What is 27?
The first video played on MTV.
What is The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star?
This infomercial made popular the phrase "but wait, there's more."
What are the Ginsu Knives?
The star of this TV show was a car named KITT
What is Knight Rider?