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This beverage was first made as an alternative to alcohol, and in 1886, it was made with cocaine.
What is Coca-Cola?
The FBI was founded in 1908 under this U.S. President’s administration.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
In the 1950s, the FDA approved this “miracle diet pill” that turned out to be literal speed.
Founded in 1947, this president signed the National Security Act that created the CIA.
Who is Harry Truman?
The first American astronaut to orbit Earth was this man in 1962.
Who is John Glenn?
This founding father was appointed the first postmaster general in 1775.
Who is Ben Franklin?
This highly addictive painkiller, derived from morphine, was once sold over the counter as a cough suppressant.
What is Heroin?
This 1990s investigation exposed one of the most infamous domestic terrorists in U.S. history — the “Unabomber,” whose real name was this.
Who is Ted Kaczynski?
This tobacco alternative, approved in 2009, turned out to contain formaldehyde, propylene glycol, and nicotine — all inhaled.
What are e-cigs/ vapes?
Before the CIA existed, this wartime agency handled U.S. intelligence during World War II.
What is the OSS (Office of Strategic Services)?
This is the name of the first space shuttle to be launched in 1981.
What is the Columbia?
The USPS Special Investigation Branch (also known as the USPS SWAT by modern standards) is the oldest in the US, and was founded in this year.
What is 1775?
This hallucinogenic beverage, known as “the Green Fairy,” was banned in many countries due to myths about madness and van Gogh’s ear incident.
What is absinthe?
In this 2006 Scorsese film, an undercover cop and a mole in the police try to outsmart each other in Boston.
What is The Departed?
This tranquilizer, once given freely to suburban housewives in the 1950s, became infamous as “Mother’s Little Helper.”
What is Valium?
This Cold War project tried to make cats into secret agents by surgically implanting microphones in them.
What is Project Acoustic Kitty?
These were the first two astronauts to walk on the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin?
In 1963, this system was first implemented to better facilitate the sorting and distribution of mail.
What is the ZIP Code System?
This powerful synthetic stimulant was given to WWII soldiers to stay awake — and to truckers long after the war.
DAILY DOUBLE
Name the WWII's stimulant name.
What is methamphetamine?
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What is Pervitin?
This famous musician’s FBI file contains more than 600 pages, largely for his anti-war lyrics and public criticism of the Nixon administration.
Who is John Lennon?
According to FDA “defect levels,” a jar of this breakfast spread can legally contain up to 30 insect fragments per 100 grams.
What is peanut butter?
In 1954, the CIA orchestrated a coup in this Central American country to protect the interests of the United Fruit Company.
What is Guatemala?
During the launch of the Columbia, a piece of this broke off and struck the shuttle's left wing, damaging its heat shield.
What is foam insulation?
During this year, the practice of mailing children via Parcel Post was halted after several incidents of parents trying to send their kids through the mail.
What is 1915?
Once prescribed for headaches, insomnia, and “female hysteria,” this drug is now a Schedule I controlled substance.
What is LSD?
This husband-and-wife duo were executed in 1953 for allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
This popular hot beverage may contain a few ground-up cockroach parts, because they sneak in with the beans.
What is Coffee?
In 1973, the CIA supported a coup against Chile’s elected socialist president, Salvador Allende — paving the way for this dictator.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
This famous line was spoken in 1970 by astronaut Jack Swigert to Mission Control after the explosion occurred.
What is "Houston we have a problem"?
This president, before his time in the White House, served as a postmaster in New Salem, Illinois, and was later known for his commitment to the U.S. postal system.
Who is Abe Lincoln?