Tech and Internet
What is Twitter?
On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted to demote this celestial body to a "dwarf planet," making it no longer considered the ninth planet in our solar system.
What is Pluto?
This Disney Channel movie debuted this year, starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, becoming a massive hit.
What is High School Musical?
The average price of this fluid in America was $2.59 per gallon in 2006.
What is gasoline?
This famous "Crocodile Hunter," died on September 4, 2006, after an attack by a stingray.
Who is Steve Irwin?
Google acquired this video-sharing site for $1.65 billion.
What is YouTube?
Images from a global surveyor revealed bright new deposits, providing evidence for liquid water flows on the surface of this planet.
What is Mars?
This singer's “Hips Don't Lie” was a massive hit in 2006.
Who is Shakira?
The average price of this fluid in America was $3.08 per gallon in 2006.
What is milk?
This social media platform opened beyond college campuses to anyone with an email address.
What is Facebook?
What video game system was released, popularizing motion-control gaming?
What is the Nintendo Wii?
This space telescope identified over 500 young galaxies that existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
This Disney movie was among the top at the box office this year.
What is Cars?
This breakfast meat was $3.00 per pound in 2006.
What is bacon?
On Jan. 22, 2006, he scored 81 points for the Los Angeles Lakers, making it the NBA’s second-highest single-game total.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
In commemoration of all Internet users, this year Time magazine named this person “Person of the Year.”
Who are, “You?”
This year work at this planet's moon, Titan, helped scientists discover it to be the only world aside from Earth known to have surface liquids fed by rain and rivers.
What is Saturn?
"SexyBack" was released by this artist on July 18, 2006 as the lead single from their second studio album.
Who is Justin Timberlake?
This brand released a new candy bar called the Crispy Crunchy Bar, combining a flaky peanut butter core, covered by a layer of peanut butter, topped with chopped peanuts and a milk chocolate coating.
Who is Reese's?
This team won the Super Bowl in 2006.
Who are the Pittsburgh Steelers?
This digital music platform hit 1 billion songs downloaded in 2006.
What is Apple or iTunes?
In 2006, a Nobel Prize to John Mather and George Smoot spotlighted the “afterglow” of this event.
What is the "Big Bang?"
This power couple welcomed their first child, Shiloh, in 2006.
Who are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (or Brangelina)?
On Jan 24, 2006 Walt Disney announced the $7.4 billion purchase of this animation studio.
Who is Pixar?
Italy defeated this country in the 2006 World Cup final.
Who is France?