“All” in the Family | Rhythm and Hues | American History | Day “Dream”ing | Words of the Double Aughts |
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Who is Gallagher?
He is probably best known for wearing a stupid hat while smashing a watermelon with an over-sized hammer.
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Who is Green Day?
“American Idiot” (2004)
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What is Woodstock?
Despite the name, this 1969 music festival was actually held in Bethel, New York.
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What is the Dream Team?
The name news media gave to the Michael Jordan-led 1992 United States Men’s Olympic Basketball Team.
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What is a flash mob?
2003 – A group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression.
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Who is Woody Allen?
New York actor, director, philanderer, and alleged child molester.
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Who is P!nk?
“Just Give Me a Reason” (2013)
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Who is Rudy Giuliani?
He was lauded for his efforts to console and inspire a grieving city as New York City’s mayor in the months following 9/11; but that doesn’t even begin to make up for the shit he’s pulled in the last few years.
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What is a dream catcher?
A net or web woven onto a handmade willow hoop typically hung over a cradle for protection.
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What is Cyber Monday?
2004 – The biggest online shopping day in the week following Thanksgiving.
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Who is Lucille Ball?
Actress, comedienne, model, executive, producer, and loving wife to husband, Desi.
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Who is Maroon 5?
“Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
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Who is Paul Revere?
The poem was wrong: his ride for to Concord was made to save stores of ammunition – not to alert his fellow rebels that “the British are coming!”
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What is Dream Works?
Top box office earners for this animation studio include “Shrek,” “Madagascar,” and “Boss Baby.”
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What is Latinx?
2005 – A gender neutral term to refer to people of Latin America.
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Who are the Allman Brothers?
Their “Rambin’ Man” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1973.
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Who is Plain White T’s?
“Hey There Delilah”
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What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
Ronald Regan’s administration was embroiled in this political scandal after it was discovered the United States traded arms for hostages.
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What is “Dream On?”
Better do this, because maybe tomorrow the good lord will take it away.
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What is a life hack?
2004 - A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases everyday productivity and efficiency.
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Who is Jane Goodall?
She was the daughter of an English business whose early travels to Africa inspired a 60-plus year career studying the behaviors of chimpanzees.
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Who is Black Eyed Peas?
“Where is the Love?” (2003)
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What is “Yellow Journalism?”
The term to describe the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst characterized by sensationalized news.
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What is “I Dreamed a Dream?”
In Les Misérables, Fantine belts this lament after she is fired from Valjean’s factory.
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What is swatting?
2008 – A criminal harassment tactic of deceiving an emergency service into sending a police response team to another person's address.
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