November 29
1775
American physician James Jay invents invisible ink. Thankfully, his invention is not used on the patent.
Where'd It Go?
Luckily, the questions on this quiz are completely visible.
- Economist Adam Smith famously described the self-regulating nature of a free market as “an invisible” what?
- Who gave Harry Potter his Invisibility Cloak?
- Who is missing from the following sequence? Sauron, Isildur, Deagol, Gollum, Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, ___ ________, Samwise Gamgee
- What band scored a hit with “Invisible Touch” in 1986?
- What organization is sometimes referred to as “The Invisible Empire of the South”?
- Which Greek god had a helmet that made its wearer invisible?
- Who, respectively, wrote “Invisible Man” and “The Invisible Man”?
- ”Let’s Get Invisible” is the sixth book in what literary series?
Hand
Albus Dumbledore
Tom Bombadil (It’s the holders of the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings.)
Genesis
The Ku Klux Klan
Hades
Ralph Ellison and H. G. Wells
Goosebumps
1935
Physicist Erwin Schrodinger publishes his famous thought experiment known as "Schrodinger's Cat".
Cat Calling
It appears the cat's out of the bag... and in the quiz!
- Within five years, when was the first Garfield strip published?
- According to his PBS Kids show, which fictional cat "Knows a Lot About That"?
- In American football, who is the ball snapped to in the wildcat formation?
- Who wrote the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
- What is the name of Hermione's pet cat in the Harry Potter books?
- What folk singer best known for "Cat's in the Cradle" died in a car crash in 1981?
- Which poet's work was the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats?
- Which Nickelodeon sitcom originally featured the character Cat Valentine?
- The word "gat" means "cat" in what language, represented by the code "cat" in the ISO-639-2 language encoding system?
- When reading DNA, CAT represents the amino acid histidine. What is the term for this kind of string of three DNA bases?
1978 (1973 to 1983 acceptable)
The Cat in the Hat
The running back
Tennessee Williams
Crookshanks
Harry Chapin
T. S. Eliot
Victorious
Catalan
A codon
1972
Pong is released, becoming the first commercially successful video game. Not bad for a game with only three characters, none of whom talk.
Guys and Gals of Games
Let's see if you can identify video game franchises by three of their characters.
Easy Mode
- Bowser, Peach, Luigi
- Shadow, Tails, Knuckles
- Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander
- Ganondorf, Navi, Link
- Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Raiden
Normal Mode
- Garrus Vakarian, Urdnot Wrex, Liara T'Soni
- Tracer, Soldier: 76, Genji
- Blathers, Isabelle, Tom Nook
- Scout, Heavy, Spy
- Papyrus, Undyne, Asgore
Hard Mode
- Gill Grunt, Trigger Happy, Stealth Elf
- Bjorn, Jimmy Lightning, Kat Tut
- Peashooter, Sunflower, Wall-Nut
- Bodvar, Cassidy, Orion
- Cookie Masterson, Buzz Lippman, Guy Towers
Easy Mode
Mario
Sonic the Hedgehog
Pokémon
The Legend of Zelda
Mortal Kombat
Normal Mode
Mass Effect
Overwatch
Animal Crossing
Team Fortress 2
Undertale
Hard Mode
Skylanders
Peggle
Plants vs. Zombies
Brawlhalla
You Don't Know Jack
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