Smarddy Daily #2: the answers

Saturday, July 18, 2026. The same seven questions everyone got that day, with the right answers and the fun facts from the recap.

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Which 1985 John Hughes film follows five high schoolers serving Saturday detention together?
- The Breakfast Club ✓
- Sixteen Candles
- Pretty in Pink
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fun fact: The Breakfast Club was filmed in a Chicago-area high school.
Which cloud type is low, flat, and layered?
- Stratus ✓
- Cirrus
- Cumulus
- Cumulonimbus
Fun fact: A gray, featureless sky often means a blanket of stratus clouds.
Big, voluminous 1980s hairstyles were famously held in place with lots of what?
- Hairspray ✓
- Water
- Wax
- Clay
Aside: Hairspray was the unofficial structural engineer of every towering 1980s hairstyle.
Which major river flows out of Lake Victoria on its way toward the Mediterranean Sea?
- Nile River ✓
- Congo River
- Zambezi River
- Niger River
Jesse Owens famously won four gold medals at which Olympic Games?
- 1928 Amsterdam
- 1932 Los Angeles
- 1936 Berlin ✓
- 1948 London
Fun fact: Owens won the 100, 200, long jump, and 4x100 relay in Berlin.
Which composer wrote "Gymnopédie No. 1"?
- Erik Satie ✓
- Claude Debussy
- Maurice Ravel
- Francis Poulenc
Aside: Satie made Gymnopédie sound like a workout, then wrote something beautifully sleepy.
Who wrote the 1776 pamphlet 'Common Sense' urging American independence from Britain?
- Thomas Paine ✓
- Thomas Jefferson
- Benjamin Franklin
- John Adams
Fun fact: Common Sense sold widely and helped rally colonial support for independence.

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