Geography
Which country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?
A. Korea
B. Japan
C. China
B. Japan
What year did Elvis Presley make his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show?
A. 1957
B. 1959
C. 1956
C. 1956
Which 1960s TV show featured a talking horse?
A. Andy Griffith Show
B. Mister Ed
C. The Waltons
B. Mister Ed
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Saturn
Who painted The Last Supper?
A. Leonardo di Caprio
B. Claude Monet
C. Leonardo da Vinci
C. Leonardo da Vinci
What is the only country that is also an entire continent?
A. Canada
B. Antarctica
C. Australia
C. Australia
What iconic hairstyle became popular in the 1960s, often associated with the band The Beatles?
A. Mullet
B. Mop Top
C. Comb-over
B. Mop Top
In the show Gilligan’s Island, what was the name of the boat?
A. SS Minnow
B. SS Tadpole
C. SS Millow
A. SS Minnow
How many chambers does the human heart have?
A. Two
B. Four
C. Three
B. Four
Who wrote The Odyssey?
A. Homer
B. William Shakespeare
C. Herman Melville
A. Homer
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
A. Russia
B. China
C. United States of America
A. Russia
Who wrote the song “Blowin’ in the Wind,” which became an anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement?
A. Bob Dylan
B. Don Williams
C. Conway Twitty
A. Bob Dylan
What detective show starred Peter Falk as the title character?
A. Murder, He Wrote
B. Hawaii Five-O
C. Columbo
C. Columbo
Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?
A. Jupiter
B. Neptune
C. Saturn
C. Saturn
Who is known as the Father of Impressionism?
A. Leonardo da Vinci
B. Claude Monet
C. Vincent van Gogh
B. Claude Monet
Which U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon?
A. Utah
B. Arizona
C. Wyoming
B. Arizona
What U.S. state was added as the 50th state in 1959?
A. Alaska
B. Hawaii
C. Arizona
B. Hawaii
What western TV show featured the Cartwright family?
A. Bonanza
B. M*A*S*H*
C. The Waltons
A. Bonanza
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
A. Oxygen
B. Nitrogen
C. Cardon Dioxide
B. Nitrogen
Who painted The Persistence of Memory, featuring melting clocks?
A. Salvador Dali
B. Leonardo da Vinci
C. Vincent van Gogh
A. Salvador Dali
Which continent is the Sahara Desert located in?
A. Antarctica
B. Africa
C. South America
B. Africa
What novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, became an American classic?
A. The Catcher in the Rye
B. Gone with the Wind
C. To Kill a Mockingbird
C. To Kill a Mockingbird
What sitcom features the characters Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton?
A. Leave it to Beaver
B. The Honeymooners
C. The Real McCoys
B. The Honeymooners
What is the chemical symbol for the element gold?
A. Au
B. Gu
C. G
A. Au
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous trilogy?
A. The Hobbit
B. Game of Thrones
C. The Lord of the Rings
C. The Lord of the Rings