Things that Are Yellow
Animals
Fairy Tales
U.S. History
1969
100

This popular, bright yellow pet bird belongs to the finch family and is famous for its beautiful singing voice.

What is a canary?

100

This is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight.

What is a bat?

100

In this story, a young girl loses a glass slipper while attending a royal ball.

What is Cinderella?

100

This explorer was the first European to land in North America.

Who was Leif Erickson?

100

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to do this.

What is walk on the Moon?

200

This aggressive insect, often mistaken for a bee, gets its name from its distinct black-and-yellow striped body and builds paper-like nests.

What is a yellowjacket?

200

The blue whale is the largest mammal, but this is the largest land mammal.

What is the African elephant?

200

In this tale, a princess sleeps for 100 years after pricking her finger on a spindle.

What is Sleeping Beauty?

200

This was the first document to govern the United States before the constitution.

What was The Articles of Confederation?

200

This popular television program featured astronauts and the starship Enterprise.

What is Star Trek?

300

This large, cheerful flower actively turns its face toward the sun as it grows across the sky.

What is a sunflower?

300

This Australian marsupial's diet consists almost entirely of eucalyptus leaves.

What is a koala?

300

In this story, a young girl follows a trail of breadcrumbs into the forest with her brother.

What is Hansel and Gretel?

300

This amendment gave American women the right to vote.

What is, the 19th Amendment - in 1920

300

This legendary music festival took place in upstate New York in August 1969.

What was Woodstock?

400

This iconic, yellow, ball-shaped video game character spent the 1980s navigating mazes and eating ghosts.

Who is Pac-Man?

400

This aquatic mammal is known to hold hands with others while sleeping so they don't drift apart.

What is a sea otter?

400

In this tale by Hans Christian Andersen, an ugly young bird eventually discovers he has grown into this beautiful creature.

What is a swan?

400

This was the first food eaten in space by an American.

What is applesauce. Eaten by astronaut John Glenn during his 1962 orbital mission. 

400

This baseball team won the World Series in 1969, defeating the Baltimore Orioles.

Who were the New York Mets?

500

In the classic board game Clue, this is the color-themed name of the military character who is often a suspect.

Who is Colonel Mustard?

500

This unique mammal is one of the few that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.

What is a platypus (or echidna)?

500

In this tale, a wooden puppet's nose grows whenever he tells a lie.

Who is Pinocchio?

500

This major retailer was founded by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962.

What is Walmart?

500

This singer released the song “Suspicious Minds” in 1969, which became his final No. 1 single in the United States during his lifetime.

Who was Elvis Presley?

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