We All Scream for Ice cream
This ice cream has three flavors side-by-side: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. What is it called?
Hint: Its name sounds like the Italian city of Naples.
Neapolitan ice cream
Fun Fact: Neapolitan became associated with Italian and especially Neapolitan-style ice creams brought to America. Earlier versions didn't always use chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
Which president’s daughter, Amy, had a dog named Grits while living in the White House?
Hint: He was president in the late 1970s.
Jimmy Carter
Fun Fact: Grits was a border collie mix, but he did not get along very well with the family cat, Misty Malarky Ying Yang
What animal is known for building dams across rivers and streams?
Hint: It has large front teeth and a flat tail.
Beaver
Fun Fact: Beaver dams can create ponds that become homes for fish, frogs, birds, and other wildlife.
What colorful round toy became a huge craze in the 1970s and was twisted to match up its colors?
Hint: It has six colored sides.
Rubik’s Cube
Fun Fact: The Rubik’s Cube was invented in 1974
What Australian rock band is famous for songs like “Back in Black” and “Highway to Hell”?
Hint: Their name has a lightning bolt in the middle.
AC/DC
Fun Fact: AC/DC formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1973.
During Prohibition, ice cream parlors became popular instead of what kind of drinking places?
Hint: You might normally order a beer at one.
The saloons or bars
Fun Fact: Soda fountains and ice cream parlors became popular social gathering spots during the Prohibition era.
Which president’s golden retriever, Liberty, had nine puppies while living at the White House?
Hint: He became president after Richard Nixon.
Gerald Ford
Fun Fact: Liberty often spent time with President Ford in the Oval Office.
What animal can curl itself into a tight armored ball when it feels threatened?
Hint: Its name means “little armored one.”
armadillo
Fun Fact: Not every armadillo species can completely roll into a ball—three-banded armadillos are especially good at it.
What dance style became extremely popular in the 1970s, especially at clubs with flashing lights and music?
Hint: Think Saturday Night Fever.
disco
Fun Fact: The Bee Gees helped make disco explode in popularity after their songs were featured in the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever.
Which rock band sang the hit song “Don’t Stop Believin’”?
Hint: Their lead singer was Steve Perry.
Journey
Fun Fact: “Don’t Stop Believin’” was released in 1981 and became one of Journey’s most famous songs.
At what famous event in 1904 did the ice cream cone become very popular?
Hint: It was a huge fair with food, inventions, and entertainment.
St. Louis World’s Fair
Fun Fact: The 1904 World’s Fair helped make ice cream cones popular across the country.
Which president had a famous cat named Socks?
Hint: He was president during the 1990s
Bill Clinton
Fun Fact: Socks was sometimes seen walking on a leash around the White House grounds. The Clintons later also had a chocolate Lab named Buddy.
What animal uses its long, sticky tongue to catch thousands of ants and termites?
Hint: Its name tells you its favorite food.
Anteater
Fun Fact: Giant anteaters don't have teeth. They swallow insects instead of chewing them.
What 1970s TV show followed a family band led by Shirley Jones and David Cassidy?
Hint: David Cassidy starred in it.
The Partridge Family
Fun Fact: The show’s song “I Think I Love You” became a real No. 1 hit in 1970.
What band sang “Another One Bites the Dust” and “We Will Rock You”?
Hint: Freddie Mercury was their lead singer.
Queen
Fun Fact: The bass line from “Another One Bites the Dust” became so famous that it’s one of the most recognizable bass riffs in rock music.
Which U.S. president declared July to be National Ice Cream Month in 1984?
Hint: He was president during the 1980s.
Ronald Reagan
Fun Fact: He also declared a National Ice Cream Day that year.
Which future president had a famous dog named Checkers while he was vice president?
Hint: He later became president in 1969
Who is Richard Nixon
Fun Fact: Checkers became famous after Nixon talked about him during a televised speech.
What animal is famous for moving so slowly that algae can grow on its fur?
Hint: It spends much of its life hanging in trees.
Sloth
Fun Fact: The algae can give a sloth's fur a greenish tint, which may help it blend into the forest. Smithsonian researchers study the unusual relationship between sloths, their fur, and the organisms living on them.
What movie about a giant shark became a huge hit in 1975?
Hint: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
Jaws
Fun Fact: Jaws became one of the first movies known as a summer blockbuster.
Which rock band sang “Sweet Home Alabama”?
Hint: The song has the word “Alabama” in the title.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Fun Fact: “Sweet Home Alabama” was released in 1974 and became the band’s best-known song.
Which U.S. president wrote down his own recipe for vanilla ice cream?
Hint: His picture is on the nickel.
Thomas Jefferson
Fun Fact: Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten ice cream recipe is still preserved by the Library of Congress.
Which president had a springer spaniel named Millie who became the star of her own book?
Hint: He was the father of another U.S. president
George H. W. Bush
Fun Fact: Millie’s Book was written with Barbara Bush and told stories about life in the White House from Millie’s point of view.
What animal is known for pretending to be dead when it feels threatened?
Hint: You might hear the phrase “playing ___.”
opossum
Fun Fact: An opossum doesn’t always choose to “play dead” on purpose. It can be an automatic response when it becomes extremely frightened.
What famous boxing movie starring Sylvester Stallone was released in 1976?
Hint: The main character trains by running up a long set of steps
Rocky
Fun Fact: Rocky won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Which band sang “Pour Some Sugar on Me”?
Hint: This British rock band’s name starts with the word “Def.”
Def Leppard
Fun Fact: Their album Hysteria became one of the biggest-selling rock albums of the decade