Musicians
the best-selling female (singer) album of all time goes to which musician?
Shania Twain
Kool-Aid is the official soft drink of this state
Nebraska
In 1997, this former British colony in Southeast Asia was handed over to China after over 150 years of British rule.
Hong Kong
This Alfred Hitchcock film, set in a New York apartment, features a man who believes he has witnessed a murder through his neighbor's window
The Rear Window
This English author introduced readers to the orphan Pip in Great Expectations.
Charles Dickens
Reginald Dwight is the actual name of what famous musician?
Elton John
We can thank this state for the invention of root beer
Mississippi
in 1994, this African nation held its first multiracial elections, which resulted in Nelson Mandela becoming the president
South Africa
This 1969 film, directed by John Wayne's frequent collaborator Howard Hawks, is a classic Western in which the aging lawman Rooster Cogburn joins forces with a young girl to track down outlaws.
True Grit
In To Kill a Mockingbird, this character is the young narrator of the story
Scout Finch
This band is the first and only to have performed on all seven continents in the world after appearing in Antarctica in 2013?
Metallica
Forrest Gump’s favorite soda, Doctor Pepper, was invented where?
Texas
This treaty, signed in 1919 after World War I, officially ended the war and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
This 1957 film, directed by Sidney Lumet, stars Henry Fonda as a juror in a murder trial, examining prejudice and morality in a tense courtroom drama.
12 Angry Men
This 19th-century American author wrote The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allen Poe
This rocker’s album was the first to be released commercially in the US on CD in 1984?
Bruce Springsteen
Our favorite beverage is tomato juice
Ohio
In 1967, this conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors resulted in Israel capturing territories including the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.
The Six Day War
This 1974 neo-noir film, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson, is famous for its complex plot involving water rights in Los Angeles.
Chinatown
This dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley is set in a technologically advanced future where "soma" keeps citizens placated
A Brave New World
Before becoming famous, this rocker received $8 an hour to smoke cigarettes as part of an experiment at UCLA?
Axel Rose
This beverage is the most common "Official state drink" in the USA
Milk
This 1994 conflict between Hutus and Tutsis in this African country led to the deaths of approximately 800,000 people in a matter of months.
Rwandan Genocide
In this 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell plays Alex, a young delinquent in a dystopian future who is subject to government brainwashing.
Clockwork Orange
This classic epic poem by Dante Alighieri begins with the line "Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark."
The Divine Comedy