KC Sports History
The Kansas City Royals beat this team in the 2015 American League Championship Series (ALCS) to advance to the World Series.
Toronto Blue Jays
This group or movement, who has been alleged to be heavily involved in the current George Floyd protests and riots, was declared a terrorist organization on May 31, 2020 by President Donald Trump
Antifa
This famous singer, who in 2012 was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel room in Beverly Hills, California following a cocaine overdose, is the most awarded female singer of all time (according to the Guinness Book of World Records).
Whitney Houston
Curb Your Enthusiasm was created and written by this well-known comedian and writer, also famous for creating Seinfeld.
Larry David
On this day in 2004, this former United States President died at age 93.
Ronald Reagan
As a young man, this former Kansas City Chief, the franchise’s all-time leader in rushing yards, competed in—and likely dominated—the Special Olympics in his home state of Texas.
Jamaal Charles
This Florida Highschool was the location of the 2018 school-shooting that left 17 dead and led to the March For Our Lives protest in Washington DC weeks later.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Kacey Musgraves’ critically acclaimed most recent album won four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, as well as several ACM awards. What is the name of this album?
Golden Hour
This actor portrayed Stringer Bell in HBO’s The Wire, and later went on to star in films such as Thor, Beasts of No Nation, and American Gangster
Idris Elba
On June 5, 1944, this military aircraft was first used by the United States in a bombing mission again Japanese rail-lines in Thailand.
B-29 Bomber
Kansas City was formerly the home of an NBA franchise. In what city is this team now located?
Sacramento, CA
In the latter half of the 20th Century, this form of protest became common amongst Buddhist monks protesting the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
Courtney Love, who was famously married to Kurt Cobain prior to his suicide, was the frontwoman for what alternative/grunge band.
Hole
On HBO’s acclaimed first season of True Detective, this place is revealed to be the location of the ritualistic sexual abuse and murder of children by a group of wealthy Louisiana politicians and church leaders that is the theme of the show.
Carcosa
On this day in 1981, the CDC officially declared this disease a Pandemic in the United States.
HIV/AIDS
This Kansas City Royals pitcher was the team’s starter in Game 7 of the 1985 World Series. He also won the AL Cy Young that same year.
The 1999 Seattle riots, also known as the Battle of Seattle, occurred in response to a large international conference for what organization.
World Trade Organization
Fetch the Bolt Cutters, the 2020 album from this American singer-songwriter and pianist, was given a review of 10/10 by Pitchfork. This is the first album to receive such a review since Kanye West’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Fiona Apple
HBO miniseries Band of Brothers follows what United States Army “company”, which was part of the 2nd Batallion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
On this day in 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe published the first installment of this American novel in The National Era.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lamar Hunt named the Kansas City Chiefs after this former Kansas City Mayor and prominent local figure, whose nickname was “Chief”.
H. Roe Bartle
In 1967, this riot or rebellion broke loose in a predominantly black Los Angeles neighborhood after Marquette Price, a 21-year-old black man, was pulled over and assaulted by police.
The Watts Riot/Rebellion
The Highwomen, an Americana super-group formed in 2019, is made up of artists Maren Morris, Natalie Hemby, Amanda Shires, and this Grammy award winning singer-songwriter.
Brandi Carlile
Steven Van Zandt, who played the central role of Silvio Dante, Tony Soprano’s consigliere and second in command, on HBO’s The Sopranos, is also the real-life, longtime guitarist for this legendary singer songwriter and rock star.
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
On this day in 1968, Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated by this man, a Palestinian angered by Kennedy’s loyalty to Israel.
Sirhan Sirhan