History
This year marked the start of World War I.
What is 1914?
This Olympic rowing event features eight rowers and a coxswain steering the boat.
What is the eights?
This country is home to the world’s largest desert outside of the polar regions.
What is the Sahara Desert in Algeria
This 1957 film, starring James Stewart, was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and involves a man with a fear of heights.
What is Vertigo?
This artist’s 1965 album “Highway 61 Revisited” includes the iconic song
“Like a Rolling Stone.”
This French leader rose to power during the French Revolution and crowned himself Emperor in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
n Olympic fencing, this weapon targets the torso and uses right-of-way rules.
What is the foil?
What is the tallest mountian on the world
Mauna Loa (its a volcano :)
This 1980 Stanley Kubrick film is an adaptation of a Stephen King novel.
What is The Shining?
This American band is famous for the 1967 hit “Light My Fire.”
Who are The Doors?
The Magna Carta was signed in this year, limiting the power of the English monarchy.
What is 1215?
This country has won the most gold medals in Winter Olympic history.
What is Norway?
This desert, located in China and Mongolia, is the largest cold desert in the world.
What is the Gobi Desert?
his 1979 film by Ridley Scott is considered a landmark in sci-fi horror.
What is Alien?
This British band’s frontman was Mick Jagger, and they released the album “Let It Bleed” in 1969.
Who are The Rolling Stones?
This ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu.
Who were the Incas?
This athlete won gold medals in both the 100m and 200m sprints at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
The island of Borneo is shared by Malaysia, Brunei, and this country.
What is Indonesia?
This 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick is known for its groundbreaking visuals and ambiguous ending.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
This iconic guitarist performed the U.S. national anthem at Woodstock in 1969.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This English king was executed in 1649 following the English Civil War.
Who was King Charles I?
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, this country won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey.
What is Canada?
This U.S. state has the most active volcanoes.
What is Alaska?
This 1939 musical features the song “Over the Rainbow”
What is The Wizard of Oz?
Before becoming a solo star, Eric Clapton played with this power trio known for songs like “Sunshine of Your Love.”
What is Cream?