Pop Culture
What family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
Answer: The Munsters.
What is the only letter that does not appear in the names of any U.S. state?
Answer: Q
Which hero’s only weak spot was his heel?
Answer: Achilles
Which inventor is credited with over 1,000 U.S. patents?
Answer: Thomas Edison
Which city is nicknamed The Windy City?
Answer: Chicago
Which variety show featured Carol Burnett ending each episode by tugging on her ear?
Answer: The Carol Burnett Show.
Which everyday item was invented to clean wallpaper but became a children’s toy?
Answer: Play-Doh
Which clever Greek hero came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse?
Answer: Odysseus.
Which state was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
Answer: Delaware.
Which river flows through Paris?
The Seine
This actor starred as both Rooster Cogburn and Marshal Rooster in classic Westerns and was known simply as The Duke.
Answer: John Wayne.
What is measured in carats?
Answer: Diamonds (gemstones).
What monster had snakes for hair and could turn people to stone?
Answer: Medusa.
What famous road stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica?
Answer: Route 66.
Which country is shaped like a boot?
Answer: Italy
What TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
Answer: The Munsters
What is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name?
Answer: Maine.
Which Greek god ruled the sea with a powerful trident?
Answer: Poseidon.
Which U.S. president resigned from office in 1974?
Answer: Richard Nixon
Which U.S. state has the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Arizona
This TV lawyer never lost a courtroom case.
Answer: Who is Perry Mason?
In 1969, millions watched this historic event live on television, making it one of the most-watched broadcasts in history.
Answer: The Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
Which Titan stole fire from the gods to give it to humans?
Answer: Prometheus
Which TV host was famous for asking contestants, “Survey says…?”
Answer: Richard Dawson.
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer: Canada