Film
This 1939 film, starring Judy Garland, features the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This band from Liverpool became a global phenomenon in the 1960s.
Who are The Beatles?
This war lasted from 1939 to 1945.
What is World War II?
This British author wrote 1984, a novel about a dystopian future.
Who is George Orwell?
This mass communication device became common in homes by the 1950s.
What is the television?
This 1976 film follows a small-time boxer who gets a shot at the world heavyweight title and features the famous line, “Yo, Adrian!”
What is Rocky?
The "King of Rock and Roll" who made his TV debut in the 1950s
Who is Elvis Presley?
In 1969, this U.S. astronaut became the first human to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This beloved fantasy series by J.R.R. Tolkien began with The Fellowship of the Ring.
What is The Lord of the Rings?
Invented in 1947, this small device changed computing forever.
What is the transistor?
This science fiction film, released in 1977, launched one of the biggest franchises in cinema history.
What is Star Wars?
This 1982 album by Michael Jackson is the best-selling album of all time.
What is Thriller?
This wall, symbolising the Cold War, fell in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Harper Lee’s only novel for decades, it tackled racism in 1930s Alabama.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This global network, first developed for military use, became public in the 1990s.
What is the Internet?
Alfred Hitchcock directed this 1960 psychological horror film with a famous shower scene.
What is Psycho?
This genre, associated with artists like Grandmaster Flash, emerged in the 1970s Bronx.
What is Hip-Hop?
This U.S. president was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This American poet wrote “The Road Not Taken.”
Who is Robert Frost?
This company released the first personal computer in 1981.
What is IBM?
This 1994 film features the quote: “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
What is Forrest Gump?
This 1997 Europop hit by the Danish-Norwegian group Aqua sparked controversy and a lawsuit from Mattel for its playful portrayal of a plastic icon.
What is "Barbie Girl"?
This civil rights leader delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington, advocating for racial equality in the United States.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Sylvia Plath’s semi-autobiographical novel published in 1963.
What is The Bell Jar?
In 1953, Watson and Crick discovered this structure in biology.
What is the double helix (DNA)?