Holidays
What national holiday is celebrated in all countries?
New Year's
What is Baby Yoda's real name?
Grogu
In 1800, this officially became the capital of the United States.
Washington, D.C.
What 2009 game, developed by Mojang, is an open sandbox in which players often build structures and battle creepers, zombies, and other "mobs"?
Minecraft
What singer is known for the song "Hotline Bling?"
Drake
What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States?
Juneteenth, on June 19
What show has an ice cream shop called "Scoops Ahoy"?
Stranger Things
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
What video game series first released in 2000 saw players watching and directing characters to mundane things like eating, sleeping and cleaning their house?
The Sims
What rapper is known for his iconic blonde bob wig and black sun glasses?
Tyler the Creator
What Alaska state holiday, observed on the last day of March, is named for the United States Secretary of State that negotiated the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia?
Seward's Day
What was the first non-English-language film to win "Best Picture" at the Oscars?
Parasite
From March of 1945 all the way until December 25, 1991, this was a period of geological tension between the U.S. and the Soviets, along with their respective allies.
The Cold War
Titled as "Ogrimmar" this city remains as the capital for the faction named "The Horde" in what video game?
World of Warcraft
What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Trumpet
What ancient Roman festival, held from December 17th on the Julian calendar until December 23rd, was used to honor a Roman God? Nowadays, its name is reminiscent of the sixth planet from our sun.
Saturnalia
Which artist made history as the youngest winner of the Grammy's four main categories in 2020?
Billie Eilish
During the American Civil War, President Lincoln issued this, changing the legal status of 3.5 million people from enslaved to free people.
Emancipation Proclamation
What video game franchise debuted in 2001 as a hybrid real-time strategy and puzzle video game centered on the aid of plant-animal hybrids in collecting parts for a crashed rocket ship?
Pikmin
What is the best selling album of all time?
Michael Jackson's Thriller
(120 million copies)
In 1887, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to make it an official public holiday. (Holiday celebrated in all 50 states to this day)
Labor Day
What is the number one most streamed song on Spotify to this day? (May 6th, 2024)
This Amendment guarantees Women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Blathers is the name of the nocturnal, museum-curating owl in what series of Nintendo video games?
Animal Crossing
What is the name of the group that popularized the modern rap genre?
The Sugarhill Gang