History
This US president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This is the fastest land animal on Earth
What is a Cheetah?
This is the capital of Texas
What is Austin?
This Liverpool quartet was the sensation across America in 1964.
Who are The Beatles?
This is the main language spoken in Rome
What is Italian
The two Japanese cities that suffered the atomic bombs
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This black-and-white aquatic bird cannot fly, but is an expert swimmer.
What is a penguin?
This is the capital of Venezuela
What is Caracas?
This blind Motown prodigy had huge hits with "Superstition" and "Sir Duke.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This is how many planets there are in our Solar System
What is 8
This is the fourth president of the US
Who was James Madison?
This animal is known as the King of the Jungle.
What is a Lion? (The word "jungle" comes from the ancient Sanskrit and Hindi word jangala, which originally meant any wild, uncultivated, or uninhabited land—not a dense rainforest.)
This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more area than all land combined
What is the Pacific Ocean?
In 1969, half a million music fans gathered on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York for this iconic 3-day festiva
What was Woodstock?
Invented by Gutenberg around 1440, this machine revolutionized the mass production of books.
What is the movable type printing press?
This is the year the Vietnam war started
What is 1955?
This sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
Flowing through northeastern Africa, this is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This person has the most Grammys in history
Who is Beyonce? (35 Grammys)
This actor has the most Oscar awards
What is Katharine Hepburn (with four total wins, all in the Best Actress category)
This 1803 land deal with France doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This Australian animal is one of only two living mammals that lay eggs.
What is the platypus? (or Ornitorrinco in Spanish!)
This is the deadliest mountain professional hikers attempt to summit.
What is K2?
This is the male musician that has the most Grammys in history
Who is conductor Sir Georg Solti? (holds the male record with 31)
This gas makes up roughly 78% of the Earth's atmosphere, far more than oxygen.
What is nitrogen?