Shakespeare's Friends
London Calling
British Invasion
Mag-na Carta
June 15 in History
Final Jeopardy
100

All My Sons, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman

Who was Arthur Miller?

100

The first London motor cabs appeared in 1903, in a variety of colours before this became the standard colour in 1948

What is black?

100

The War of 1812 (1812 - 1815)

What is the United States?

100

Jake G's older sister

Who is Maggie Gyllenhaal?

100

On this day in 1965 Bob Dylan records this single, named as #1 in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"

What is Like a Rolling Stone?

100

BESTSELLING AUTHORS: At age 26 in April 1917, she passed the assistant's exam for London's Society of Apothecaries

Who was Agatha Christie?

200

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, The Piano Lesson

Who was August Wilson?

200

Big Ben's real name

What is Elizabeth Tower?

200

The Hundred Years' War, 1337–1453

What is France?

200

An osmotic laxative that tastes nothing like its namesake

What is milk of magnesia?

200

This American rapper and actor (real name O'Shea Jackson) was born this day in 1969 in Los Angeles

Who is Ice Cube?

200

POTENT POTABLES: This brand won a top prize at the 1893 Chicago Expo & has carried the award in its name ever since

What is Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR)?

300

The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters

Who was Anton Chekov?

300

Although their use has mostly become obsolete in the last 20 years, you'll still see about 1000 of these items that were originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott scattered on the streets of London

What are red telephone boxes?

300

The First Opium War, 1839–1842

What is China?

300

This cult movie character

Who is Magenta?

300

On this day in 1969 "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premieres on CBS TV, it was filmed in this city

What is Nashville?

300

LITERARY BROTHERS: This character first appeared in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", an 1893 story in London's Strand Magazine

Who is Mycroft Holmes?

400

Pygmalion, Man and Superman, Major Barbara

Who was George Bernard Shaw?

400

London's oldest shop is Lock & Co., established in 1676 in St. James's Street, Westminster and renowned for making this kind of apparel

What are hats?

400

Gunboat War (1807–1814)

What is Denmark & Norway?

400

1999 Tom Cruise film

What is Magnolia?

400

An ambiguity in a treaty between the United States and Canadian Britain cause this ____ "war" to start on this day in 1859 (no humans were killed)

What was the Pig War?

400

INTERNATIONAL BEVERAGE BRANDS: The name of this popular beer brand founded in 1897 is a reference to the 20th century

What is Dos Equis?

500

Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, The School For Wives 

Who was Molière?

500

The Beefeaters, who were established as the monarch’s bodyguards by Henry VII in 1485 and reside at the Tower of London, but this is their official name (2 words)

What are Yeoman Warders?

500

Operation Valuable (1949–1956)

What is Albania?

500

Prime Minister of Hungary since May 2026 after defeating Viktor Orban

Who is Peter Magyar?

500

On this day in 2015 this man, then Governor of Florida, announced his run for the US Presidency in a Miami press conference

Who is Jeb Bush?

500

PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES: Until 2016, the only foreign-born First Lady was the wife of this man who served in the diplomatic corps from age 14

Who was John Quincy Adams?

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