This Day in History
Common Bonds
Nursery Rhymes *REAL JEOPARDY*
Billboard Hits of the 70's
TV Shows by Catchphrase
100
1959
Introduced to the world on this day: eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, "she" was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features.
Who is Barbie?
100
George Washington
A pyramid with an eye
a serial number
What is a $1 BILL?
100
Curds & whey are on the menu for this tuffet sitter
Who is Little Miss Muffet?
100
1978
AUDIO CLUE
What is Night Fever?
100
"D'OH!"
What is The Simpsons?
200
1996
This legendary cigar-chomping performer and comedian died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, just weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday.
Who is George Burns?
200
The south coast of Florida
A 1980 Chevrolet
A piano
What are KEYS?
200
Her cupboard bare, she went to the baker's to buy her dog bread
Who is Old Mother Hubbard?
200
1979
AUDIO CLUE
What is My Sharonna?
200
"Dy-no-mite!"
What is Good Times?
300
1841
At the end of a historic case, the U.S. Supreme Court rules, with only one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of this slave ship had been illegally forced into slavery, and thus are free under American law.
What is the Amistad?
300
A German Bank
A school report card
The New Testament Gospels
What are Marks?
300
This trio better watch out! The farmer's wife is coming after your tails with a knife
Who are the THREE BLIND MICE?
300
1974
AUDIO CLUE
What is The Way We Were?
300
"Come on Down!"
What is The Price is Right?
400
1979
The commissioner of this sport ordered all teams to allow equal access to all reporters, regardless of sex.
What is baseball?
400
A Volkswagen dealership
Liverpool
A vegetable garden
What are BEATLES/BEETLES?
400
This rhyming guy kissed the girls & made them cry
Who is Georgie Porgie?
400
1975
AUDIO CLUE
What is Love Will Keep Us Together?
400
"And that's the way it is."
What is the CBS Evening News?
500
1454 BORN ON THIS DAY
An explorer who postulated that Brazil was part of a separate continent, new to Europeans. For this he was recognized by cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in 1507, who first named the New World on his map "America."
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
Confusion
Illinois
US President's speech about the Union
What are STATES?
500
Little Jack Horner put his thumb in a Christmas pie & pulled out this fruit
What is a plum?
500
1971
AUDIO CLUE
What is Joy to the World?
500
"... if it weren't for you meddling kids!"
What is Scooby Doo?