Topic 1
What Year did WWII begin?
1939
Which American musician is known as "The King of Rock and Roll" and rose to fame in the 1950s?
Elvis Pressley
Which American civil rights leader delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Trivia Question: what is cynophobia
fear of dogs
Trivia Question: Which painter cut his own ear?
Van Gogh
Which famous baseball player made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the sport's color barrier?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the 32nd President of the United States during the 1940s?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which U.S. president was assassinated in November 1963?
John F. Kennedy
Trivia Question: What is the scientific name of the process where plants prepare their food?
Photosynthesis
Trivia Question: How many stars are there on the American flag?
Trivia Question: Which U.S. state is known as the “Sunshine State”?
Florida
Trivia Question: : what are the plastic pieces on the end of a shoe string called?
Aglet
What international organization was founded in 1945 to maintain world peace and security?
United Nations (UN)
What did the U.S. Postal Service add in 1963 that is part of every address today?
Zip Codes
What was the name of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany during the 1960s?
The Iron Curtain
Which British rock band released the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967?
The Beatles
Trivia Question: What is the capital of Japan
Tokyo
Trivia Question: Where is the world’s largest active volcano located?
Hawaii
Trivia Question: Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Abe Lincoln
Trivia Question: What is the name of the biggest technology company in South Korea?
Samsung
Who was known as the "Queen of Soul" and sang the hit song "Respect"?
Aretha Franklin
Trivia Question: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
Marie Curie
Trivia Question: What flavor of Pop Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf?
Chocolate
Trivia Question: what does Psalms 23:4 say?
though I walk through the valley of shadow of death, I will not fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff comfort me.
Which American president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the name of the iconic music festival held in 1969, attracting hundreds of thousands of attendees?
Woodstock
Trivia Question: which King in the bible was Tied up like an animal?
king Nebuchadnezzar
Trivia Question: A flamboyance is a group of what animal?
Flamingoes
Trivia Question: What is the hardest substance in our body?
Trivia Question: How many compartments are in a cow’s stomach?
4
Trivia Question: Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
Which woman became famous for making a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
Emelia Earhart
Trivia Question: What year did America drop a bomb on Hiroshima?
1945
Which blood type is known as the universal donor?
O Negative
Bob Dylan said you should not trust people over a certain age. What age was that?
30
Trivia Question: What color is a welsh poppy
Yellow
Trivia Question: what fruit is the most common source of tartaric acid which is used to make cream of tartar?
grapes
What company used to be called "Automatic Binding Bricks"? (This is a building toy company.)
Lego
Trivia Question: What was the first Disney animated film based on the life of a real person?
Pochahontas
Trivia Question: Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Brazil
Which country hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968?
Mexico
Trivia Question: What blood type is the most common? (Include which letter and if it is the positive or negative type.)
O positive
Trivia Question: Which U.S. state is known for peaches?
Georgia
Trivia Question: What language is the most popularly spoken worldwide?
Mandarin Chinese
Trivia Question: which Bible book had 52 chapters?(Old Testament)
Jeremiah
Trivia Question: What is a male duck called?
A drake
Trivia Question: What country is Prague located in?
Czech Republic
Trivia Question: Which planet is closest to Earth?
Venus
Who was the rising young star from the movie Rebel Without a Cause and Giant that died in an automobile accident in 1955?
James Dean
Who invented the polio vaccine in the 1950s?
Dr. Jonas Salk
What was the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer, developed during the 1940s?
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
Trivia Question: What became the first National Park in the United States?
Yellowstone
Which famous actor says the iconic phrase 'you talkin' to me' in the 1976 movie Taxi Driver?
Robert De Niro
Which groundbreaking DNA structure was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953?
Double Helix