The 1960s
This U.S. music festival in 1969 became a symbol of the counterculture movement.
What is woodstock?
This capital city of Norway is home to fjords and Viking history.
What is Oslo?
This invention by Eli Whitney drastically increased the demand for enslaved labor in the American South.
What is the cotton gin?
He wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
This fizzy beverage was originally sold as a medicinal tonic in the late 1800s.
This Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space in 1961.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This capital hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964 and 2021.
What is Tokyo?
Samuel Morse invented this communication system that used dots and dashes.
What is Morse Code?
She wrote Little Women.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
This convenience food, introduced in 1958, became a staple of college dorms.
What are instant noodles (or ramen)?
Passed in 1965, this U.S. law aimed to eliminate barriers to Black Americans voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This European capital is home to Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.
What is London?
This ancient Chinese invention helped improve navigation across oceans.
What is the magnetic compass?
He created the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
This spice, once more valuable than gold by weight, helped spark global trade routes.
What is saffron?
This military offensive in 1968 shocked the American public during the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This capital city is known for its canals and is the seat of government in the Netherlands.
What is The Hague?
DAILY DOUBLE! This 19th-century invention by Louis Daguerre was an early form of photography.
What is the daguerreotype?
The author of 1984 and Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
The original recipe for this dish included veal, eggplant, and marinara—but now often uses chicken.
What is parmigiana (or chicken parmesan)?
This group performed “I Got You Babe” and starred in their own 1960s variety show.
Who are Sonny and Cher?
DAILY DOUBLE! This Canadian city is the capital of the province of Quebec—but not the country.
What is Quebec City?
He invented a machine that could transmit voice over wires and received the first telephone patent in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize.
What is Gone with the Wind?
This fermented food from Korea became a global health food trend in the 2010s.
What is kimchi?