Pop Culture
What 1969 music festival is often considered the defining moment of the counterculture movement?
Woodstock
On what continent will you find the south pole?
Antarctica
A group of dolphins is called what?
A pod
How many letters are in the alphabet?
26
What color is the planet Mars?
Red
Who was the lead singer of the band The Supremes during the 1960s?
Diana Ross
What’s the name of earth’s tallest mountain?
Mount Everest, which is in Tibet. It is 29,035 feet tall. That’s about as high as jet airplanes fly. To people in Tibet, it’s always been known as Chomolungma.
Bull shark. They've been known to travel up rivers as far as Illinois
Letters that aren’t vowels are called what?
Consonants
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
What famous toy was introduced in 1959 and became a cultural icon?
Barbie doll
What country has the most people living in it?
China is home to more than 1.39 billion people.
What’s the only land mammal that can’t jump?
An elephant
What is punctuation mark is this ;
semicolon
Does the moon make its own light?
No. Moonlight is actually sunlight reflected off the moon’s surface
Who made the song I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas famous?
Bing Crosby
How many people are on earth today?
Around 7.8 billion people live on earth today.
Which organ is the heaviest?
Your skin is an organ, and it’s the heaviest one you’ve got. The heaviest organ inside your body is your liver.
Can you name the boiling point of water?
212 degrees
How many stripes are on the American Flag?
13
What novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, became an American classic?
To Kill a Mockingbird
How much of the earth is covered in water?
70% of earth is covered with oceans. It’s mostly water.
How many bones are in the human body?
A grown-up human has 206 bones in their body. But kids have more! Newborns start with 300 bones and some join together as they grow.
List at least two decimals of pi
3.14
Alexander Graham Bell invented what?
The telephone