This song has the lyrics: "Take a sad song and make it better..." The name of the song is this.
What is "Hey Jude" written by Paul McCartney, 1968?
100
Actual independence was passed by resolution by the Second Continental Congress on this date.
What is July 2, 1776?
100
This 1954 movie is a classic based upon a religious leader whose life story appears in Genesis and Exodus.
What is The Ten Commandments?
100
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on what date?
What is November 22, 1963?
100
A priest name Martin Luther nailed "ninety-five" theses to the church doors of what city and country?
What is Wittenberg, Germany?
200
This song by Elvis Presley was his first hit song and was recorded on July 5, 1954.
What is "Blue Moon of Kentucky"?
200
This Union Civil War General was removed from his post by President Abraham Lincoln, whom he later unsuccessfully ran against in the 1864 presidential election.
Who is Major General George B. McClellan?
200
This 2006 Pixar animated movie was the last feature film of screen legend Paul Newman, which was also the highest grossing movie of his career.
What is Cars (2006)?
200
This holiday commemorates a significant event in our nation's history on September 17th, but is rarely celebrated by most Americans today.
What is Constitution Day?
200
The name of the Catholic Pope who survived an assignation attempt May 13, 1981.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
300
According to the Guinness Book of Records, this song has the most cover versions at over 3,000, more than any other song written.
What is "Yesterday" by the Beatles (1965).
300
This Constitutional Amendment was proposed originally in 1923, but not approved by Congress until March 1972, but has not yet been ratified by the required States to become the 27th Amendment.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment or ERA?
300
This famous movie phrase "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a @#%&!" was spoken by this character who was played by who?
Who is Rhett Butler/Clark Gable?
300
This founding father served as the defense attorney for the British officers that were involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
300
This religion prays to family ancestors they believe to be sacred spirits, which are their "gods" called Kamiˈ[kämē]. These "gods" take the form of many things such as animals, plants, lakes, and rivers.
What is Shintoism?
400
This famous pioneering musician was born on Goode Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri and performed for the first time at Sumner High School.
Who is Chuck Berry or Charles Edward Anderson Berry
400
This former Massachusetts Senator and United States U.N. Ambassador was Richard Nixon's running mate in the Election of 1960, in which they lost to John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.?
400
The film "Wizard of Oz" premiered in what year?
What is 1939?
400
This officer helped ferry troops across the river at both the Battle of Brooklyn and Trenton.
Who is John Glover?
400
Mary Baker Eddy founded this religion in 1879.
What is Christian Science or Church of Christ, Scientist?
500
In 1914, W. C. Handy published his immortal song, which he allegedly wrote while sitting on the St. Louis riverfront, and it would become the most popular blues song in history and inspired the name of a sports team.
What is “St. Louis Blues”?
500
This was the first Vice President to assume the Presidency upon the death of the President. The name of the VP and President are this.
Who is Vice President John Tyler and President William Henry Harrison?
500
This 2009 James Cameron epic science-fiction film was the highest-grossing film in history, to this date, at $2,787,965,087.
What is "Avatar"?
500
The name of the British Spy Chief who enlisted Benedict Arnold to betray his country, but was captured and hanged himself.
Who is Major John Andre?
500
List all of the Ten Commandments.
What is
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall make no idols.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet.