General Knowledge
Music
History
1980s
Food or Drink
100

Alternatively named Christmas Star, what flower was named by the United States' first ambassador to Mexico?

What is Poinsettia?

100

What band's hit songs include "You Give Love a Bad Name," and "Wanted Dead or Alive"?

Who is Bon Jovi?

100

What is the name given to the spot in Massachusetts where the Pilgrims are said to have landed?

What is Plymouth Rock?

100

Surprisingly, nature has made a comeback at this place where a nuclear accident occurred in 1986. Where is it?

What is Chernobyl?

100

Which well known soft drink originally sold their brand in a "Hobble skirt" bottle?

What is Coke-Cola?

200

In what month is the official first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

What is June?

200

Which major recording artist had the nickname of "the man in black"?

Who is Johnny Cash?

200

What aspiring actor unfortunately agreed to drop off a pair of eyeglasses to a condo located at 875 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, on June 12, 1994?

Who is Ronald Goldman?

200

On May 18th, 1980, what event followed this frantic radio warning: "Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!"?

What is Eruption of Mount St. Helens?

200

Which common bean is usually used in the dish known as succotash?

What are Lima Beans?

400

What company logo, featured in the movie "Cast Away", contains an arrow between two of the letters?

What is FedEx?

400

Which of Shakespeare's plays is Taylor Swift's song "Love Story" about?

What is Romeo and Juliet?

400

Launched in 1973, what was the first space station owned and operated by NASA?

What is Skylab?

400

Which American actor of "Columbo" fame played the grandfather in the 1987 movie "The Princess Bride"?

Who is Peter Falk?

400

Which Travel Channel network series highlights food challenges and other pig-out places around America?

What is Man V. Food?

600

What would you be studying if you saw arches, whorls and loops?

What are Fingerprints?

600

The Stranglers released "Don't Bring Harry" in 1979. Who or what, was Harry?

What is Heroin?

600

What were an estimated 8,000 deaths in the Vietnam War and also the deaths of Pat Tillman and Stonewall Jackson attributed to?

What is Friendly Fire?

600

Which famous film director had his book, 'Letters to E.T.', first published in 1983?

Who is Steven Spielberg?

600

By what name is the American fast food chain Burger King known in Australia?

What is Hungry Jack's?

800

What are you cutting if you are using pinking shears?

What is Fabric?

800

How many strings are there on a cello?

What is 4?

800

What grand-nephew of Julius Caesar was the first emperor of Rome?

Who is Augustus? (Octavian)

800

In the 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", who is Roger's wife?

Who is Jessica Rabbit?

800

Which food item connects a 1970s American band featuring David Gates and a 1980s British sitcom written by Carla Lane?

What is Bread?

1000

Who is credited with writing the "Hardy Boys" book series?

Who is Franklin W. Dixon?

1000

What male singer that recorded a cover of "Putting on the Ritz" in 1982 shares the same name as a food dish?

What is Taco?

1000

In 1989, the World Wide Web was invented and the first webpage went online publicly in 1991. Which British inventor created the web?

Who is Tim Berners-Lee?

1000

January 28, 1986, the world hears the news of the space shuttle exploding. What was the Shuttle's name?

What is Challenger?

1000

Food in the stomach is referred to as?

What is Chyme?

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