Before and After
What Happened First?
Name That Mascot
Same Word, Different Sports
Alliterative Celebrities
100
This Guernica artist won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation
Who is Pablo Picassofia Coppola?
100
The repeal of Prohibition in the United States or the release of the first Mickey Mouse cartoon
What is the release of the first Mickey Mouse cartoon? (Steamboat Willie premiered November 18, 1928; the 21st amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933)
100
Who is the Phillie Phanatic? (Philadelphia Phillies)
100
In baseball, the throw that initiates action OR in soccer, what the British call the playing surface
What is pitch?
100
The most successful female fighter in UFC history, this martial artist joined WWE in 2018
Who is Ronda Rousey?
200
This seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion is Blondie's most successful song
Who is Dale Earnhardt of Glass?
200
The invention of basketball or the Spanish-American War
What is the invention of basketball? (invented by James Naismith on December 21, 1891; the U.S. declared war on Spain on April 21, 1898)
200
Who is Benny the Bull? (Chicago Bulls)
200
In baseball, a pitch in which the batter swings and misses OR in bowling, a shot which knocks down all ten pins
What is strike?
200
This entertainer is the lead singer of Sugar Ray
Who is Mark McGrath?
300
This "Jack and Diane" singer is a historic set of treaties between Egypt and Israel
Who is John Cougar Mellencamp David Accords?
300
The premiere of I Love Lucy or the beginning of the Korean War
What is the Korean War? (June 25, 1950; I Love Lucy premiered October 15, 1951)
300
Who is the Stanford Tree? (unofficial Stanford Cardinal)
300
In NASCAR, the phenomenon on superspeedways whereby cars run faster when immediately behind other cars OR the process by which most North American sports leagues assign amateur players to teams
What is draft?
300
This TV chef is known for her emphasis on quick and simple recipes
Who is Rachael Ray?
400
This Malian city is a distinctive piece of clothing worn by ballerinas
What is Timbuktutu?
400
The invention of the doorknob or the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
What is the invention of the doorknob? (patented in 1878; Lincoln's assassination was April 14, 1865)
400
Who is Iceburgh? (Pittsburgh Penguins)
400
In football, when the QB throws the ball into the ground immediately after receiving the snap, primarily as a time-saving measure OR in volleyball, when the attacking team attempts to send the ball to the ground quicker than the defending team can play it
What is spike?
400
In December 2021, CNN fired this reporter for ethical violations related to his attempts to defend his brother against sexual harassment allegations
Who is Chris Cuomo?
500
This stage name of comedian Dan Whitney is the most prominent member of the Gunpowder Plot, the 1605 conspiracy to overthrow James I and re-establish a Catholic monarch in England
Who is Larry the Cable Guy Fawkes?
500
The Battle of Hastings or Viking settlement of Greenland
What is Viking settlement of Greenland? (986; the Battle of Hastings took place on October 14, 1066)
500
Who is K.C. Wolf?
500
In hockey, the use of the stick to restrain an opponent OR in golf, a shot where the ball flies severely to the left for right-handed golfers
What is a hook?
500
This German record producer is best known as the mastermind behind Boney M. and Milli Vanilli
Who is Frank Farian?