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The founder of Roberts Wesleyan University
Who was B.T. Roberts?
The American Civil War started in April of this year
What was 1861?
The genre of music where Taylor Swift started her songwriting and singing career before switching to pop music
What is Country Music?
Bats in the Major Baseball League are required to be made of this material
What is wood?
The cult classic film from the 1980s known for its use of "breaking the fourth wall", featuring actors such as John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Mel Brooks
What is Spaceballs?
Former President Eisenhower's first name
Who was Dwight?
The original manuscripts for the Bible, including the Old and New Testaments, were written in these three languages
What is Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek?
This film made with stunning motion-capture animation features Tom Hanks as the voice of five of the characters throughout the film as well as the narrator
What is The Polar Express?
The team sport played on horseback with a long-handled mallet
What is Polo?
From the year 1189-1192, King Richard the Lionheart and the Holy Roman Emperor failed to reclaim this city in the Holy Land
What is Jerusalem?
He wrote about Sherlock Holmes, a detective featured in a large series of short stories and a few novels, written between 1880 and 1930
Who was (Sir) Arthur Conan Doyle?
The flower in such high demand in the Netherlands in the 1630s that at the peak of the market a single bulb was worth as much as a mansion at the time
What is a Tulip?
Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin starred in this tense 1990 action movie
What is The Hunt for Red October?
The motorsport race held on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend
What is the Indianapolis 500?
The oldest manufacturer of denim jeans, founded in 1853 and still making jeans today by the same name
What is Levi Strauss & Co?
The man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804
Who was Aaron Burr?
The famous Chinese dynasty that built the Forbidden City and is also well known for the prized porcelain vases made in that era
What was the Ming Dynasty?
The video and arcade game that has the most sales of all time, including all of its versions
What is Tetris?
The American Football team that lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the game prior to the First Superbowl, with the Chiefs going on to face the Green Bay Packers in the Bowl
What are the Buffalo Bills?
These two U.S. States are the only ones that do not have a Chick-Fil-A location
What is Alaska and Vermont?
This author debuted in 1895 with a book about a time machine; he is famous for his science-fiction novels
Who was H.G. Wells?
This American Bombardment Group infamously lost 12 out of its 13 bombers deployed during a raid on Münster, Germany in 1943
What was the 100th Bombardment Group?
This was the first film (of three total films) to win the world record of 11 Academy Awards (Oscars)
What is Ben Hur (1959)?
The fictional sport from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, with the rules being "anything we make up"
What is Calvinball?
The copyright of unpublished works expires __ years after the death of the author
What is 70?