This city was destroyed in 79 CE due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii or Herculaneum
Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital
New Zealand
It is often referred to as the Red Planet
Mars
Duo known for their recordings of Mrs. Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Simon and Garfunkel
Variety show that introduced the Beatles to the U.S. in 1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
This man was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan
Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean
5
These are the only two planets that do not have moons
Mercury and Venus
The Quiet Beatle who organized the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971
George Harrison
Left the SS Minnow shipwrecked somewhere in the Pacific
Gilligan's Island
Yersinia pestis started this in Europe in 1347
Black Death
The King James Bible refers to it as the Salt Sea
Dead Sea
Planet known for its Great Red Spot
Jupiter
This band, known for its recording of Proud Mary, was originally called the Golliwogs
Creedence Clearwater Revival
This western featured Lorne Greene and Michael Landon and the Ponderosa
Bonanza
Published in 1783, his American Spelling Book preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years
Noah Webster
The smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceans
Arctic Ocean
The asteroid belt is found between the orbits of these two planets
Mars and Jupiter
This song, released by Don McLean, was about the crash that killed Buddy Holly and others
American Pie
Western about two Secret Service agents set in the 1870s
The Wild, Wild West
The Battle of Culloden was fought in this country
Scotland
Lake Louise was named after this long reigning monarch's daughter
Queen Victoria
Term that describes the average Earth-Sun distance
Astronomical Unit (AU)
This song was the first to be ever performed in outer space
Watching the Sky (by a Cosmonaut in 1962, Ukrainian song)
Featured Dr. Richard Kimble searching for the one-armed man
The Fugitive