Fabulous Firsts
Declared in March 1, 1872, this was America's first national park.
Yellowstone
The original Three Musketeers and their fourth buddy were...
Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan
This is the most populous country in the world with a color in its name.
Hint: it's in Africa
Ivory Coast
On January 26, 1837, President Andrew Jackson signed the bill that made Michigan the twenty-sixth this.
In March 2024, Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the presidential election over a candidate of the ruling coalition, becoming the youngest president in this Non-France Francophone country's history.
Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye
She was the first author ever to earn one billion dollars.
JK Rowling
The Supremes consisted of Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and THIS famous singer.
Diana Ross
This largest city in Ohio is home to the famous Oreo cookie.
Columbus
He was the state's first US president.
Gerald R. Ford
In 1919, a law was passed in this US state that made speaking or teaching the French language illegal.
Maine
In 1945, Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer patented the modern microwave oven. He was working with magnetrons in the lab when he noticed that they had melted a candy bar in his pocket. He then officially tested this effect on this food.
Bonus, for 8 points: He then tried this food item in a tea kettle which subsequently exploded in his coworker's face.
Popcorn
Bonus: a whole egg
This famous musical trio's first single was called "Spicks and Specks." Their second? "New York Mining Disaster 1941"
The Bee Gees
When the "Hollywood" sign in LA was erected in 1923, it first read this instead of "Hollywood." This addition was later removed in 1949.
Hollywoodland
In 2004, for the first time in 200 years, this animal was seen in the state of Michigan. The animal died of natural causes and as is tradition, was stuffed and displayed throughout the state on a tour.
A wolverine
The fennec fox is the world's smallest canine and is known for its large ears and ability to survive without water for long periods of time. It is this Non-France Francophone country's national animal.
Algeria
The first successful organ transplant in humans was performed by Joseph E. Murray in 1954. What was the organ?
Kidney
The three Apollo 11 astronauts consisted of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and this astronaut who stayed up in the command module while his colleagues frolicked moonside.
Michael Collins
What is the capital of Nevada?
Carson City
The first car with this was manufactured in 1939 by Detroit's Packard Motor Car Company.
Air conditioning
This country was known as "karukera", or "island of beautiful waters," by its native Arawak population. In 1493, Christopher Columbus decided to rename it for a monastery.
Guadeloupe
Dr. Nancy C. Andrews became the first female dean of a top 10 medical school in the US when she took the position at Duke Univ School of Medicine. Which year did this take place (nearest decade)?
2007 (2000s)
In 1990, the Three Tenors first performed together in Rome at a concert before the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final. The performance reached a global television audience of around 800 million people. You may know the group consisted of famous singers Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo, but do you know the third tenor?
José Carreras
Out of musical artists or groups whose names include a major American city, which artist or group has sold the most albums/units over their career?
(City will have at least 100,000 people.)
Bonus, for 8 points each: name other well-known, top-selling (verified top 100 in sales in the US) artists/groups whose names include a major US city.
Michael Jackson
The JW Wescott II is a boat that operates out of Detroit, MI in the Great Lakes area. It runs a service out of the boat that while is not unique in its own right, it is the only floating one of these.
A post office
This political scientist and decolonial feminist was born in Paris but was raised in Algeria and Reunion. As a Francophonian political scientist she wrote the recent books: "Le ventre des femmes, Capitalisme, racialisation, féminisme," and "Un féminisme décolonial."
Francoise Verges
A 19 second video of a man at the San Diego Zoo entitled "Me at the zoo" has over 300 million views. A pinned comment by the San Diego Zoo on the video has the most likes of any YouTube comment in its history. What is so notable about this video?
It was the first YouTube video uploaded going live on April 23, 2005.
The Three Sisters refer to these three crops that originated in Native America 3,000 years ago. Beans, squash, and...
This is the most populous city in the US with a color in its name.
Hint: it's in North Carolina
Greensboro
This former foreign leader dubbed "The Madman of the Middle East" was offered the key to the city of Detroit in 1980.
Saddam Hussein
This Congolese physician and pastor was offered the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
Denis Mukwege