Presidents
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
The man who assassinated JFK
He himself was fatally shot two days later by Jack Ruby
What is the name of the first spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon?
Apollo 11
Who wrote the 1936 novel “Gone with the Wind”?
Margaret Mitchell
What instrument does Stevie Wonder play?
Piano
What year was Coca-Cola created?
1886
It was the creation of Dr. John Pemberton as a tonic for common ailments.
Which president of the United States was in office from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god?
Earth
The name Earth is an English/German name which simply means the ground.
Jules Verne's fictional submarine the Nautilus is captained by which character?
Captain Nemo
What country star was known as The Man in Black?
Johnny Cash
Which industry can no longer display any branding on its packaging?
Tobacco
In 1970 Congress passed an advertising prohibition act banning all cigarette commercials
Which president was the first president to be sworn in by his nickname?
Jimmy Carter.
Born James Earl Carter Jr., he was sworn in as “Jimmy,” which made him the first and the only president (so far) to be sworn in by his nickname.
What spacecraft was famously repaired with duct tape?
Apollo 13
The Apollo 13 astronauts used duct tape to improvise a carbon dioxide (CO2) filter and a "mail box" to purge gas from the spacecraft after an oxygen tank exploded
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a story about the life of what teenage protagonist?
Holden Caulfield
Which smoky-voiced singer sang Too Young in 1951?
Nat King Cole
Crunchy Nut, Bran Flakes, and Rice Krispies are cereals by which brand?
Kellogg's
Which president worked to save football from being banned in the United States?
Theodore Roosevelt
Armed with little protective equipment, football players suffered gruesome injuries and even death. Reports of all the bloodshed led to an outcry for reform or abolishment of the game. The crisis became such an issue that President Roosevelt got involved. Roosevelt had long been an enthusiastic supporter of football, but acknowledged that reform was needed.
In what year did Pluto become reclassified as a dwarf planet?
2006
Pluto is technically a “dwarf planet,” because it has not “cleared its neighboring region of other objects.” This means that Pluto still has lots of asteroids and other space rocks along its flight path, rather than having absorbed them over time, like the larger planets have done.
What iconic anti-war novel did Joseph Heller publish in 1961?
Catch-22
What award-winning 1961 movie musical told the sad story of two star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of a gang war, and what Shakespeare play was it based on?
West Side Story; Romeo & Juliet
Which American e-commerce company is known for its online marketplace and cloud computing services?
Amazon
Who was the only man to be elected twice as U.S. Vice President and twice as President of the United States?
Richard Nixon
Nixon served as Vice President to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-1961 and was elected President in both 1968 and 1972.
In what year did the first woman go to space?
1963
Valentina Tereshkova; Soviet Union
The first American woman didn't go into space until 20 years later
Oliver Twist was the second novel published by which English author?
Charles Dickens
B.J. Thomas sang I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You in 1967. Who first recorded it in 1951?
Hank Williams Sr.
Which luxury car brand used to make farm equipment?
Ferrari