Famous events
Famous people
Technology
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Entertainment
100

Millions of people watch this event when the countdown reaches midnight and a ball drops in New York City.

Times Square New Year's Eve Celebration?

100

This famous basketball player is known as "the goat" and played most of his career for the Chicago Bulls.

Michael Jordan?

100

This invention tells time using hands that move around a numbered face.

 the Clock

100

This is the capital city of the United States.

Washington, D.C.

100

This cartoon rabbit is famous for saying, "What's up, Doc?

Bugs Bunny

200

This worldwide competition takes place every four years and brings together athletes from many countries.

Olympic Games?

200

This singer is known as the "King of Pop" and recorded songs like Thriller and Billie Jean.

Michael Jackson

200

This invention by Alexander Graham Bell allowed people to talk to each other over long distances.

Telephone

200

This American symbol was a gift from France and stands in New York Harbor.

Statue of Liberty

200

This singer was nicknamed "The King of Rock and Roll

Elvis Presley

300

what was this event called when a man walked on the moon 

Apollo Moon Landing

300

This scientist developed the theory of relativity and is famous for the equation E = mc².

Albert Einstein?

300

This invention by Thomas Edison helped bring electric lighting into homes and businesses.

Light bulb

300

This document begins with the words "We the People" and is the supreme law of the United States.

United States Constitution

300

This classic TV western featured a sheriff named Matt Dillon.

Gunsmoke

400

In 1903, two brothers made history by completing the first successful powered airplane flight who were they?

the wright brothers

400

This American leader was the first President of the United States and is often called the "Father of His Country.

George Washington

400

Invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1400s, this machine made it much easier to produce books.

Printing press

400

This famous mountain monument in South Dakota features the faces of four U.S. presidents carved into rock

Mount Rushmore

400

This friendly green frog is the leader of the Muppets and often says, "It's not easy being green

Kermit the Frog

500

Beginning in 1848, thousands of people traveled to California hoping to strike it rich after the discovery of gold.

the California Gold Rush?

500

This leader of the American Civil War era issued the Emancipation Proclamation and appears on the U.S. penny.

Abraham Lincoln

500

First demonstrated in the 1800s, this technology used dots and dashes to send messages over long distances.

Telegraph

500

This purchase in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States.

Louisiana Purchase

500

This yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield and includes Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.

The Simpsons

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