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This rock-and-roll legend had his breakout year in 1956 with his first #1 hit, “Heartbreak Hotel”.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Of all the countries she has called home over the years, this one claims the title of her favorite.
What is Japan?
What day did Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declare Independence - marking the beginning of the 9-month Liberation War?
What is March 26, 1971?
Spanning over 335 million years ago, this ancient supercontinent incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth before breaking apart.
What is Pangaea?
Doing this in her home is officially ranked as her #1 biggest pet peeve.
What is wearing your shoes in her house?
Hollywood star Grace Kelly retired from acting in 1956 to marry the prince of this European microstate.
What is Monaco?
Her ultimate dream vacationdestination if she could hop on a plane tomorrow.
What is Japan?
What endangered animal is native to the Sundarbans mangrove forest, and also the national animal of Bangladesh?
What is the Royal Bengal Tiger?
Named for its intense volcanic and seismic activity, this 25,000-mile Pacific Ocean boundary is home to most of Earth's earthquakes and active volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
This is her favorite fast-food restaurant.
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?
In 1956, you could buy a gallon of gas in the U.S. for approximately this amount of money. Closest group wins
What is 22 cents?
Her journey into motherhood officially began in this country, where her first child was born.
Where is Malaysia?
This prestigious international award was given to Tagore in 1913, making him the first non-European to win it.
What is the Nobel Prize in Literature?
This rock type forms directly from the cooling and solidification of molten rock (magma or lava).
What is igneous rock?
She performed on national television to mark the premiere of this country’s very first color TV broadcast program.
What is Malaysia?
This show premiered on CBS on April 2, 1956, becoming the first half-hour daytime soap opera.
What is “As the World Turns”?
She welcomed her youngest child into the world in this city.
Where is Lake Charles?
Which Nobel Prize in Literature Winner composed the national anthem for Bangladesh, “Amar Sonar Bangla”?
Who is Rabindranath Tagore?
This plate tectonic movement is responsible for creating deep ocean trenches and massive volcanic mountain ranges.This tectonic collision process occurs when one denser plate slides under another.
What is subduction?
She earned this degree from this college in this year.
What is an Associates Degree from Blinn College in 1993?
IBM released the first commercial computer with a hard drive in 1956, which stored this whopping amount of data.
What is 5 Megabytes?
Her most recent flight took her to this destination.
Where is Detroit?
This revolutionary poet's musical works, known as Nazrul Sangeet, were popularized on 1950s radio.
Who is (Kazi) Nazrul Islam?
Named for the German geologist who created it, this 1-to-10 scale ranks minerals by their ability to scratch one another. This standard 1-to-10 scale measures mineral hardness, placing talc at 1 and diamond at 10.
What is the Mohs Scale?
It’s the number of different languages she has performed songs in.
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