Classic Movies
This 1939 movie follows Dorothy as she travels through a magical dream land.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This country is shaped like a boot.
What is Italy?
This singer was known as “The Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This president signed the Social Security Act in 1935.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
She was the first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
This actor was known as “The Duke” and starred in many Westerns.
Who is John Wayne?
This river runs through London.
What is the Thames?
This singer recorded “Sweet Caroline,” “Cracklin’ Rosie,” and “Song Sung Blue.”
Who is Neil Diamond?
This document begins with the words “We the People.”
What is the Constitution?
He was the first American to orbit the Earth.
Who is John Glenn?
This movie musical features rival gangs called the Jets and the Sharks.
What is West Side Story?
This mountain range includes Mount Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
This Motown singer recorded “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “What’s Going On.”
Who is Marvin Gaye?
This 1962 standoff between the U.S. and Soviet Union brought the world close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
She was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
This actress played Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind.
Who is Vivien Leigh?
This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
This jazz legend played trumpet and sang “What a Wonderful World.”
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This constitutional amendment began Prohibition in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn starred together in this 1951 adventure film.
What is The African Queen?
This is the capital city of Australia.
What is Canberra?
This folk trio sang “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and helped popularize “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
Who are Peter, Paul and Mary?
This purchase from Russia in 1867 was once mocked as “Seward’s Folly.”
What is the Alaska Purchase?
She was the first female U.S. Cabinet member, serving as Secretary of Labor under FDR.
Who is Frances Perkins?