Music
What genre of music did Elvis Presley help popularize in the 1950s?
Rock and Roll
Which Italian Renaissance master painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1,100 people and turning US public opinion against Germany?
RMS Lusitania
Which Shakespeare play features the famous star-crossed lovers from Verona?
Romeo and Juliet
Who is the richest person in the world currently?
Elon Musk
Which Motown girl group was fronted by lead singer Diana Ross?
The Supremes
The Starry Night was painted by which post-impressionist artist while staying at an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence?
Vincent van Gogh
In which year did World War 1 begin?
1914
Which Emily Brontë novel focuses on the intense, destructive passion between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw on the Yorkshire moors?
Wuthering Heights
What is it called when a company decides to go public on the stock exchange?
IPO (Initial Public Offering)
What instrument has exactly 88 keys?
Piano
Which iconic American painting by Grant Wood depicts a stern-looking farmer and his daughter standing in front of a small house?
American Gothic
Great Britain, France, and Russia formed which major alliance group?
The Allied Powers
In the 1970 novel Love Story, Oliver and Jenny fall in love despite coming from very different social classes. What is the book's famous catchphrase about love?
"Love means never having to say you're sorry."
What are the big tech companies that compose FAANG in Silicon Valley / Bay Area?
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google
What was the name of the famous 1969 music festival held on a dairy farm in New York?
Woodstock
Salvador Dalí was a key figure in which early 20th-century avant-garde movement dedicated to unlocking the unconscious mind?
Surrealism
What specific type of warfare, involving long defensive ditches, is WW1 famous for?
Trench Warfare
In the 1957 classic West Side Story (a modern musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet), what are the names of the two rival street gangs that keep the lovers apart?
The Jets and the Sharks.
Who was the first billionaire in the world?
John D. Rockefeller
What tragic event in 1959 is known as "The Day the Music Died"?
The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper
Which Pop Art icon famously painted everyday consumer items like Campbell's Soup Cans and silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe?
Andy Warhol
What famous peace treaty officially ended the war in 1919?
The Treaty of Versailles
What is the title of Nicholas Sparks's 1996 debut novel about Noah and Allie, an elderly couple looking back on their lifelong, forbidden romance?
The Notebook
Who was the first female self-made millionaire?
Madame C. J. Walker