Decades & Trends
Bell-bottom jeans were especially popular in this decade.
1970s
The city of Chiang Mai in this country is home to Baan Chang Elephant Park.
Thailand
Close basketball shot from the tip of the hand into the basket.
Finger Roll
This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
X-Ray
The Great Depression began in this decade.
1930s
Wyoming's largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park.
Yellowstone Lake
She was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year
Caitlin Clark
This German composer is famous for his nine symphonies and “Moonlight Sonata.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
In this 1975 movie, Roy Scheider’s Chief Brody quips, “You're going to need a bigger boat.”
Jaws
Rock and roll became widely popular in this decade.
1950s
The smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceans is this one.
Artic Ocean
A slow, tricky pitch on the baseball diamond.
Knuckleball
Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
Antonio Vivaldi
Iowa is the USA’s leading producer of this popular crop.
Corn
The first color TV broadcasts became common in this decade.
1960s
Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean.
5
California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii
Long thought to have invented baseball, he fought for the Union at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Abner Doubleday
This venue is considered the most acoustically perfect in the entire U.S.
Carnegie Hall
This popular fruit is known to be mildly radioactive.
Bananas
This decade is known for World War ll.
1940s
This capital that shares its name with its country lies about 12 miles inland from Italy's Adriatic coast.
San Marino
Herb Brooks coached the U.S. to the "Miracle on Ice" hockey victory at this site in the Adirondacks.
Lake Placid
Who is Schumann?
The highest voice type in a choral ensemble
This U.S. president had a pet alligator that he kept in a White House bathtub.
John Quincy Adams