DECADES IN MUSIC
Woodstock defined youth culture, while Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album—with "Stairway to Heaven"—topped charts.
What are the 1970s?
The only country with three capitals
What is SOUTH AFRICA?
The patella is the Latin term for this body part.
What is KNEECAP?
Christopher Reeve debuted as the Man of Steel in this 1978 film, featuring Marlon Brando as Jor-El and the tagline "You'll believe a man can fly."
What is SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE?
Switzerland’s national dish, promoted by the state-backed Swiss Cheese Union since the 1930s: molten cheese served in a communal pot, dipped with bread.
What is FONDUE?
Rock 'n' roll was officially named by DJ Alan Freed, and Chuck Berry released "Sweet Little Sixteen"—all in this decade.
What are the 1950s?
Five European countries have capitals that are not their most populous city. Name three.
What are: LIECHTENSTEIN (Vaduz), MALTA (Valletta), SAN MARINO (San Marino), SWITZERLAND (Bern), TURKEY (Ankara)?
Contusion is the ER chart term for what kids get after falling off bikes
What is a BRUISE?
The only non-Avengers superhero film to surpass $1 billion before 2015, featuring Christian Bale’s Batman facing Heath Ledger’s Joker.
What is THE DARK KNIGHT?
Thailand’s state-decreed national dish since 1938: stir-fried rice noodles with tamarind, peanuts, and shrimp, created to unify the nation’s identity.
What is PAD THAI?
This decade saw a 5-year-old Mozart compose his first keyboard minuets, documented in his sister's notebook.
What are the 1760s?
The only two landlocked countries in South America
What is BOLIVIA and PARAGUAY?
Dermatologists diagnose urticaria when stress or allergies raise itchy welts.
What are HIVES?
Otto Octavius, a scientist fused with mechanical arms, terrorizes the hero in this 2004 Sam Raimi film.
What is SPIDER-MAN 2?
Peru’s legally protected national dish since 2004: raw fish "cooked" in citrus juice, with Andean chili peppers and coastal cilantro.
What is CEVICHE?
Mozart premiered "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni", revolutionizing opera amid Vienna's classical zenith.
What are the 1780s?
The only country spanning all four hemispheres
What is KIRIBATI?
Epistaxis is the medical term for this extremely common bloody injury
What is a NOSEBLEED?
Wesley Snipes leads as a half-vampire, half-mortal man in this film trilogy
What is BLADE?
This traditional Georgian dish features cheese-filled bread, often shaped into various shapes and filled in with other ingredients such as egg.
What is KHACHAPURI?
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Brandenburg Concertos and The Well-Tempered Clavier, defining Baroque counterpoint.
What are the 1720s?
The only U.S. state where cannibalism is explicitly illegal.
What is IDAHO?
Acetylsalicylic acid relieves pain and thins blood, but you buy it as this tablet.
Ben Affleck stars as a masked vigilante alongside Jennifer Garner in this 2003 film
What is DAREDEVIL?
Brazil’s government-listed national dish: a black-bean stew with smoked pork, historically tied to enslaved communities and served with orange slices to aid iron absorption.
What is FEIJOADA?