Pop Culture Deep Cuts
The TV drama The Sopranos is set primarily in which U.S. state.
NJ
This U.S. president was the first to resign from office.
Richard Nixon
This company created the first Macintosh computer.
Apple
This country has the largest population in South America.
Brazil
This tennis player won 23 Grand Slam singles titles before retiring in 2022.
Serena Williams
This was the first feature-length animated movie ever released.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Which U.S. president delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln
What is the branch of mathematics studies shapes, sizes, and the properties of space?
Geometry
This city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
Athens, Greece
Which baseball player broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974?
Hank Aaron
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In Back to the Future, Marty McFly travels back to this year.
What is 1955?
In what year did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
a) 1983
b)1986
c)1989
b) 1986
This spice, used in baking, comes from the bark of a tree.
cinnamon
This European country is landlocked and bordered by France, Germany, and Italy.
Switzerland
This NFL team won the first Super Bowl in 1967.
Green Bay Packers
This singer was known as the "King of Pop."
Who is Michael Jackson?
The “Roaring Twenties” ended with what major economic event?
Great Depression
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In computing, “HTTP” stands for what?
HyperText Transfer Protocol
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Machu Picchu was built by which ancient civilization?
Incas
This country has won the most FIFA World Cup championships.
Brazil
This actor played both a Marvel superhero and a famous magician in The Prestige.
Hugh Jackman
What was the name of the first human-made object to reach space in 1957?
Sputnik 1
What is the term for a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward?
Palindrome
This country has the most official languages in the world.
The Miracle on Ice happened during what year’s Winter Olympics?
1980