Animals
This mammal has quills for defense.
What is a porcupine?
This Cold War-era crisis in 1962 brought the United States and Soviet Union close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This annual horse race is known as “The Run for the Roses.”
What is the Kentucky Derby?
This prestigious British award honors outstanding film and television productions.
What is the BAFTA Award?
This pop singer is known for hits like “Billie Jean” and “Thriller.”
Who is Michael Jackson?
This animal is famous for its colorful tail feathers used in displays.
What is a peacock?
This African leader helped end apartheid and later became South Africa’s first Black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This sport combines swimming, cycling, and running in one event.
What is a triathlon?
This award honors excellence in jazz, blues, and gospel music.
What is the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award?
This genre combines rhythm, blues, and gospel influences and emerged in the 1950s.
What is soul music?
This fish is known for swimming upstream to spawn.
What is a salmon?
This medieval pandemic, also called the Black Death, killed millions across Europe.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
This NFL team is based in Green Bay and is owned by its fans.
What are the Green Bay Packers?
This military decoration is the highest honor awarded by the United States.
What is the Medal of Honor?
This instrument uses pedals and pipes and is often found in churches.
What is an organ?
This animal is known as the “ship of the desert.”
What is a camel?
This agreement ended World War I and imposed heavy penalties on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
In baseball, this term refers to hitting the ball out of the park in fair territory.
What is a home run?
This award is given annually to the best college football player in the U.S.
What is the Heisman Trophy?
This famous composer created operas such as The Magic Flute.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This animal uses echolocation to hunt in the dark.
What is a bat?
This empire, ruled by emperors such as Augustus, dominated much of Europe for centuries.
What is the Roman Empire?
This Olympic sport involves routines performed on apparatus like the balance beam and rings.
What is gymnastics?
This award recognizes achievements in science fiction and fantasy writing.
What is the Hugo Award?
This term refers to the repeating part of a song that listeners remember most.
What is the chorus?