Music
This composer and bandleader, known for hits like "Mood Indigo" and "Take the 'A' Train," was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This 1950 film noir classic, starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, opens with a narrator who is already dead, floating in a swimming pool.
What is Sunset Boulevard?
In 1954, this English athlete and neurologist became the first person in recorded history to run a mile in under four minutes.
Who is Roger Bannister?
This military alliance was established by the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949 to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
What is NATO?
Named after a British Prime Minister, this popular blend is flavored with oil of bergamot.
What is Earl Grey?
Though famous for singing "White Christmas," this legendary crooner was also an avid golfer who actually co-founded the first celebrity Pro-Am tournament.
Who is Bing Crosby?
This legendary actor famously turned down his 1973 Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather, sending Sacheen Littlefeather to reject it on his behalf.
Who is Marlon Brando?
This legendary Detroit Red Wings ice hockey player, nicknamed "Mr. Hockey," played professionally across an astounding five different decades.
Who is Gordie Howe?
This British Prime Minister famously delivered the "We shall fight on the beaches" speech to the House of Commons in June 1940.
Who is Winston Churchill?
Contrary to popular myth, extending this specific digit while holding your teacup is considered bad manners.
What is the pinky finger?
This famous operatic soprano, born in New York but of Greek descent, was widely known by the moniker "La Divina."
Who is Maria Callas?
Tea Party Tie-in: In this whimsical 1951 animated Disney film, a young girl attends a chaotic "Mad Tea Party" hosted by the Mad Hatter.
What is Alice in Wonderland?
Tea Party Tie-in: This historic British tennis tournament is famous for its strict all-white dress code and serving strawberries and cream to spectators.
What is Wimbledon?
Tea Party Tie-in: This 1773 political protest in Massachusetts involved colonists dumping British tea into the harbor to protest "taxation without representation."
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This rich, thick dairy product from Devon or Cornwall is a mandatory topping for a traditional British cream tea.
What is clotted cream?
Tea Party Tie-in: This famed American bandleader, known as the "March King," composed the famous "Stars and Stripes Forever."
Who is John Philip Sousa?
This legendary anthology television series, created and hosted by Rod Serling, debuted in 1959 with an episode titled "Where Is Everybody?"
What is The Twilight Zone?
This Brooklyn Dodgers catcher won three National League MVP awards in the 1950s before a tragic automobile accident cut his career short.
Who is Roy Campanella?
This major international crisis in 1956 was triggered by Egypt's nationalization of a vital, artificial waterway connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Crisis?
This distinctively heavy, hearty style of evening meal served to the working class historically differed from the delicate, upper-class "Afternoon Tea."
What is High Tea?
This big band leader and trombonist mysteriously disappeared in December 1944 when his military aircraft went missing over the English Channel.
Who is Glenn Miller?
This 1959 epic historical drama won a record-shattering 11 Academy Awards, featuring a legendary, nine-minute chariot race scene.
What is Ben-Hur?
This legendary track and field star broke three world records and tied a fourth in the span of just 45 minutes at the 1935 Big Ten track meet.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Signed in 1945, this historic declaration partitioned Germany into four Allied occupation zones following its surrender in World War II.
What is the Potsdam Declaration (or the Yalta Conference agreement)
All true teas originate from the leaves of this specific evergreen shrub species.
What is Camellia sinensis?