April
What is the name of the Greek goddess of Spring and nature?
Answer: Persephone
Known for his role in the group N.W.A., this rapper's 1992 album The Chronic became a landmark in West Coast hip-hop.
Answer: Who is Dr. Dre?
This British rock band, known for hits like "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be," is often considered one of the greatest bands of all time.
Answer: Who are The Beatles?
Is 62 a prime or a composite number?
Composite
On what day in 1963 was JFK assassinated in Dallas, Texas?
November 22, 1963
What major event related to World War II happened on April 12th?
Answer: The death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Originally formed as a spinoff of the band Jefferson Airplane, this group’s 1978 hit "Miracles" became one of their most popular songs.
Answer: What is Jefferson Starship?
This 1999 film directed by David Fincher features a nameless narrator and a soap salesman, and ends with buildings collapsing to the Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?”.
Answer: What is Fight Club?
Stretching over 2,200 miles, U.S. Route 62 runs from El Paso, Texas, to this northeastern state known for its Amish Country.
Answer: What is New York?
Which film, released in 1963, became the first James Bond movie to feature Sean Connery as the iconic British secret agent?
Answer: From Russia with Love
This German dictator is listed as the most famous Taurus in history.
Adolf Hitler
In the 1970s the Bee Gees became one of the best-selling artists of the decade. What are the names of the members?
Bonus 100 points if you can put them in birth order.
Barry Gibb – the eldest brother and lead vocalist.
Robin Gibb – the middle brother, known for his distinctive falsetto voice.
Maurice Gibb – the youngest brother, who played multiple instruments, including bass guitar and keyboards.
This surreal British sci-fi show from the 1960s features a man known only as Number Six, trapped in a mysterious village with constant surveillance.
Answer: What is The Prisoner?
At age 62, this future U.S. president first ran for national office—he lost, but would go on to win the presidency in 1980.
Answer: Who is Ronald Reagan?
In 1963, which iconic boxer defeated Sonny Liston to become the world heavyweight champion and famously declared, "I am the greatest"?
Bonus 100 points if you can say what name he went by then.
Answer: Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay)
This Shakespearean play opens with the line, "Now is the winter of our discontent," but its namesake was born and died in April. What is the name of the play?
Richard III
*Double Jeopardy*
The piano, guitar, and violin are all examples of this category of instruments, which produce sound through vibrations.
Answer: What are string instruments?
Released in 1982, this Atari 2600 game was so poorly received it contributed to the video game crash of 1983—and thousands of unsold copies were buried in a New Mexico landfill.
Hint: It's a Steven Spielberg film
Answer: What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
In 2022, which New York Yankee broke Roger Maris's record of 61 home runs in a single season with 62 home runs?
Aaron Judge
What popular TV show, which first aired in 1963, featured a family of talking animals and was created by Hanna-Barbera?
Answer: The Jetsons
Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote...” begins this Middle English work, often credited as the first major piece of English literature.
The ______ tales.
Answer: What is The Canterbury Tales?
This artist won 13 Grammy Awards in 2017, making her the most awarded female artist in a single night.
Hint: She is known by one name
Answer: Who is Adele?
In 1936, which influential scientist and mathematician published "On Computable Numbers" a groundbreaking paper that laid the foundation for modern computer science?
Hint: They made a movie about him in 2014 starring Benedict Cumberbatch
Answer: Alan Turing
Released in 1962, this debut single by The Beatles launched them into fame—though it didn’t top the U.K. charts at first.
Answer: What is "Love Me Do"?
Which Alfred Hitchcock movie was released in 1963?
The Birds