Rock Bands
This band was formed in Liverpool, 1960. Their music dealt heavily with countercultural themes. One of its songwriters was assassinated by Mark David Chapman in 1980. They are the best-selling music act of all time. Name this band, who consisted of ‘The Big Four’, who included Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.
The Beatles
This man did not go to college, instead going right into the NBA after graduating from high school. He first signed with the Cavaliers. He won his first NBA Championship with the Cavaliers in 2016, their first NBA Championship in over 50 years. Name this basketball player, who is currently #23 on the Los Angeles Lakers.
LeBron James
This man is commonly known as the founder of the Republican party. He debated Stephen Douglas in 1858 and had many political enemies; Democrats, as well as the Copperheads and the Radical Republicans. Name this 16th president of the US, who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate supporter.
Abraham Lincoln
The Strait of Gibraltar, as well as the Ionian Sea, is part of this body of water. This body of water is commonly used by migrants to reach the European continent. It is connected to the Red Sea by the Suez Canal. Name this body of water, which surrounds the Italian Peninsula, as well as the country of Greece.
Mediterranean Sea
This event fulfilled a promise of John F. Kennedy in one of his 1961 speeches. During this event, The Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, and later reconnected with Colombia in Orbit. Name this event, at which Neil Armstrong stated his famous quote, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Apollo Moon Landings/Moon Landings
Although it was founded in Sydney, the two founders of this band were both from Scotland. This band’s most recent album, Shot in the Dark, was released in 2020. This band’s lead singer Bon Scott died in 1980 from alcohol poisoning. Name this band, home of Angus and Malcolm Young, and whose most famous albums include The Razor’s Edge and Back in Black.
AC/DC
This man was the MVP for the 1992-1993 season. He won 3 consecutive championships with the Lakers in 2001,2002, and 2003, before tension with Kobe Bryant led to him being traded to the Miami Heat. He won one more NBA championship with the Heat in 2006 before retiring in 2010. Name this man, who is 7’1 and whose shoe size is 23, one of the largest NBA players in history.
Shaquille O'Neal
This man’s work included protesting poverty, capitalism, racism, and the Vietnam War. He led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, as well as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Name this civil rights leader who was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
This lake is located in between the cities of Inverness and Fort William. It empties into the North Sea via a river with a similar name. A sonar anomaly determined it not to be the largest lake in the Scottish Highlands. Name this Loch, whose ‘Surgeon’s Photo’ captured a mythical beast named Nessie.
Loch Ness
This planet has a solar orbit of around 88 days total. The Mariner 10 and MESSENGER satellites were both sent to orbit and view this planet. This planet has no natural satellites. Name this planet, closest to the sun, and named after the Roman god of trade, thieves, and luck.
Mercury
This band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility, which was 2014. They were founded in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Their lead singer killed himself with a shotgun in Seattle, 1994. Name this grunge band, whose most famous albums include Utero and Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Nirvana
One of this man’s nicknames is “The Hick from French Lick”. He was the NBA’s Most Valuable player from 1984-1986. He played alongside Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson in the 1992 Men’s Olympic team, AKA the ‘Dream Team’. He spent 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Name this best Boston Celtics player of all time, who clashed with the Lakers and the Bad Boys during his career.
Larry Bird
This man was originally a lawyer in a country whose colonialism he fought against. He is commonly associated with sitting at a spinning wheel and participated in the Salt March against what he believed was an unfair tax. Name this man, who was criticized by Winston Churchill for his non-violent resistance to Indian colonialism, and who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
Mohandas Gandhi/Mahatma Gandhi
This river is sourced in the Swiss Alps, and flows into the North Sea. It is the third-largest river in Europe. The cities of Cologne and Dusseldorf are located on the banks of this river. This river formed the northern inland border of the Roman Empire. Name this river, which forms the border between Germany and France.
Rhine River
It was found that these bodies create Hawking radiation at their event horizons. Friction being exposed to these bodies can create quasars, the brightest objects in the universe. One of these bodies is said to be at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Name these bodies, so dense that not even light can escape them.
Black Holes
This band got its name from Gary Rossington’s high school gym teacher. It was founded in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964. It was ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as the 95th best Rock & Roll album in the world in 2004. A plane crash killed two of its original members in 1977. Name this southern rock band, famous for “Free Bird” and “Sweet Home Alabama”.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
This man was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2016. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during the ‘Showtime’ era, in which he and Magic Johnson dominated the league with a fast, hit-and-run style of basketball. Name this Lakers player, who has scored the most overall points out of any NBA player in history.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
This man was involved in the Chappaquiddick incident. He served as the US attorney general during 1961-64 and is the brother of another assassinated political figure. Name this man, the brother of John. F. Kennedy, who was killed by Sirhan Sirhan.
Robert Kennedy
The Rus Khaganate rose around this river. This river is located in the Astrakhan Oblast. A city called Stalingrad had its name changed to that of this river, as a result of Nikita Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization policies. Name this river, the largest in Europe, and which borders 9 out of Russia’s 10 biggest cities.
(DAILY DOUBLE) The dwarf planets Pluto and Makemake are both located in this region. This region is mostly composed of nitrogen, water, and ammonia, as opposed to metal and rock. This region begins at the orbit of Neptune and can be considered the border to the known Solar System. Name this asteroid belt that was discovered by a Dutch astronomer.
Kuiper Belt
This band won a Grammy award for best album of the year in 1978. Its album Rumors is one of the best-selling albums of all time. They have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Name this band, whose founding members include Peter Green, and whose famous songs include “Go Your Own Way” and “The Chain”.
Fleetwood Mac
This man was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1993. He played on the 76ers for most of his career, from 1976 to 1987. He and Moses Malone led the 76ers to win the NBA Finals in 1983. He was the MVP of the 1980-81 season. Name this player, whose stylish dunks drove him to fame.
Julius Erving
This man was a prominent Ohio state senator and Union general during the civil war. As a member of the Republican party, he fought against the political machine of Roscoe Conkling and the Stalwart faction. Name this 20th president, who was assassinated by Charles Guiteau, a radical supporter of his.
James A. Garfield
The most populous city on this river is Vienna, Austria. It begins in the Black Forest mountains of Germany and empties into the Black Sea. It was the namesake of a waltz by Johann Strauss in the 18th century. Name this European river, which flows through 10 countries, including Ukraine and Hungary.
Danube River
This concept is the possibility that a region in spacetime will grow so much that its mass and gravitational pull will be infinite. Current knowledge is unable to describe the mathematics behind such a concept, as infinity cannot be measured. Name this concept, which describes the universe before the Big Bang.
Singularity