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Which war did it happen in?
Questionable U.S. Religious Leaders
100
Which two Washington Post reporters are famous for their reporting of the Watergate Scandal?
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
100
What was the name the press gave to the man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States on November 24, 1971 and then parachuted into the night over southwestern Washington never to be found.
DB Cooper
100
The Panama Canal was gradually transferred through the Treaties, which stipulated that the United States would relinquish full control on December 31, 1999. These treaties, negotiated by which U.S. President and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos, also included a neutrality treaty allowing the U.S. military to defend the canal's neutrality.
President Jimmy Carter
100
He was the 1st baseball player to be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Ty Cobb
100
This title character name and his crew began its broadcasting in 1975 with the setting in the 12th Precinct's station house.
Barney Miller
100
This movie, which starred Jack Nicholson, was derived from a Ken Kesy book about inmates in a mental ward.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
100
In 1971, Melanie goes to #1 on the charts with this song about roller skating.
Brand New Key
100
What U.S. Academy faced a wide-spread academic cheating scandal in 1951, which signifacantly affected their football team.
West Point
100
Everett Alvarez, Jr. is the first U.s. navy pior to be shot down and captured.
Vietnam
100
This leader of the Peoples Temple leads a mass suicide in Guyana.
Jim Jones
200
This Democratic candidate and Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan announced his intention to seek Democratic nomination for 1988 presidential election on June 8, 1987.
David Duke
200
Florence Chadwick did what in 1950 in 13 hours and 23 minutes?
swan across the English Channel
200
Sir Ernest Shackleton, known for leading the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1917) is renowned for his leadership and the remarkable survival story of his crew after their ship of this name was crushed by ice.
The Endurance
200
THis baseball player gets banned for life in 1989 when he is accused of betting on sports.
Pete Rose
200
Ernest Borgnine stars as this commander of P.T. Boat 73.
McHale
200
This actor plays the title role in Little Big Man in 1970, the only white to survive Custer's Last Stand.
Dustin Hoffman
200
In 1966, Tommy James sings that his baby does this....
The hanky panky
200
One of the first mass shootings on a college campus occurred here in 1966, when a sniper opened fire from the university's clock tower, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30.
University of Texas
200
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in this war.
WWII
200
Led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, this group believed they could ascend to a "Next Level" of existence and board a spacecraft hidden behind the Hale-Bopp comet and committed suicide in a San Diego mansion as the comet passed closest to Earth. They left behind videos stating they were happily departing "this world" to join the spaceship.
Heaven's Gate
300
Which former President was implecated in the Iran Contra "arms for hostages' scandal?
Reagan
300
Scandal surrounds Ted Kennedy with his involvement with the death of 28-year-old woman in the waters off a small bridge to Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts on the night of July 18, 1969.
Mary Jo Kopechne
300
During WWI, and according to Germany, this ship was carrying war materials, which is why they torpedoed it off the coast of Ireland, killing many. This significantly turned American public opinion against Germany which played a role in the U.S. entering the war in 1917.
Lusitania
300
The "Tennis Battle of the Sexes" takes place in 1973 between this woman and man.
Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs
300
Premiering in 1965, this adventure series was the first to feature a Black actor, Bill Cosby, in a starring role.
I Spy
300
In 1962, Bette Davis play an aging child star film has-been who torments her paraplegic sister in this movie.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
300
In 1956, this man puts his musical dream in motion and established Motown Records.
Berry Gordy
300
This college scandal in 2011 rocked the university and its football program, leading to the firing of legendary coach Joe Paterno and multiple administrators for their role in covering up the crimes.
Penn State
300
This was the final clash after years of war between European nations and French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte which led to peace in Europe for years to come and helped to end centuries of conflict between England and France.
Waterloo
300
The Moral Majority movement mobilized conservative Christians to oppose liberalism and promote traditional family values and it successfully influenced Republican politics but faded by the early 1990s was led by whom?
Jerry Falwell
400
What was the name of the person who released secretly recorded confidential phone calls of Monica Lewinsky's relationship with President Bill Clinton?
Linda Tripp
400
In 1947, he became the first person to officially break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 rocket plane.
Chuck Yeager
400
Through this treaty, member promised to defend any member that may be attacked by an outside force, with the unified command under a leader of the Soviet Union and ensured that most European nations were aligned in one of two opposing camps and formalized the political divide in Europe that became prevalent World War II.
The Warsaw Project
400
Gordie Howe becomes the 1st player to score 1000 points in this sport.
Hockey
400
The Tonight Show, the first successful late-night talk show, debuted in 1954 with this host.
Steve Allen
400
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered in this 1941 classic.
The Maltese Falcon
400
This country singer scores a gold record in 1977 with a song about a woman named Lucille who picked a fine time to leave him.
Kenny Rogers
400
In 1967, the University of Wisconsin was the site of a student sit-ins against this company, a manufacturer of napalm.
Dow Chemical Company
400
A series of many battles happening between England and France from 1337 to 1453 started because a king couldn't be named. The war actually lasted 116 years.
The Hundred Years War
400
What Beatles song was the central apocalyptic prophesy of Manson's faith which he believed to be a signal for an impending, end-of-the-world race war.
Helther Skelter
500
Hardings scandal that revolved around bribes from oil companies was nicknamed what?
Teapot Dome Scandal
500
In 1984, this woman became the first female vice presidental candidate on a major party ticket.
Geraldine Ferraro
500
In January 1979, after the shah's government collapsed, "HE" returned to Iran and declared an Islamic republic and Islamic law across the country and was appointed Iran's political and religious leader for life.
Ayatollah Khomeini:
500
This golfing great wins the U.S. Open following a recovery from a near-fatal auto accident in 1950.
Ben Hogan
500
Jeopardy! first premiered in 1964, hosted by whom?
Art Fleming
500
What 1957 movie's blurb read:
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
12 Angry Men
500
who is the musical couple?
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
500
This college's integration was a historic civil rights event on June 11, 1963, when African American students Vivian Malone and James Hood successfully registered for classes after Governor George Wallace was forced by the federal government to stand down from his attempt to block their entry.
University of Alabama
500
What was the name of the war in which the Arab nations together attacked Israel but ended up losing very quickly
Six-Day War
500
Who was the American cult leader and preacher in Waco, Tx and the head of the Branch Davidians who claimed to be its final prophet?
David Koresh