Meteorology
Music of the 60's
Famous Firsts
World Demographics
Sitcoms of the 1950's
100
What weather instrument measures air pressure?
A Barometer
100
What famous rock festival, took place in 1969, in Upstate New York?
Woodstock
100
What Portuguese explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
100
What country has the largest population?
India's population is 1,428,600,000.
Followed by China - 1,425,700,000
100
In the TV Sitcom Private Secretary, the main character Susie MacNamara was played by what actress?
Ann Sothern
200
What atmospheric phenomena does the Beaufort scale measure?
Wind strength
200
Who was the lead singer in the group The Doors?
Jim Morrison
200
Who was the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season?
Babe Ruth
200
Russia is the largest country in the world, by area.
What is the second largest country in the world, by area?
Canada with a total area of about 10 million sq. kilometers. Russia has about 17 million sq. kilometers
200
In the sitcom Topper, what actor played the role of Cosmo Topper?
Leo G. Carroll
300
When does a tropical storm become a hurricane?
When wind speeds reach 74 mph, it's classified as a hurricane.
300
This song, sung by Faith Hill, climbed to No.1 on the Country Charts in 1993.
Who sang this song at Woodstock, in 1969?
Take Another Little Piece of my Heart, by Janis Joplin
300
Who became the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in 1911?
Marie Curie
300
What is the only European country, other than tiny Vatican and Monaco, with no active military members?
Iceland
300
In The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, what actress played Dobie's heart throb Thalia Menninger?
Tuesday Weld
400
What type of cloud are these, that are made of ice crystals, and are a sign that rain and possibly storms are on the way?
Cirrus clouds
400
What was the name of the group Paul McCartney formed after the Beatles?
The Wings
400
What was the name of the first movie with spoken dialogue, made in 1927?
The Jazz Singer
400
What is the most popular boy's name in the world. Based on 2023 statistics?
Muhammed. An estimated 150 million males have that name.
400
On the Phil Silver's Show what actor played Sergeant Bilko's Commanding Officer, Colonel John T. Hall?
Paul Ford
500
What would you use a ceilometer to record?
Cloud height
500
Singer Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien performed under what stage name throughout her career?
Dusty Springfield
500
Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine to protect against what disease?
Smallpox
500
What percentage of adults (Over 18 years old) do not use the internet at all?
7% in 2023
According to Pew Research 25% of adults over 65 do not use the internet. This statistic does not include streaming video.
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