POLITICS
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1912 WAS A 4 WAY RACE, BETWEEN REPUBLICAN WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, DEMOCRAT WOODROW WILSON, PROGRESSIVE "BULL MOOSE" TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND SOCIALIST EUGENE DEBS, WON BY WHOM?
WOODROW WILSON
GEORGE GERSHWIN HAD HIS FIRST HIT WITH HELP FROM BROADWAY STAR AL JOLSON'S LYRICS WITH THIS SONG.
FASCINATING RHYTHM - SWANEE - OH, LADY NE GOOD
SWANEE
CHARLIE CHAPLIN DEBUTS HIS TRADEMARK MUSTACHE AND BAGGY PANTS IN THIS 1914 MOVIE.
THE KID - MODERN TIMES - LITTLE TRAMP
LITTLE TRAMP
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1915
$687 - $917 - $1093 - $1125
$687
A GALLON OF GAS - $.15 (2.29)
A HOUSE - $3200
THIS NATIVE AMERICAN ATHLETE WAS THE FIRST OLYMPIAN GOLD MEDALIST IN THE NEW DECATHLON IN THE 1912 STOCKHOLM SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES.
JESSE OWENS - DANIEL BLACKHAWK - JIM THORPE
JIM THORPE
THE BATTLE OF SOMME IN SEPTEMBER 1916, INTRODUCED THIS WARFARE TACTIC.
TANK WARFARE - AERIAL BOMBING - GAS WARFARE
TANK WARFARE
THE ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND ON JULY 28, 1914 WAS THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONFLICT,
WORLD WAR 1
THE VOLSTEAD ACT WENT INTO EFFECT AT 12:00:01 AM ON JANUARY 17,1920. WHAT DID THIS LAW DO?
ALLOW WOMEN TO VOTE - PROHIBIT WOMEN FROM DRIVE CARS - PROHIBIT ALCOHOL MAKING & SELLING - LIMITED PRESIDENTIAL TERMS
PROHIBIT ALCOHOL MAKING & SELLING
THIS STYLE OF MUSIC WAS VERY MUCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROARING 20S. ORIGINATING OUT OF NEW ORLEANS
JAZZ
THE FIRST ACADEMY AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN 1927 WITH THIS FILM BY HOWARD HUGHES WINNING THE BEST PICTURE.
WINGS - BROADWAY MELODY - JAZZ SINGER
WINGS
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1927 (2 YEARS BEFORE THE START OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION)
$1093 - $1125 - $2196 - $3212
$2196
A GALLON OF GAS - $.21 ($3.89)
A HOUSE - $7700
16 NATIONS PARTICIPATED IN 16 EVENTS AT THE VERY FIRST WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES HELD IN THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY.
AUSTRIA - SWITZERLAND -FINLAND - FRANCE
FRANCE
BOBSLED, CURLING, HOCKEY, MEN'S/ WOMEN'S/ PAIRS FIGURE SKATING, 5 SPEED SKATING EVENTS, 2 CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, MILITARY PATROL, SKI JUMPING, NORDIC COMBINED
NEWPORT KENTUCKY NATIVE GENERAL JOHN THOMPSON INVENTED THIS WEAPON IN THE LATE TEENS THAT WENT PUBLIC IN 1922.
SWITCHBLADE - 45 CALIBER PISTOL - TOMMY GUN
TOMMY GUN
THE FIRST EUROPEAN NATION TO EMBRACE FASCISM WAS WHICH?
GERMANY - ITALY - SPAIN
ITALY. MUSSOLINI TOOK CONTROL OF ITALY ON OCTOBER 30,1922 AFTER THE MARCH ON ROME ,(BASICALLY A NON-VIOLENT COUP) BY FASCIST ON OCTOBER 28TH
THE FIRST OF THE 3 AXIS POWERS TO ENGAGE IN WARFARE in the 1930'S WAS WHICH?
JAPAN - ITALY - GERMANY
ITALY
THE 2ND ITALO-ETHIOPIAN WAR ON OCTOBER 3,1935 JAPAN IN THE 2ND SINO-JAPANESE WAR ON JULY 7,1937 GERMANY'S INVASION OF POLAND ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
IN 1932, "NIGHT AND DAY" BECAME THE BEST KNOWN SONG FROM THIS COMPOSER.
GEORGE GERSHWIN - COLE PORTER - OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
COLE PORTER
1937 WALT DISNEY PREMIERED THIS FIRST FULL LENGTH ANIMATED FILM
STEAMBOAT WILLIE - SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS - CINDERELLA
SNOW WHITE
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1933
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1915
$687 - $917 - $1093 - $1125
$1125 (UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AT 29.4%)
A GALLON OF GAS - $.18 (4.13)
A HOUSE - $4830
THE 1936 MUNICH SUMMER OLYMPICS WAS THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF THIS OPENING CEREMONY TRADITION.
MARCH OF NATIONS - ELABORATE OPENING PRODUCTIONS - RELAY OF THE OLYMPIC FLAME FROM GREECE
RELAY OF THE OLYMPIC FLAME FROM GREECE
CLARENCE BIRDSEYE INTRODUCED AND PERFECTED HIS FREEZING PROCESS WITH THIS FOOD.
GREEN BEANS - CORN - FISH FILET - CRANBERRIES
FISH FILET
A TAX EVASION CONVICTION WAS DELIVERED ON OCTOBER 18, 1931 TO THIS PERSON.
ALPHONSE GABRIEL CAPONE - SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS
WHAT YEAR DID CHURCHILL STEP DOWN AS PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN BEFORE RETURNING TO THAT ROLE IN 1951
1944 - 1945 -1946 - 1947
JULY 26, 1945
MAXINE, LAVERNE AND PATTY LOVED BUGLE BOYS AND WARNED US NOT TO SIT UNDER AN APPLE TREE. WHO WERE THEY?
THE ANDREW SISTERS
LAURENCE OLIVIER WON BEST ACTOR IN 1949 AND THE MOVIE WON BEST PICTURE FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF THIS SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTER
MACBETH - HAMLET - HENRY THE 8TH
HAMLET
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1942
$1482 - $1623 - $1885 - $ 2132
$1885
A GALLON OF GAS - $.20 (3.59) rationing started
A HOUSE -$5527
IN 1945, BRANCH RICKEY OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS SIGNED THIS PLAYER TO THE TEAM.
JOE DIMAGGIO - JACKIE ROBINSON - SATCHEL PAIGE - STAN MUSIAL
JACKIE ROBINSON
ON OCTOBER 14, 1947, CHUCK YEAGER IN THE BELL X-1 WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER. HOW FAST DO YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER?
@650 MPH -@775 MPH - @825 MPH - @1000 MPH
@775
ON JANUARY 30, 1948, THIS LEADER OF NON-VIOLENT PROTEST IN THE MOVEMENT TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FOR HIS COUNTRY, WAS ASSASSINATED IN FRONT OF 3 OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN
MAHATMA GANDHI
IN 1953, THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN'S HELPED STAGE A COUP IN THIS MIDEAST COUNTRY TO REINSTALL THE ANGLO FRIENDLY MONARCH TO POWER, WHO REMAINED IN POWER UNTIL 1979.
IRAN - IRAQ - JORDAN - SYRIA
IRAN ( UNTIL THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN 1979)
ON FEBRUARY 3, 1959, RICHIE VALENS, BUDDY HOLLY AND THE BIG BOPPER WERE KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH IN THIS STATE.
IOWA - KANSAS - NEBRASKA
CLEARLAKE, IOWA
THIS ICONIC ACTOR DIED IN A CAR CRASH ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 AFTER STARRING IN ONLY 3 FILMS
JAYNE MANSFIELD - JAMES DEAN - LANA TURNER - WALTER HOUSTON
JAMES DEAN
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1952
$ 2132 - $2300 - $2512 - $2876
$2300
A GALLON OF GAS - $.27 (2.96)
A HOUSE - $14159
THE 1956 OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS AUSTRALIAN CITY
MELBOURNE - SYDNEY - BRISBANE
MELBOURNE
THIS GREEN ENERGY SOURCE WAS FIRST PRODUCED IN 1954
WIND TURBINES - SOLAR CELL - BIO-DIESEL
SOLAR CELL
THIS CONFLICT BEGAN ON JULY 21, 1954
THE VIETNAM WAR
DURING THE 60's, 2 more nations joined the nuclear fraternity, joining America, Russia and Great Britain.
NAME THEM?
FRANCE (1960) & CHINA (1964)
THIS ICONIC WESTERN TV STAR WAS INVITED TO SING HIS THEME SONG "HAPPY TRAILS" TO CLOSE THE WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL, BUT DECLINED.
GENE AUTRY - ROY ROGERS - TOM MIX
ROY ROGERS
THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF THE DECADE WAS THIS.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - THE SOUND OF MUSIC - WEST SIDE STORY - THE LONGEST DAY
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1966
$2876 - $3318 - $4273 - $4692
$4273
A GALLON OF GAS - $.32 (2.86)
A HOUSE - $17957
THIS ANNUAL SPORTING EVENT DEBUTED IN 1966
THE STANLEY CUP FINALS - THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - THE SUPER BOWL - FIFA WORLD CUP
SUPER BOWL
THE FIRST ATM WAS INTRODUCED BY BARCLAY BANK IN LONDON IN THIS YEAR.
1966 - 1967 -1968 - 1969
1967
FROM OCTOBER 16 THROUGH OCTOBER 28, 1962, THE WORLD WAS ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT.
THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
70'S BECAME THE DECADE OF COUPS D'ETAT. HOW MANY?
5 - 7 - 9 - 11
9 ( 1970 - SYRIA / 1971 - UGANDA / 1973 - CHILE / 1974 - ETHIOPIA & PORTUGAL / 1975 - BANGLADESH / 1976 - ARGENTINA / 1977 - PAKISTAN / 1979 - EL SALVADOR )
THE MOVIE "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" TOUCHED OFF THIS NEW MUSIC GENRE
DISCO
THE 70'S INTRODUCED A NEW CROP OF FILM DIRECTORS, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, GEORGE LUCAS AND STEVEN SPIELBERG. WHICH ONE WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR 3 TIMES IN THE 70S
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA - GODFATHER 1972, GODFATHER 2 1974- APOCALYPSE NOW 1979
GEORGE LUCAS - AMERICAN GRAFFITI 1973 - STARS WARS 4 A NEW HOPE
STEVEN SPIELBERG - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 1977
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1972
$7235 - $9476 -$11230 -$13311
$11230
A GALLON OF GAS - $.36 (2.51)
A HOUSE - $23675
THIS SWIMMER SET 7 WORLD RECORDS, WINNING 7 GOLD MEDALS AT THE TERRORIST SCARRED MUNICH OLYMPICS
DEBBIE MEYER - GREG LOUGANIS - MARK SPITZ - KATIE LEDECKEY
MARK SPITZ
CAR PHONE SERVICE FIRST BECAME AVAILABLE IN 1971 IN THIS SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY.
DENMARK - FINLAND - NORWAY - SWEDEN
FINLAND the zero-generation ARP (Autoradiopuhelin, or Car Radiophone) service
TELEVISED LIVE NATIONWIDE ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1973, THIS TENNIS MATCH WAS PLAYED BETWEEN WHAT 2 PLAYERS.
BILLIE JEAN KING AND BOBBY RIGGS
KING WINNING 6-4 6-3 6-3
THE U.S. INVADED THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY TO UNSEAT MANUEL NORIEGA.
EL SALVADOR - GUATEMALA - COSTA RICA - PANAMA
PANAMA
AUGUST 1, 1981 THIS CABLE NETWORK MADE ITS DEBUT
MTV
5 NEW JAMES BOND MOVIES WERE RELEASED IN THE 80'S. WHICH 2 ACTORS PORTRAYED THE GREAT SPY.
SEAN CONNERY _ GEORGE LAZENSBY - ROGER MOORE - TIMOTHY DALTON - PIERCE BRONSON - DANIEL CRAIG
ROGER MOORE & TIMOTHY DALTON
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1983
$14817 -$18621 - 22159 -$24580
$24580
A GALLON OF GAS - $1.16 (3.40)
A HOUSE - $55487
DISNEY'S MOVIE "COOL RUNNINGS" IS BASED ON THE TRUE EVENTS OF WHICH CANADIAN CITY'S 1988 WINTER OLYMPICS.
CALGARY - EDMONTON - TORONTO - VANCOUVER
CALGARY
ON JANUARY 28, 1986 , NASA EXPERIENCED A MAJOR DISASTER WITH THE EXPLOSION OF THIS SHUTTLE.
COLUMBIA - CHALLENGER - ENTERPRISE - DISCOVERY
CHALLENGER
ON MARCH 24, 1989, THE LARGEST ECOLOGICAL DISASTER TOOK PLACE. AN OIL SPILL OF 10.8 MILLION GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL OFF THE COAST OF THIS STATE EFFECTING 1300 MILES OF COASTLINE.
ALASKA - THE EXXON VALDEZ
THE FIRST GULF WAR BEGAN ON AUGUST 2, 1990 WHEN IRAQ INVADED THIS NEIGHBORING COUNTRY.
IRAN - KUWAIT - SYRIA - TURKEY
KUWAIT
THIS COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ENJOYED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN POPULAR MUSIC, BREAKING RECORDS IN BOTH SALES AND CONCERT ATTENDANCE.
GARTH BROOKS - SHANIA TWAIN - CLINT BLACK - REBA MCENTIRE
GARTH BROOKS
PIXAR CHANGED THE WORLD OF ANIMATION LN 1995 BY RELEASING THIS FIRST CGI FULL LENGTH MOVIE
A BUG'S LIFE - CARS - TOY STORY
TOY STORY
AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME IN 1994
$26202 - $ 28567 - $ 32264 - $37002
$32,264
A GALLON OF GAS - $1.11 (2.18)
A HOUSE - $87397
THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS, MARRED BY AN ATTEMPTED BOMBING, WAS HELD IN THIS U.S. CITY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 14, 1994 WAS THE OPENING OF THE "CHUNNEL" UNDER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL ALLOWING HI SPEED RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN THIS 2 CITIES.
PORTSMOUTH/PARIS - LONDON/PARIS - SOUTHHAMPTON/ BRUSSELS - LONDON/ AMSTERDAM
LONDON/PARIS
THIS ROYAL, SADLY DIED ON AUGUST 31, 1997.
PRINCESS DIANA