Sports
In what game would you use terms like “strike” and “spare”?
Bowling
Which 1955 Disneyland attraction, inspired by a Jules Verne novel, takes guests under the sea?
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
What was the name of Roy Rogers’ horse?
Trigger
What was the name of the Beatles’ drummer?
Ringo Starr
Galapagos tortoises can go up to a year without water or food.
True—they also sleep a lot; up to 16 hours each day.
Who was known as “Mr. October”?
Reggie Jackson
What was the name of the famous New York City music festival in 1969 that featured Jimi Hendrix?
Woodstock
What famous TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane?
The Munsters
Who sang the classic song “Can’t Help Falling in Love”?
Elvis Presley
Bats are blind.
False—bats can see, they just use ultrasound to help direct them.
Who was known as “The Sultan of Swat”?
Babe Ruth
What is the name of the first antibiotic discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming?
Penicillin
Which TV game show famously asked, “Is that your final answer?”
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Which Beatles album featured “Here Comes the Sun”?
Abbey Road
A dog pants with its tongue because it’s sweating.
False—dogs sweat through their paws.
Which horse won the Triple Crown in 1973?
Secretariat
Which American president was known for his “New Deal” programs during the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which famous radio broadcast in 1938, directed by Orson Welles, caused panic by depicting a Martian invasion?
The War of the Worlds
Who recorded “What a Wonderful World”?
Louis Armstrong
Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun.
True—A single bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
Who was the first golfer to win the Masters Tournament?
Horton Smith (1934)
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in “The Wizard of Oz”?
Margaret Hamilton
Which song begins with “Hello darkness, my old friend”?
The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
Venus rotates in the same direction as Earth.
False—It actually has a retrograde rotation, spinning “backwards.”