Anatomy, Medicine, Etc.
Music Before 1980
Public Broadcasting
Science, Nature, & Astronomy
British Invasion
Literature
100

The number of chambers in the human heart.

What are four?

100

This Mississippi-born King of Rock and Roll rose to fame with “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock.”

Who is Elvis Presley?

100

This long-running children’s show debuted in 1969 with a cast of humans and Muppets.

What is Sesame Street?

100

This famous telescope was launched into orbit in 1990 and continues to capture deep space images.

This famous telescope was launched into orbit in 1990 and continues to capture deep space images.

100

This British monarch was crowned in 1953.

Who is Queen Elizabeth II?

100

This author wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.

Who is William Shakespeare?

200

The largest internal organ in the human body.

What is the liver?

200

This song from The Animals shares a title with a biblical parable.

What is "The House of the Rising Sun"?

200

This public television painter encouraged viewers to paint “happy little trees.”

Who is Bob Ross?

200

The scientific name for the "Northern Lights".

What is the Aurora Borealis?

200

This phrase describes the youth-driven cultural revolution in 1960s Britain.

What is the British Invasion?

200

This American author wrote about a boy named Huck Finn.

Who is Mark Twain?

300

This hormone helps regulate blood sugar levels.

What is insulin?

300

Known as “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” this crooner sang “My Way” and “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Who is Frank Sinatra?

300

He hosted “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” (First and Last Name)

Who is Fred Rogers?

300

The four primary tastes distinguished by the tongue?

What are sweet, sour, salty, bitter

(umami = +100pts)

300

He served as British Prime Minister twice, including a term beginning in 1951.

Who is Winston Churchill?

300

This girl falls down a rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s famous novel.

Who is Alice?

400

The organ responsible for producing insulin.

What is the pancreas?

400

This 1971 hit by Don McLean is often interpreted as mourning the death of Buddy Holly.

What is "American Pie"?

400

This public radio show begins with the phrase, “From WBEZ Chicago, it’s…”

What is This American Life?

400

In Einstein's theory of the universe, this is the fourth dimension.

What is time?

400

This band rivaled The Beatles and was known for their blues-influenced rock sound.

Who are The Rolling Stones?

400

This tragic Shakespeare play features a Danish prince seeking revenge.

What is Hamlet?

500

The technical/medical term for a "joint".

What is an articulation?

500

He asked you to “Rock Around the Clock” in 1954.

Who is Bill Haley?

500

This PBS cooking icon had a high-pitched voice and loved French cuisine.

Who is Julia Child?

500

This spacecraft, launched in 1977, is now traveling through interstellar space with a golden record aboard.

What is Voyager 1?

500

This 1965 film musical starred Julie Andrews and featured a singing family.

What is The Sound of Music?

500

This poet and playwright wrote Paradise Lost in the 17th century.

Who is John Milton?

600

The longest running nerve in the human body, running from the lower back to the foot.

What is the sciatic nerve?

600

This female country pioneer broke barriers with songs like “Walkin’ After Midnight.”

Who is Patsy Cline?

600

This British period drama about the Crawley family became a PBS hit.

What is "Downtown Abbey"?

600

An icicle-like growth of calcium carbonate, hanging from the roof of a limestone cave.

What What is a stalactite? 

600

This Prime Minister succeeded Churchill in 1955.

Who is Anthony Eden?

600

This Russian author created Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment.

  • Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?


700

The condition in which bones become brittle from loss of tissue.

What is osteoporosis?

700

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” was a hit for this duo.

Who are Simon & Garfunkel?

700

This host of “Antiques Roadshow” encourages appraisals of heirlooms and oddities.

Who is Mark l. Walberg?

700

In Ancient Greece it was 18 years. In the 1980s United States it was 73.

What is the average life expectancy?

700

This British TV spy series debuted in 1961 and featured the character John Steed.

What is The Avengers?

700

This poetic form consists of 14 lines, often written in iambic pentameter.

What is a sonnet?

800

This gland regulates your metabolism and is shaped like a butterfly.

What is the thyroid?

800

The Platters scored hits with “Only You” and this haunting ballad.

What is "The Great Pretender"?

800

This show, hosted by Huell Howser, explored the state of California.

What is California's Gold?

800

This ancient Greek philosopher correctly deduced that the Earth was spherical based on lunar eclipses.

Who is Aristotle?

800

This British Prime Minister resigned in 1963 following the Profumo Affair.

Who is Harold Macmillan?

800

When Sherlock Holmes retired, he took up this vocation.

What is beekeeping?

900

The average number of vertebrae in a human spine.

What is 33?

900

This singer-songwriter was born Robert Zimmerman.

Who is Bob Dylan?

900

He hosted “Reading Rainbow” and later appeared on “Star Trek.”

Who is LeVar Burton?

900

This red supergiant is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and part of the Orion constellation.

What is Betelgeuse?

900

This BBC news program, launched in 1954, became a staple of evening broadcasting.

What is Panorama?

900

This ancient Mesopotamian epic features a hero’s journey and a great flood narrative.

What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?

1000

The small flap of tissue that covers the windpipe when swallowing.

What is the epiglottis?

1000

This album by Fleetwood Mac includes “Go Your Own Way” and “Dreams.”

What is "Rumors"?

1000

This pioneering series aired early LGBTQ+ content on PBS starting in the 1980s.

What is "In the Life?"

1000

This mammal lays eggs and uses electroreception to find prey.

What is the platypus?

1000

This 1968 strike by female workers at the Ford Dagenham plant helped bring about equal pay legislation.

What is the Ford sewing machinists strike?

1000

This 18th-century satirical novel features voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

This 18th-century satirical novel features voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

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