General Knowledge
This threadlike structure found in cells is made up largely of proteins & DNA?
Chromosomes
Johannes Gutenberg’s world-changing 15th-century invention that marked the beginning of the Renaissance?
Printing press
See you later, ________?
Alligator
This 1969 musical event, featuring performers including Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, became a defining symbol of the counterculture of the 1960s?
Woodstock
What pigment gives red blood cells their colour?
Hemoglobin
Including calico, it's the collective term for cats with striped or brindled coats?
Tabby
Alexander Fleming’s discovery that has saved millions of lives?
Penicillin
You do not want this sandwich to connect with your face?
Knuckle
This civil rights leader is known for his “I Have a Dream” speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What body of water lies between Africa and Asia and is named for its reddish appearance?
The red sea
Morticia Addams is the wife of [first name only]?
Gomez Addams
Personal communication device generally credited to Alexander Graham Bell?
The telephone
This five-letter word starting with S means “to leave now.”?
Scram
In the generation gap of the age, many 1960s children were part of this movement, a movement most parents neither understand nor liked?
Hippie
What idiom means to be caught in the act of doing something wrong?
"Caught red-handed"
John Smith recorded the name of this river as Patawomeck, but it is now called this?
Potomac
Circular innovation that dates to around 3500 BC?
The wheel
This was a popular word in the ’50s and early ’60s for a nonconformist creative type?
Beatnik
This groovy ride with a distinct boxy shape and spacious interior was a sign of the times?
Volkswagen van/bus (“microbus”)
In finance, what does it mean if a company is “in the red”?
It’s operating at a loss/in debt
Beware, this fish with a leonine name has extremely poisonous spines?
Lionfish
Which innovation did Stephanie Kwolek invent, used in bulletproof vests?
Kevlar
Heavens to this person?
Betsy
What flower-related slogan symbolized peace and love during the counterculture movement?
Flower power
What term refers to bureaucratic obstacles or excessive regulation?
Red tape