Name That Decade
The first commercial CDs were released, MTV launched, and the Rubik’s Cube became a worldwide craze in this decade.
What are the 1980s?
I painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
“Ask not what your country can do for you…” was said by this U.S. president.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Which does not belong: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto?
What is Pluto?
(It is classified as a dwarf planet.)
This ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
What is Pompeii?
The Berlin Wall fell and Nelson Mandela was released from prison in this decade.
What are the 1990s?
I wrote A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist.
Who is Charles Dickens?
“I think, therefore I am” is associated with this French philosopher.
Who is René Descartes?
Which does not belong: violin, cello, trumpet, viola?
What is trumpet?
This city was once known as Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
The first James Bond film, Dr. No, was released in this decade.
What are the 1960s?
I was known as the “Maid of Orléans” and became a French national heroine.
Who is Joan of Arc?
“Give me liberty, or give me death!” is associated with this American revolutionary.
Who is Patrick Henry?
Which does not belong: copper, gold, silver, granite?
What is granite?
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu.
Who were the Inca?
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens during this decade.
What are the 1890s?
I developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” was spoken by this president.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Which does not belong: Shakespeare, Dickens, Tolstoy, Beethoven?
Who is Beethoven?
This city was divided by a wall from 1961 until 1989.
What is Berlin?
The stock market crash that helped trigger the Great Depression occurred in this decade.
What are the 1920s?
I was the ancient Greek physician often called the “Father of Medicine.”
Who is Hippocrates?
“Knowledge is power” is commonly attributed to this English philosopher and statesman.
Who is Francis Bacon?
Which does not belong: Nile, Amazon, Danube, Sahara?
What is the Sahara?
This ancient Mesopotamian city is traditionally associated with the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is Babylon?