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100
Who was the Japanese admiral behind the Pearl Harbor attack?
Yamamoto
100
On February 4, 1974, Patricia "Patty" Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment by what group who demanded a large-scale food giveaway as ransom.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
100
On May 4, 1970, National Guard members fired into a crowd of Vietnam protesting college students at what college leaving four students dead and nine injured.
Kent State in Ohio
100
What TV show issues its first warning: "For the next hour we will control all that you see..."
The Outter Limits
100
In 1962, his folk singing trio won a Grammy for Best Vocal Group for the song If I Had A Hammer.
Peter, Paul, and Mary
100
In 1982, Glenn Close makes her feature debut as Nurse and feminist writer Jenny Fields as Robin William's mother in this movie.
The World According to Garp
100
This hotel tycoon once declared, “only the little people pay taxes.” These words that set off a scandal during her trial for federal tax evasion and other charges in 1989. She was convicted of underpaying taxes and, after losing her appeal, began her eighteen-month prison term in 1992.
Leona Helmsley
100
This horse wins the Triple Crown in 1973.
Secretariat
100
He was a celebrated 20th century American author who blended genres like fantasy, horror, and science fiction. His work is known for its poetic style, social criticism, and exploration of the dangers of technology.
Ray Bradbury
200
What German battleship destroyed the British battlecruiser HMS Hood?
Bismarck
200
What film premieres that is an instant hit and was one of the top-grossing films of 1965 and remains one of film's most popular musicals.
The Sound of Music
200
What is the popular name given the harmful defoliant used by U.S. forces during the conflict?
Agent Orange
200
He starred as Steve McGarrett, the stone-faced, hard-nosed, tight-lipped cop of Hiawaii Five-O?
Jack Lord
200
Simon and Garfunkel tell who that , "Jesus loves you more than you will know."
Mrs. Robinson
200
Tragedy strikes Monaco and the world in 1982 when this ex-actress is killed in an auto accident?
Grace Kelly
200
She was one of Charles Manson’s earliest disciples, a waif-like flower child who, one day in 1975, brought a loaded gun to see the President Ford.
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme
200
In 1972, this baseball franchise moves to Texas and is renamed the Rangers.
The Washington Senators
200
This novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic's work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
George Orwell
300
What was the code name given to Germany’s plan to invade the USSR?
Operation Barbarossa
300
The first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon took place in what year?
1960
300
What is the name given to the U.S. bombing campaign that significantly widened the war in 1965?
Operation Rolling Thunder
300
Sally Field stars as _______, a nickname for a girl who is "not very tall, but not a midget."
Gidget
300
In 1967, this "Travelin' Man was killed in a New Year's eve plane crash near DeKalb, Texas.
Ricky Nelson
300
Burt Reynolds marries in longtime companion, ________, in 1988 in Florida.
Loni Anderson
300
Born August 11, in 1933, in Lynchburg, Virginia, this American religious leader, televangelist, and founder of the Moral Majority, a political organization for the promotion of conservative social values died May 15, 2007, Lynchburg.
Jerry Falwell
300
This ball-talking pitcher for the Tigers was nicknamed the Bird and wins Rookie of the Year in 1976.
Mark Fydrich
300
This British author, journalist, and social critic is considered by many to be the greatest Victorian novelist. His works depict the lives of the poor and working class in Victorian England, and criticize the corruption of the era's institutions. His writing helped bring about social change and pioneered the serial publication of novels.
Charles Dickens
400
What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
The Enola Gay
400
In 1975, this Teamsters Union Presidents "disappears".
Jimmy Hoffa
400
Who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, initially escalating U.S. military involvement and overseeing a massive increase in troop numbers but becoming increasingly skeptical and issuing contradictory advice by 1967 before resigning.
Robert McNamara
400
A regular on the Garry Moore Show, in 1968, this female comedic actress gets her own show on CBS.
Carol Burnette
400
In 1977, Dreams, from this Fleetwood Mac album, tops the singles chart.
Rumours
400
Englishman, _________, plays James Bond in 1967, Casino Royale.
David Niven
400
These sisters where known for giving advice.
Dear Abby and Ann Landers
400
Who does Cassius Clay defeat in the 7th round in 1964 to win his first world heavyweight boxing title?
Sonny Liston
400
This American author was known for his novels about the social and economic issues faced by the working class. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
John Steinbeck
500
What were the first two western European countries that Germany invaded?
Norway and Denmark.
500
In 1979, militant students seize the U. S. Embassy in what country, taking 62 Americans hostage?
Iran
500
In 1972, Jane Fonda spent two weeks in North Vietnam. She was called a traitor after she was photographed doing what?
Sitting on an anti-aircraft gun
500
In 1971, this comedic show focusing on moral issues, starring Carroll O'Conner debuts. Those were the days...
All in the Family
500
In 1962, this drummer repolaces Pete Best as the Beatles new drummer.
Ringo Starr
500
This actress never checks out of the Bates Motel in Hitchcock's Psycho.
Janet Leigh
500
Sentenced to life in prison at Pleasant Valley State Prison in California for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
Sirhan Sirhan
500
Marina Navratilova's streak of eith Wimbledon vitories is broken by whom?
Steffi Graf
500
She was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and wrote a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide in 1963.
Sylvia Plath