Natural Disasters
Who Said It?
Odd Facts Known by Few
US History
The Agony of Defeat
100

This event was the most economically destructive natural disaster in US history.

What is Hurricane Katrina?

100

If you tell a big enough lie, and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

Who is Hitler?

100

Before the invention of this entertainment device, 75% of people said they dreamed in black and white. Now, only 12% do.

What is the color TV?

100

Total number of stars on the US flag in 1777.

What is 13?

100

This team suffered an historic 56 point loss against the Boston Celtics on their home court in December of 2018.

Who are the Chicago Bulls?

200

The eruption of this volcano in AD79 was one of the deadliest in European history.

What is Vesuvius?

200

There's a sucker born every minute.

Who is PT Barnum?

200

This insect is the deadliest animal in the world, killing more than 600,000 people each year.

What is the mosquito?

200

This president's second inaugural address was 135 words long.

Who is Washington?

200

The worst loss in NBA history occured in 1991 when this team lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by 68 points.

Who is the Miami Heat?

300

This 20th century natural disaster remains the greatest loss of life in California history.

What is the San Francisco earthquake?

300

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Who is Frederick Douglass?

300

All colors of this sugary breakfast cereal actually have the same flavor.

What is Froot Loops?

300

On April 19 1993 the Branch Davidian compound near this Texas city burned to the ground after a 51-day siege.

What is Waco?

300

In 1995, UK was favored to win the NCAA championship, but lost to this ACC team in the elite 8.

What is UNC?

400

Known as the Boxing Day Tsunami, this 2004 natural disaster occurred in which country?

What is Indonesia?

400

America will never be destroyed from the outside.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

This word is the name of a puffin chick.

What is a puffling?

400

Samuel Smith wrote this patriotic song to a melody he found in a German book not knowing it was England's anthem.

What is My Country 'Tis of Thee?

400

The second largest loss in NBA history occurred in 1998 when this team lost to the Pacers by 65 points.

Who are the Portland Trailblazers?

500

A series of these earthquakes remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the contiguous US east of the Rocky Mountains in recorded history.

What is the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812?

500

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.

Who is FDR?

500

This popular toy company is also the largest tire manufacturer in the world.

What is Lego?

500

In 1865 he was granted a patent for his car designed with upper & lower berths

Who is George Pullman?

500

This team scored 150 points against Kentucky in Rick Pitino's fifth game as head coach.

Who is Kansas?