New Year's Day
Retro Rhyme Time
60s & 70s Seuss
Who Said It?
World Capitals
100

It was on New Year's Day 1976 that this bronze Philadelphia landmark was moved out of Independence Hall.

What is the Liberty Bell?

100

This mellow phrase is closely associated with 1960s hippie movement: "Go with the _____"

What is flow?

100

Kicking off the decade with a classic, this 1960 book features the persistent Sam-I-Am.

What is Green Eggs and Ham?

100

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Who is John F. Kennedy?

100

In 1973, Congress passed a law allowing citizens to elect a mayor and city council for this capitol city for the first time.

What is Washington, DC? 


Prior to this law, the president chose the mayor of the city.

200

This navy special operations force was created on January 1, 1962.

What is the Navy SEALs?

200

This exclamatory rhyming phrase was often used in the 50s and 60s: "Jeepers ______!"

What is Creepers?

200

We were first introduced to this nature-loving character who "speaks for the trees" in 1971.

Who is the Lorax?

200

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Who is Cassius Clay or Muhammad Ali?

200

On April 15, 1983, the first Disney park outside of the United States opened its gates in this capital city in Japan.

What is Tokyo?

300

At the Cotton Bowl stadium on January 1, 1967, this team from Green Bay won a 34-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

Who are the Packers?

300

This is a rhyming term for a hairstyle like that of John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

What is a mop top?

300

There's a wasket in my basket and other fun rhymes in this 1974 book: There's a Wocket in my ________"

What is Pocket?

300

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

300

Sir Laurence Olivier opened the National Theatre Company in 1963 in this English Capitol City.

What is London?

400

This Star Trek actor known for playing Spock married Susan Bay on New Year's Day in 1989.

Who is Leonard Nimoy?

400

Also called punch buggy, slug bug is a childhood game inspired by this classic car.

What is the Volkswagen Beetle?

400

Dads everywhere hope their children won't take the title of this 1963 Seuss classic literally, but sometimes they do.

What is Hop on Pop?

400

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?

400

The 1984 Olympic Games were held in this capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

What is Sarajevo?

500

On January 1, 1966, "The Sound of Silence" by this duo topped the Billboard charts.

Who are Simon and Garfunkel?

500

This two-word rhyme was coined by Allen Ginsburg to describe the anti-war demonstrators of the 1960s.

What is flower power?

500

In 1970, we learned that Mr. Brown Can _____! Can You? 

What is moo?

500

From a brochure at his 1968 art exhibition in Sweden: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."

Who is Andy Warhol?

500

Picasso's painting Guernica was displayed in this Spanish capital in 1981 to celebrate his 100th birth anniversary.

What is Madrid?


The painting was returned to Madrid after spending decades on loan to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.