📰 History & Events
What conflict was often called “The Forgotten War”?
Answer: The Korean War
What city is known as “The City of Lights”?
Answer: Paris
What major economic event began in 1929 and lasted through much of the 1930s?
Answer: The Great Depression
Who was known as “The King of Hollywood”?
Answer: Clark Gable
What U.S. city is known as “The Windy City”?
Answer: Chicago
What major public works program created jobs during the Great Depression?
Answer: The New Deal
What U.S. monument features the faces of four presidents carved into a mountain?
Answer: Mount Rushmore
What war caused widespread protests across America in the 1960s?
Answer: The Vietnam War
Who danced with Ginger Rogers in many classic films?
Answer: Fred Astaire
Which comedian starred as Mork from Ork in Mork & Mindy?
Answer: Robin Williams
What technology replaced typewriters in most offices starting in the 1970s and 1980s?
Answer: The computer
What famous street in New York City is known for theater and bright lights?
Answer: Broadway
What British royal couple married in 1981 in a worldwide televised event?
Answer: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
What popular Western star became known as “The Man With No Name”?
Answer: Clint Eastwood
What breakfast cereal features Tony the Tiger as its mascot?
Answer: Frosted Flakes
What was the name of the period of intense fear of communism in the U.S. during the 1950s?
Answer: The Red Scare or McCarthyism
What U.S. landmark honors fallen soldiers with an eternal flame?
Answer: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington National Cemetery)
What Supreme Court decision declared segregation in schools unconstitutional?
Answer: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Who played the title role in Rocky (1976)?
Answer: Sylvester Stallone
What drink’s slogan was “The pause that refreshes”?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Who became the leader of Cuba in 1959 after a revolution?
Answer: Fidel Castro
What huge U.S. lake borders Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana?
Answer: Lake Michigan
What international organization replaced the League of Nations after WWII?
Answer: The United Nations
Who played Archie Bunker on All in the Family?
Answer: Carroll O’Connor
Who starred as Indiana Jones?
Answer: Harrison Ford