Music
This artist’s 1984 album Purple Rain spent 24 consecutive weeks at No. 1.
Who is Prince?
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The Mona Lisa was painted by this artist.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This 1994 film features the quote, “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
What is Forrest Gump?
This is the largest mammal on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
The band behind Don’t Stop Believin’ originally formed in San Francisco in 1973.
This U.S. president resigned after the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is the only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially.
What is Hawaii?
In The Matrix, this actor played Neo.
Who is Keanu Reeves?
These animals are known for having 3 hearts.
What are octopuses?
This artist’s albums Red, 1989, and Folklore have all won critical acclaim and multiple Grammy Awards.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This U.S. president resigned after the Watergate scandal.
What is England?
This country consumes the most chocolate per capita.
What is Switzerland?
This director won Best Director for Titanic.
Who is James Cameron?
DAILY DOUBLE: This layer of Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This American band, formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, became famous for their vocal harmonies and songs about surfing, cars, and teenage life.
Who are the Beach Boys?
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu.
Who are the Incas?
The largest desert in the world is not the Sahara but this one.
What is Antarctica?
This 1975 Spielberg film is often credited with creating the summer blockbuster.
What is Jaws?
This biome receives less than 10 inches of rainfall per year.
What is the desert?
The Beatles’ song “Let It Be” was inspired by a dream Paul McCartney had about this person.
Who is his mother? (Mary McCartney)
The Treaty of Versailles officially ended this war.
What is World War I?
This Shakespeare play features the line, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”
What is Hamlet?
This actor is the only person to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Lord of the Rings film.
Who is Ian McKellen?
This scale is used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
What is the Richter Scale?