Movies & TV
What television show introduced the phrase "To the moon, Alice!"
The Honeymooners
When was the battle of Gettysburg fough during the Civil War?
July 1st-July 3rd, 1863
In what year did Canada become a country?
1867
What year did the Beatles make their debut on American television?
1964
Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What was the name of the family dog in the TV series The Brady Bunch?
Tiger
What event is commonly believed to have sparked WW1?
Canada produces 85% of the worlds supply of what food item?
Maple Syrup
Who was the lead singer of the Rolling Stones in the 1960's?
Mick Jagger
What novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, became an American Classic?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Who won an Academy Award for a lead role in the movie "Roman Holiday"?
Audrey Hepburn
What year did World War 2 end?
1945
Remembrance Day in Canada falls on November 11th for what reason?
It was the final day of WW1
Who painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Widely considered the best-selling true crime book in history, what prosecutor co-written 1974 book was written on the Charles Manson trial in 1970?
Helter Skelter
What year was the movie "Gone with the Wind" released?
1939
What famous toy was introduced in 1959 and became a cultural icon?
Barbie
What year did the first Disneyland open?
1955
What was the stage name of the musician born as Ernest Evans?
Chubby Checker
What 1937 book by Napoleon Hill, which purports to teach the secrets that can make you wealthy, has been called "the granddaddy of all motivational literature"?
Think and Grow Rich
Who directed the film 'Psycho', which was released in 1960?
Alfred Hitchcock
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. and devastated which 2 roman cities?
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Who was the 1st person in the world to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong of the USA (1969)
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What New England-born poet, who wrote nearly 1800 poems, only had fewer than a dozen published during her lifetime?
Famous poems include "Because I could not stop for death" and Tell all the truth but tell it slant"
Emily Dickson