Table Games
Introduced in 1971, this card game’s name comes from the Spanish word players must shout when they have a single card left in their hand.
What is Uno? The game was invented by Merle Robbins, a barber who was seeking a more family-friendly version of crazy eights.
In 1974, this institution opened its Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
What is the Smithsonian Institution? The Hirshhorn is considered the National Mall’s first truly modern building.
Hugo, one of this type of storm and rated Category 4, made landfall in September 1989 and caused destruction across the Carolinas.
What is a hurricane? The storm also struck Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The oldest active ballpark in Major League Baseball is this one.
What is Fenway Park? The first game played at Fenway Park was an exhibition game between the Red Sox and Harvard College on April 9, 1912. The first professional game was held on April 20, and the rest, as they say, is history.
This disco dance of the ’70s was popularized by Van McCoy’s hit song and combined mambo, salsa, and swing.
What is the hustle? The dance originated in the South Bronx among young Puerto Rican dancers.
Released in 1979, the Buggles sang a song that claims “Video Killed” this person.
Who is “the radio star”? The Buggles were supposed to be an anonymous “robot Beatles”-style group.
In 1985, a waiter devised this game using a dictionary, pencil, and a legal pad (for players to draw the clues on).
What is Pictionary? Rob Angel put together the first 1,000 Pictionary games by hand in his small apartment.
In 1972, this European capital saw protestors demonstrate against nuclear testing; a statement signed by intellectuals, including Jean-Paul Sartre, supported their cause.
What is Paris? The demonstrators chained themselves to stands at an environmental exhibition to protest testing in the Pacific.
In 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed near O’Hare International Airport in this U.S. city.
What is Chicago? It is the deadliest aviation accident in the nation’s history.
This is the name of the movie that tells the true story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1943.
What is A League of Their Own? The All-American Professional Baseball League was created in 1943 during World War II, when Major League Baseball was affected by the number of men drafted to the war.
Though this dance has roots in early tap routines, it was popularized (and some say perfected) by Michael Jackson in his Motown 25 TV performance in 1983.
What is the moonwalk? The original dance move was reportedly created by tap dancer Bill Bailey around 1955.
Released in 1982, Dexys Midnight Runners had their biggest hit with this song, which features a fiddle and a banjo.
What is “Come on Eileen”? The song was actually their second hit in the UK but their only No. 1 hit in the United States.
This popular game of the 1980s asks questions in six categories, including geography, sports and leisure, and history.
What is Trivial Pursuit? The original game included 6,000 questions.
The Forbidden City in this Chinese capital was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
What is Beijing? It is not only important historically but also due to its unique architecture.
This second manned lunar expedition was hit twice by lightning strikes during liftoff on November 14, 1969
What is Apollo 12? The spacecraft also had a dramatic return landing, splashing down into strong waves.
What is sunflower seeds? In the early 1900s, baseball players were notorious for chewing tobacco during games. Although some players were known to chew sunflower seeds rather than tobacco in the 1950s, it was not until 1968 that a young player named Reggie Jackson and his love of sunflower seeds started the popular trend.
With its roots in the mid-1950s, this complex clapping and hand-shaking dance was popularized by the movie Grease.
What is the hand jive? The dance is associated with rhythm and blues music.
The 1979 disco hit “Ring My Bell” was sung by her.
Who is Anita Ward? The song was initially written with slightly different lyrics for 12-year-old Stacy Lattisaw.
Inventor Allan Turoff initially called this game Find-a-Word, since players must use the letter dice to create words worth the most points.
What is Boggle? The Parker Brothers company renamed it in 1972, and it began to grow a dedicated following.
On January 26, 1981, the Australian Institute of Sport was opened in this city by Prime Minister Fraser.
What is Canberra? The original eight sports of the AIS were: basketball, gymnastics, netball, swimming, tennis, track and field, football, and weightlifting.
One of the most well-known ecological disasters, the 1989 oil spill from this tanker leaked 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound.
What is the Exxon Valdez? The spill impacted over 1,300 miles (2,092 km) of shoreline habitat.
He was a baseball player who was accused of betting on his own team and later banned from baseball.
Who is Pete Rose? Although he was an outstanding baseball player, Rose's career is often overshadowed by his permanent ban from the game in 1989 for accusations that he was betting on games that he was managing during his time with the Cincinnati Reds.
This popular party dance reached the top of the American pop charts in 1996 as a remix of a Spanish-language rumba.
What is the macarena? Recorded by Los del Río, the song “Macarena” was inspired by a beautiful flamenco dancer.
Tommy Tutone told us to call “867-5309” to speak to this girl.
Who is Jenny? There is debate even among the group’s original members on whether or not she was a real person
With several editions released throughout the 1980s, the Canadian version of this popular board game includes locations like Ontario Northland and Rue Saint-Jacques in place of Boardwalk and Park Place.
What is Monopoly? Uniquely, the Canadian game is bilingual, celebrating the two official languages of Canada—English and French.
It was a sad day on October 6, 1981, when Anwar Sadat was assassinated in this Egyptian capital city.
What is Cairo? He was reviewing troops at the time, on the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.
The Bhopal (BO-pahl) disaster was a 1984 chemical leak that occurred in the Madhya Pradesh (MUDD-ya pruh-DESH) state of this South Asian nation
What is India? The dangerous gas leak was the worst industrial accident to date when it occurred.
He's known as "The Iron Horse" who set a record by playing 2,130 consecutive games for the New York Yankees.
Who is Lou Gehrig? Lou Gehrig's talents on the field led him to become the first baseball player to have his number retired. The New York Yankee's retired Gehrig's number "4" on July 4, 1939.
We bet you know this dance craze just by the band who performs it: the Village People.
What is the YMCA? The dance became a hit after their performance on American Bandstand.
She collaborated with Bruce Springsteen in 1977 on “Because the Night,” her only charting hit song.
Who is Patti Smith? Smith and Springsteen have performed the song together several times, including in April 2018 in New York City.
Introduced in the mid-1970s, this game is often abbreviated to D&D and features many fantasy creatures.
What is Dungeons and Dragons? It was designed by Ernest Gary Gygax and David Arneson.
In 1984, this Mediterranean capital and home of the Acropolis became a sister city to Los Angeles.
What is Athens? The two cities are 6,925 miles (11,145 km) apart.
In the 1996 Olympics, she competed through injury to help Team USA win gymnastic gold.
Who is Kerri Strug? Her accident on the vault and subsequent win were defining moments of the 1996 Olympic Games
This New York Yankee recently broke the record for the most home runs in the American League in a single season.
Who is Aaron Judge? In 2022, Judge hit 62 home runs, breaking fellow Yankee Rogers Maris' record of 61 home runs hit in 1961.
In 1969, Judi Sheppard Missett started a fitness and dance revolution, combining aerobic exercise and music in this type of class.
What is Jazzercise? Jazzercise was one of the first boutique exercise classes and helped encourage women to exercise.
In 1983, Nena released the German-language song “99 Luftballons,” which translated to English as this.
What is “99 Red Balloons”? The song was inspired by the Cold War and the division of Berlin.