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100

Before it was called PTSD, soldiers suffered from this after WWI.

👉 What is shell shock?

100

Smoking was once endorsed by these professionals.
 

👉 Who are doctors?

100

Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech in 1863.
 

👉 What is the Gettysburg Address?

100

This 1950s show featured a mischievous redhead and a Cuban bandleader as her husband.
 

👉 What is I Love Lucy?

100

Known as “The King of Rock and Roll,” he famously performed in a white jumpsuit with rhinestones.
 

👉 Who is Elvis Presley?

200

Before “teenagers,” this group was simply called this.
 

👉 What are adolescents?

200

This technology was initially dismissed as a fad by executives.
 

👉 What is television?

200

Economic hardship in Weimar Germany contributed to the rise of this leader.
 

👉 Who is Adolf Hitler

200

On this 1970s sitcom, a psychiatrist’s office served as the central set, featuring “no soup for you” as a running motif.
 

👉 What is Seinfeld?

200

This Motown group featured Diana Ross and became one of the most successful girl groups of the 1960s.
 

👉 Who are The Supremes?

300

Before “fake news,” it was known as this.
 

👉 What is propaganda?

300

Lead was widely used in this essential household system.
 

👉 What is plumbing?

300

The Industrial Revolution first took hold in this country.
 

👉 What is Great Britain?

300

This western series, set in Dodge City, Kansas, featured Marshal Matt Dillon keeping the peace for decades.
 

👉 What is Gunsmoke?

300

Nicknamed “Satchmo,” this jazz trumpeter helped popularize scat singing and swing music.
 

👉 Who is Louis Armstrong?

400

Before “climate change,” scientists warned about this.
 

👉 What is global warming?

400

This addictive substance was sold as a children’s remedy.
 

👉 What is cocaine?

400

The Cold War led to the formation of this military alliance in 1949.
 

👉 What is NATO?

400

This variety show made The Beatles’ U.S. television debut in 1964.
 

👉 What is The Ed Sullivan Show?

400

He is the “Piano Man” whose storytelling lyrics chronicled 1970s American life.
 

👉 Who is Billy Joel?

500

Before it was named, this experience was dismissed as “just nerves.”
 

👉 What is anxiety?

500

This financial product was considered “safe” before 2008.
 

👉 What are mortgage-backed securities?

500

This treaty officially ended World War I.
 

👉 What is the Treaty of Versailles?

500

This late-1970s variety show helped launch multiple careers, including John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, and was known for edgy sketch comedy.
 

👉 What is Saturday Night Live?

500

This 1970s British rock band was known for its complex arrangements, theatrical performances, and albums like The Dark Side of the Moon.
 

👉 Who is Pink Floyd?