One-Hit Wonders
Frijid Pink’s one-hit wonder from 1970 was a tune about this house in New Orleans.
What is “House of the Rising Sun”?
This day in 2001 "changed the world forever."
What is September 11, 2001? That was the day two airplanes
flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, World Trade Center Building 7 collapsed, and an airplane flew into the ground in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
This never seems to boils
(Hint: Of course, it eventually boils —it just seems to take forever.)
What is a watched pot?
If Professor Plum did it with the candlestick in the library, you are playing this game
(Hint: Released in the 1940s, the game is still a classic, but the familiar characters have been replaced.)
What is Clue?
He performed the 1973 hit “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.”
(Hint: he didn’t sing the first two lines of the song. They were sung by James Gilstrap and Lani Groves.)
Who is Stevie Wonder?
Norman Greenbaum sang a 1969 tune about spirit in this place.
What is sky? The tune is “Spirit in the Sky.”
This pope died during the ’00s.
(Hint: In 1981, this pope was shot in an unsuccessful assassination attempt in St. Peter’s Square.)
Who is Pope John Paul II?
Put dinner in one of these when you wake up, set it and forget it. Then dinner’s ready at 5:00 p.m.
(Hint: These small appliances gained popularity in the 1970s when Rival bought a small company that was the original manufacturer of the appliance.)
What is Crock-Pot (or similar, such as slow cooker)?
In this 1990 film, Whoopi Goldberg gave an unforgettable performance as Oda Mae Brown, a medium.
What is Ghost?
This 1974 Terry Jacks hit begins:
“Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We’ve known each other since we were nine or 10.
Together we’ve climbed hills and trees.”
What is “Seasons in the Sun”? The song was originally written in French.
Merrilee and the Turnabouts performed a tune about the angel of this time of day.
What is morning? The tune is “Angel of the Morning.”
This hurricane brought devastation to New Orleans in 2005.
What is Hurricane Katrina? More than 1,800 people died as a result of the 2005 hurricane.
This is America’s longest war.
(Hint: It started in 2001.)
What is Afghan (or Afghanistan)?
She was Darren’s mother-in-law and Samantha’s mother on Bewitched.
Who is Endora?
This Stevie Wonder tune begins:
“Like a long lonely stream
I keep runnin’ towards a dream
Movin’ on, movin’ on
Like a branch on a tree
I keep reachin’ to be free
Movin’ on, movin’ on.”
What is “A Place in the Sun”?
Zagar and Evans’ hit tune was set far off into the future in the year [fill in the blank].
What is “In the Year 2525”?
In 2009, findings were published that showed molecules of "this" were found on the moon
What is water? NASA notes the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, known as M3, found water molecules on its flyby—not rivers, lakes, or streams. Still, it adds to the growing knowledge base about the moon.
You learned about this magnificent Chinese structure in school,
but you might not have learned that it took more than 2,000 years
to build.
What is the Great Wall of China?
In this 1984 film, Al Pacino plays Tony Montana, a Cuban who escaped during the Mariel boatlift.
(Hint: The film is on the Top 10 List of the American Film Institute’s
“Gangster” category.?
What is Scarface?
This 1961 screen adaptation of a Broadway play by Lorraine Hansberry stars Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger. The film is about a poor, black family whose fortune changes thanks to an insurance check.
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
The Kingsmen performed a 1963 tune with a title that repeats a first name. (Hint: It was a No. 1 hit in 1963.)
What is “Louie Louie”?
What airline performed a successful evacuation in the Hudson River.
(Hint: Few evacuations are successful, so this one, with zero fatalities, is called “Miracle on the Hudson.”)
What is US Airways?
This 1996 Shakespeare film is the longest American film.
(Hint: It runs 242 minutes, or a little over four hours.)
What is Hamlet?
This is a 1960s rock band with followers known as the Wolfpack.
(Hint: The band performed its last concert in 2018)
What is Steppenwolf?
Two abbreviated lines from this song by Bobby Hebb are:
“…yesterday my life was filled with rain.”
and
“…thank you for the love you brought my way.”
What is “Sunny”?