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This rock-and-roll singer earned the nickname “The King” after rising to fame in the mid-1950s.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Released in 1967, this Beatles album is often cited as one of the most influential albums in music history.
What is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?
This 1972 break-in at a Washington, D.C. office complex ultimately led to the resignation of a U.S. president.
What is the Watergate scandal?
Released in 1982, this Michael Jackson album became the best-selling album of all time, featuring hits like “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”
What is Thriller?
Formed in the early 1990s, this British band’s album (1995) became one of the decade’s defining Britpop records.
Who are Oasis?
This black-and-white television show featuring Lucy Ricardo premiered in 1951 and became one of the most influential sitcoms of all time.
What is I Love Lucy?
In 1961, this German-built barrier physically divided a major European city during the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This 1977 science-fiction film launched a major franchise and was originally released simply as?
What is Star Wars?
This 1985 film, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson, became an iconic depiction of teenage life in the 1980s.
What is The Breakfast Club?
This 1997 James Cameron film became the highest-grossing film of its time and won 11 Oscars.
What is Titanic?
First published in 1957, this Dr. Seuss book was written using only 220 different words.
What is The Cat in the Hat?
This 1969 mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
Passed in 1973, this Supreme Court decision established a constitutional right to abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
In 1989, this series of protests in Beijing ended in a violent government crackdown.
What is the Tiananmen Square protests?
In 1990, this former communist country officially reunited after being divided for over 40 years.
What is Germany?
Known for method acting, this 1950s star played Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause.
Who is James Dean?
This 1969 music festival in upstate New York became a defining moment of the counterculture era.
What is Woodstock?
This singer won five Grammy Awards for her 1977 album Songs in the Key of Life.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
In 1986, this catastrophic nuclear accident occurred at a power plant in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union.
What is Chernobyl?
In 1998, this international soccer team won the FIFA World Cup on home soil.
Who are France?
Unveiled in 1953, this double-helix discovery by Watson and Crick revolutionized biology.
What is the structure of DNA?
This director redefined science fiction with his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Who is Stanley Kubrick?
In 1973, this famous tennis match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes” featured a victory over Bobby Riggs.
Who is Billie Jean King?
This British duo’s 1981 hit “Don’t You Want Me” became one of the defining synth-pop songs of the early 1980s.
Who are The Human League?
This Japanese automaker launched their new luxury brand in the U.S. in 1989.
What is Lexus?