Brain Games and Trivia Jeopardy!

Finish the Phrase

100

When the cats away..

The mice will play

200

Early to bed, early to rise....
 

makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

300

Making a mountain...

 out of a molehill

400

They raked him...

over the coals

500

Nervous as a long-tailed cat...
 

in a room full of rocking chairs

Guess that celebrity

100

• I was a baseball player known for my grace and speed.
• I played my entire career for one team in New York.
• Fans called me "The Mick."
• I wore number 7.

Mickey Mantle

200

• I hosted a long-running television variety show.
• My signature sign-off included tugging my ear.
• I helped introduce many young performers to America.
• Sunday nights were my time to shine.

Ed Sullivan

300

• I loved practical jokes and often played the trumpet.
• My television show featured my real-life husband.
• Red hair became one of my trademarks.
• I starred in a hugely popular sitcom during the 1950s.

• Lucille Ball

400

• I had a successful career in movies and music.
• I starred in "Calamity Jane."
• I loved animals and later hosted a television show.
• One of my signature songs asked whether the future would be.

Doris Day

500

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  • I became famous before television was common.
  • I had a radio show that millions listened to.
  • My horse's name was Silver.
  • A famous phrase associated with me began, "Hi-Yo..."

 Clayton Moore

General 1950's Trivia

100

What was the nickname for Volkswagen's famous small car?

 Beetle

200

What singing cowboy was known as "The Singing Brakeman"?

Jimmie Rodgers

300

What was the name of the mouse who often appeared with Tom the cat?

Jerry

400

49. Who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea"?

Ernest Hemingway

500

12. Which U.S. state is known as the Green Mountain State?

Vermont

Name that song

100

I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day...
When it's cold outside... I've got the month of May
 

Song:My Girl
Artist: The Temptations

200

" Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me..."

Song: "Que Sera Sera"

Artist: Doris Day

300

"So won't you say you love me?
I'll make you so proud of me
We'll make 'em turn their heads every place we go

So won't you, please..."

Song:Be my Baby
Artist: The Ronettes 

400

"I've been terribly alone.. and forgotten in Manhattan.. I'm going home.. to my city by the Bay.."

Song: I Left my heart in San Francisco

Artist: Tony Bennett

500

" Well since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell.. it's down at the end of the lonely street.."

Song: Heartbreak Hotel

Artist: Elvis Presley

General History

100

24. What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed to America?

• Mayflower

200

36. Who was the first president to live in the White House?

• John Adams

300

68. What famous speech begins with "Four score and seven years ago"?

• Gettysburg Address

400

What was the name of the first English child born in America?

Virginia Dare

500

What famous battle took place in Texas in 1836?

Battle of the Alamo