Movies
1929 was a year of notable events from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Herbert Hoover being inaugurated as President of the United States to the Stock Market Crash and the birth of this accolade show
What is the Academy Awards?
Released on May 4, 2024 Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" highlighted his public feud with this rapper
Who is Drake?
At the Constitutional Convention, these two plans were proposed prior to the Great Compromise
What are the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
This amendment outlawed slavery
What is The 13th Amendment?
These are the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment
What are Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
This is the fifth planet from the sun
What is Jupiter?
This movie uses a variety of CB radio names as Burt Reynolds and Sally Field evade Jackie Gleason on a bootlegging transport from Texarkana to Atlanta
What is Smokey and the Bandit (1977)?
In 1987, this "Queen of Soul" was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Who was Aretha Franklin?
While not legally binding, this document is powerful and has continued to be an inspiration in the fight for freedom and equality
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This amendment granted women's suffrage
What is The 19th Amendment?
Sit-ins during the Jim Crow Era that opposed segregation are a form of these protected right under the First Amendment
Flowers contain these two reproductive organs
What are the pistil and the stamen?
Widely considered the greatest composer in cinema, this man is known for his fondness of the brass section, particularly the French horn, which is heavily used in his scores
Who is John Williams?
"Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke was hit with a copyright lawsuit which claimed that the song copied elements of this singer's 1977 song, "Got to Give It Up"
Who was Marvin Gaye?
The idea that the power to rule comes from the people is known as this
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This amendment guarantees the right to trial by jury in civil cases
What is The 7th Amendment?
Writing to a legislator or speaking up at a School Board meeting falls under this branch of the First Amendment
What is Petition?
This children's book begins with "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf"
What is the Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Name 3 of the 5 ingredients that Buddy the Elf adds to his spaghetti dish in Elf (you can't name spaghetti as one of them)
What are maple syrup, chocolate syrup, M&Ms, marshmallows, and a chocolate fudge Pop Tart?
Between 1891 and 1892, this composer wrote the music for the two-act classical ballet, The Nutcracker
Who was Tchaikovsky?
This movement in the 60s and 70s challenged mainstream American society and its values
What is the Counterculture Movement?
This amendment establishes the electoral college and the present federal election processes
What is The 12th Amendment?
Preventing public schools from requiring students to participate in prayer is protected under this clause of the First Amendment
What is the Establishment Clause?
This is the most commonly used nickname for college sports teams in the US
What is Eagles?
# of MCU films TIMES # of Godfather films
DIVIDED BY the # of Star Wars Films + # Harry Potter films
(MCU x Godfather)/Star Wars + HP
What is 17?
This song references 119 people, places, and events between the years of 1949 and 1989
What is We Didn't Start the Fire?
This journalist and muckraker was well known for documenting "How the Other Half Lives" through his photography
Who is Jacob Riis?
This amendment establishes that inauguration day for the President and Vice President shall take place on the 20th of January
What is The 20th Amendment?
The act of holding back or restricting distributed material (spoken or written) is known as what?
*Hint: this is done when something may be classified or considered too dangerous or libelous to put out to the public*
What is censorship?
The first televised presidential debate took place between these two men
Who were JFK and Nixon?
Ponyboy, Darrel, Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, and Sodapop Curtis are all Greasers in this 1983 coming of age film directed by Francis Ford Coppola
What is The Outsiders?
Who are DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince?
How many men have served in the House, Senate, and Vice-Presidency prior to being President?
What is four? (John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon)
This amendment took the longest between the original proposal date and the date that it became ratified
What is The 27th Amendment?
This case established the "clear and present danger" principle...or in other words, you can't shout fire in a crowded theater
What is Schenck v. United States (1917)
Who were the key participants in the Potsdam Conference? (need both UK participants)
Who are Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Clement Attlee?