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Around the world this sport goes by the names of fútbol, football, and 'footy', in the United States we call it this.
What is Soccer?
The modern rules for soccer were established in England in 1863 by The Football Association. The first official international match was between England and Scotland in 1872 (a 0-0 draw)
This landmark sculpture depicting four presidents was completed in 1941.
What is Mount Rushmore?
The four U.S. presidents carved into the side of
the mountain are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
This is the capital city of Canada
What is Ottawa?
"Ottawa" comes from the Algonquin word adawe, meaning "to trade," highlighting its historical role as a trade center.
The Barbie doll was released in this decade.
What are the 1950s?
The doll was released in 1959 and was the first mass-produced doll. Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
The hosts of this long running trivia game show have been Art Fleming(12 years), Alex Trebek(36 years) and current host Ken Jennings(4 years).
What is Jeopardy?
The show has aired over 8,000 episodes. Current host Ken Jennings holds the record with 74 consecutive wins.
December 7th, 1941, is a date which will life in infamy for this reason.
What is The bombing of Pearl Harbor?
In 2026, this prestigious soccer tournament is coming to North America
What is the World Cup?
Matches will be played across Canada, Mexico and The United States.
This pen replaced the fountain pen in the 1940s
What is the ballpoint pen?
Gimbels introduced them at its flagship store in NewYork City. The first ballpoint pens sold for $12.50, which is the equivalent of $221 today.
Red Square and St. Basil's Cathedral can both be found in this city, the capital of Russia
What is Moscow?
With nearly 20 million people, it's the most populous city on the European continent.
Eight squared, or 8² equals this.
What is 64?
A squared number is multiplied by itself.
Come on down! This game show was hosted by Bob Barker for 35 years, before Drew Carey took over as host in 2007
What is The Price is Right?
The first car given away on the show was a Chevrolet Vega worth $2,746.
On December 5th, 1933, the 18th amendment was repealed, making this substance legal to manufacture and distribute again after 14 years of being banned.
What is Alcohol?
Because illegally produced alcohol ("bathtub gin") often tasted terrible, bartenders began mixing it with juices and other flavorings to make it palatable. This necessity is widely credited with kickstarting the modern craft cocktail movement.
1991 saw the first World Cup for these players.
Who are women?
The Women’s World Cup was first held in China.
This president won an unprecedented fourth term in 1944.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
His fourth term ended after just three months due to
his death.
The Capital of the Philippines shares its name with this kind of folder commonly found in offices
What is Manila?
The name "manila envelope" comes from the Philippines because the envelopes were originally made from strong, golden fibers of the abaca plant (manila hemp), which was named after the capital city, Manila, where it was exported from
Ben Franklin used a kite and a key to experiment with this
What is electricity?
Franklin attached a wire to the top of a silk kite and connected a key to a hemp string, which was attached to a silk string and hung from the kite. Standing in a shed door, he held the silk string. Thankfully, the kite escaped a lightning strike. When he noticed the hemp string standing upright, he moved his hand near the key and felt a spark.
Survey Says! This game show, most recently hosted by Steve Harvey, pits two families against each other as they try to predict the most common responses given to various questions in a survey of 100 random people.
What is Family Feud?
The 100 people polled for surveys don't know they're participating in Family Feud; a polling firm contacts random people.
On December 8th, 1980, this former Beatle was shot and killed outside his apartment building in New York City
Who is John Lennon?
He was cremated privately the day after his death. Yoko Ono has never revealed the whereabouts of the ashes, or what happened to them. In lieu of a funeral for John, Yoko asked the public for ten minutes of silence and prayer at 2pm ET on the following Sunday, December 14th, and to contribute to charities in his memory.
In 1971, this Brazilian soccer legend retired from international soccer.
Who is Pelé?
He played his final professional game at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
This was the secret code name for the development of the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
The project borrowed 14,700 tons of silver from the U.S. Treasury to use as electrical conductors, returning nearly all of it later.
In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, L is represented by this word, the capital city of Peru
What is Lima?
Lima is the only South American capital directly on the Pacific, offering ocean views and activities like surfing.
The standard dinner fork and salad fork have this number of tines.
Answer: What is four?
The salad fork is shorter than the dinner fork and is placed outside the dinner fork
This game show, originally hosted by Bob Eubanks, took 4 couples who had been married for less than 2 years and had compete against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know each other.
What is the Newlywed Game?
Created by Chuck Barris, the show spawned board games, cookbooks, and remains a popular party game for weddings, testing couples' compatibility with questions about habits, crushes, and dreams
On December 6th, this man was sworn in as vice president under Richard Nixon following the resignation of Spiro Agnew who pleaded no contest to charges of income tax evasion.
Who is Gerald Ford?
He's the only person to serve as both Vice President and President without being elected to either office, appointed VP after Spiro Agnew's resignation and becoming President after Nixon's resignation.
The 1994 World Cup was played in this nation, the first time it had been held outside of Europe or South America.
What is the United States?
This was also the first World Cup Final to be decided based on a penalty shootout
Forrest Mars Sr. partnered with Bruce Murrie in 1941 to create these candies for the military.
What are M&M’s?
Mars was inspired in the 1930s
when he saw Spanish soldiers eating chocolate candies with hard shells, which prevented them from melting
With a population of over 21million people, this capital city is the largest city in all of North/Central America.
What is Mexico City?
At 7,350 feet (2,240 meters) above sea level, it's one of the world's highest capital cities.
This is the name for the meat of a deer.
What is Venison?
It's so lean that most recipes have you add some fat to it before cooking.
This game show, based on the game hangman, was hosted by Pat Sajak and Vana White for 41 years before Ryan Seacrest took over for Sajak in 2025.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
The original 1975 pilot was called Shopper's Bazaar, where players won prizes, not cash. The iconic wheel weighs a hefty 2,400 pounds.
On December 2nd, 1859, this abolition leader was executed for treason at Charles Town, West Virginia, following his raid on the U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
John Brown was a devout abolitionist who believed he was chosen by God to end slavery, famously leading raids to free enslaved people, and his actions at Harpers Ferry made him a martyr, inspiring the song "John Brown's Body" that Union soldiers sang during the Civil War
Due to increased usage, FIFA tightened regulations around the use of these during the 1980s.
What are performance-enhancing drugs/steroids?
Players who are found to use performance-enhancing drugs can be banned from the sport worldwide under FIFA regulations.
This prestigious global film festival was launched in 1946.
What is the Cannes Film Festival?
The inaugural film festival was scheduled for1939 in Cannes, France, but World War II caused its delay.
This is the country with the southern most capital city in the world.
What is New Zealand?
Due to its location, Wellington experiences powerful winds that residents have become accustomed to. The city experiences gale-force winds (75 km/h or 45mph) on average 175 days a year, making it one of the windiest cities in the world.
“Sea cow” and “teddy bear of the sea” are nicknames for this marine animal.
What is a manatee?
Manatees are the largest marine herbivores and typically weigh between 800 and 1,200 pounds
In this trivia game show, which debuted in 1998 and was hosted by Regis Philbin, contestants attempted to win a top prize of $1,000,000 by answering a series of multiple-choice questions, with the help of several "lifelines" such as phoning a friend and polling the audience.
What is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
John Carpenter, the first winner of the show, used his final lifeline (Phone a Friend) to call his father and simply say, "I don't really need your help, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to win the million dollars".
On December 16th, American colonists, disguised as Native Americans, boarded British ships off of Massachusetts and tossed cargo overboard in a protest that came to be called this.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This act of defiance, led by the Sons of Liberty, escalated tensions, prompting Britain to pass punitive "Intolerable Acts" (closing Boston Harbor), which united the colonies and pushed them closer to the American Revolution.