History
This battle is often remembered for the phrase “Remember the Alamo,” but it was actually a strategic loss that delayed a much larger military campaign.
Battle of the Alamo
This phrase is often used when incurring losses at the casino.
The House Always Wins
This sport awards three points for a basket made beyond the arc.
Basketball
This movie franchise features lightsabers and the Force.
Star Wars
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
This ancient civilization built pyramids thousands of years before modern machinery.
Ancient Egypt
This phrase describes the mistaken belief that a slot machine is “about to pay out.”
The gambler’s fallacy
This country has won the most FIFA World Cups.
Brazil
This TV show follows the lives of six friends in New York City.
Friends
This board game includes properties like Boardwalk and Park Place.
What is Monopoly?
This empire once controlled much of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East before collapsing in 476 CE.
The Roman Empire
In roulette, red and black bets each pay even money. This color is neither.
Green
This baseball term describes hitting safely in three consecutive games.
A hitting steak
This artist is known as the “King of Pop.”
Michael Jackson
This paradox involves a cat that is both alive and dead at the same time.
Schrödinger’s cat
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War in Europe.
The Berlin Wall
This poker hand beats a straight but loses to a full house.
A Flush
This athlete has won more Olympic gold medals than anyone in history.
Michael Phelps
This streaming service helped popularize binge-watching.
Netflix
This term describes the tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms existing beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
This U.S. president served four terms during the Great Depression and World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This casino game is known for having the worst odds for players.
Keno
This tennis tournament is played on grass courts.
Wimbledon
What does “the day the music died” refer to in the classic song “American Pie“?
Feb. 3, 1959, the day three musicians, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (aka “the Big Bopper”), died in a plane crash
This is the shape of a 20 sided die.
Icosahedron