American History
The first American President?
Who is George Washington?
The artist who sang "Heartbreak Hotel".
Who was Elvis Presley?
The guy who trained Hercules to be a hero.
Who is Philoctetes (Phil)?
A word class used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
What is a verb?
The highest mountain peak in Africa.
What is Kilimanjaro?
The main ingredient in guacamole.
What is avocados?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
The name of the movie where Eminem plays the lead role.
What is 8-mile?
The saying that means "No worries" in Swahili.
What is "Hakuna Matata"?
A word class (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.
What is a noun?
The longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
The country famous for sushi.
What is Japan?
The first European to land in North America.
Who is Leif Erikson?
The only Top 40 hit Jimi Hendrix had in his career.
What is "All Along the Watchtower"?
The year the first Disneyland opened?
What is 1955?
What is an adjective?
The capital of Australia.
What is Canberra?
The traditional italian dish made of thin layers of pasta, cheese and meat sauce.
What is lasagna?
The first (permanent English) American colony.
What is Jamestown?
A classical composer who was deaf.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
The insect that serves as Pinocchio’s conscience.
Who is Jiminy Cricket?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
What is a metaphor?
The names of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.
What is England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales?
The main ingredient in hummus.
What are chickpeas?
The last state to be admitted into the union.
What is Hawaii?
The artist behind the songs "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "The Times They Are A-Changin".
Who is Bob Dylan?
The name of the toy store in Toy Story 2.
What is "Al's Toy Barn"?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
The largest desert measured by area in the world.
What is the Antarctic Polar Desert?
A french, laminated, yeast-leavened bakery product that contains dough/roll-in fat layers to create a flaky, crispy texture.
What is a croissant?
The amendment that prevented the sale of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment?
Marvin Gaye's duet partner.
Who was Tammi Terrell?
The Disney song that won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1990.
What is "Under the Sea"?
A word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The two words may be spelled the same or differently.
Examples: there/their, heir/air.
What is a homophone?
The location of Mount Logan, North America's second tallest mountain.
Arguably the most well-known French dessert outside of France. Consisting of a rich, creamy custard capped with a brittle burnt sugar crust.
What is Crème brûlée?