HISTORY
In 1960, what was America’s biggest company (hint it is an Automobile company)?
General Motors
What was the name of the 1964 UK band that made their American debut on the Ed Sullivan show?
The Beatles
This cat started as a comic strip, then went on to spawn 3 TV series, and two films.
Garfield
In October 1962, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles on Cuba. What was this event called?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was the charismatic and handsome democratic candidate who became president of the United States on January 20th, 1961?
John F. Kennedy
This animal is not mentioned in the Bible.
Cats
What is the name of the song which was a charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985?
We Are the World
This van from Scooby- Doo is the vehicle of the Mystery Kids.
The Canary Islands are named after this animal (hint, it is not the bird).
The name comes from the Latin word for dog (canaria)
This artist painted the fresco ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo
Charles Dickens wrote this famous Christmas story.
A Christmas Carol
Where were French Fries invented?
Belgium
This shark movie is famous for the quote “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
Jaws
Which San Francisco Bay prison closed in 1963 due to having high operation costs?
Alcatraz
Who was Lucille Ball married to in 1940?
Desi Arnez
What was the name of the first successful manned 1968 NASA space mission that was launched into orbit?
Apollo 7
Which rock and roll king visited President Richard Nixon in the White House Oval Office?
What is the name of the Jim Henson puppet TV show, which was actually HBO’s first original series?
Fraggle Rock
Where was American Cheese invented?
Switzerland
The 1946 American Christmas fantasy, It’s a Wonderful Life, starred this actor.
Jimmy Stewart
Who became the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932?
Amelia Earhart
What was the name of the portable music player, which was created out of a desire by Sony’s co-founder for a device that he could listen to while walking around?
The Walkman
What is the name of the 80s comic book about four fictional anthropomorphic mutant reptiles named after Italian Renaissance artists?
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
What is the Westernmost and Easternmost State in the U.S?
Alaska
Who is the famous actress that encouraged people to wear leg warmers in her very first workout video?
Jane Fonda