American History
This was the name of the first (permanent English) American colony.
What is Jamestown?
The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in this famous museum.
What is "The Louvre"?
This ancient civilization is known for building the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Who were the Egyptians?
This 2020 song by the Weekend became a massive hit, spending several weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
What is "Blinding Lights"?
This is the name of Ariel's father, the ruler of the underwater kingdom, in "The Little Mermaid".
Who is King Triton?
This NFL quarterback holds the record for the most career passing yards as of 2021.
Who is Drew Brees?
What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
What is an umbrella?
This is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
This event marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in 1775.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
This is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series.
What is "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"?
Greenland was a colony of this country until 1981.
What is Denmark?
This was the best-selling UK single of the 2010s (which includes streaming figures).
What is "The Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran
This was the year that Disneyland opened.
What is 1955?
This is the only player in NFL history to win five Super Bowl MVP awards as of 2021.
Who is Tom Brady?
I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?
What is a keyboard?
DNA stands for.
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
This was the outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln.
What is declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were to be set free?
This is the best-selling novel of all time.
Hint: The saying "Tilting at windmills" came from it.
What is Don Quixote?
Beware...
Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44 BC, a date now often known by this term.
What is the Ides of March?
She originally recorded the classic ballad "I Will Always Love You" in 1973 before Whitney Houston.
Who is Dolly Parton?
Often an overlooked character, this was the name of Wendy's dog in Peter Pan.
Who is Nana?
This was the year the New England Patriots achieved the NFL's only perfect 16-0 regular season record.
What is 2007?
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
What is a candle?
This is the chemical symbol for the element gold.
What is Au?
This city was the first capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
This novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms.
What is "Dune"?
This empire was founded by Genghis Khan and became the largest contiguous empire in history.
What is the Mongol Empire?
This singer had a charts resurgence in 2022 after one of her songs was heard in Stranger Things.
Who is Kate Bush?
This is the name of the bird Carl and Russel encounter in the Pixar movie "Up".
What is a Kevin?
This NFL team has won the most Super Bowl championships in league history.
Who are the New England Patriots?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is the letter 'M'?
This is the rarest blood type.
What is AB Negative?
This was the significance of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
What is it granted women the right to vote?
This author wrote the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire," which inspired the TV series "Game of Thrones".
Who is George R.R. Martin?
In this decade did the Great Hunger strike Ireland.
What is the 1840s?
This artist won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 for their album "folklore".
Who is Taylor Swift?
This person provided the voice for the character Elsa in Disney's "Frozen" and "Frozen II".
Who is Idina Menzel?
This player holds the record for the most career rushing yards in NFL history as of 2023.
Who is Emmitt Smith?
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What is footsteps?
This Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover.
What is the Apollo 15 Mission?
The Revolutionary War ended this year.
What is 1783?
This novel by George Orwell depicts a dystopian society under totalitarian rule and features the character Winston Smith.
What is "1984"?
Better known for his swashbuckling nickname, Edward Teach roamed the seas in the 1700s.
Who is Blackbeard?
This South Korean boy band released their English-language single "Dynamite" in 2020, which became a global sensation.
Who is BTS?
This is the name of the villainous hunter who seeks toe marry Belle.
Who is Gaston?
The NFL and AFL officially merge to form a single league in this year.
What is 1970?
What kind of band never plays music?
What is a rubber band?
Sharks have this many bones in their bodies.
What is zero?
She was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1916.
Who is Jeanette Rankin?
This epic poem, attributed to Homer, tells the story of the Trojan War.
What is "The Iliad"?
This was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
In 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody was number one for nine weeks. It was finally knocked off the top slot by a song with a name that appears in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. Name the song and the band that ended Queen’s number one success.
What is Mamma Mia by Abba?
What Disney animated film features a character named Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama?
What is "The Emperor's New Groove"?
This NFL team is known for its "12th Man" tradition, where fans are famously loud and disruptive to opposing teams.
Who are the Seattle Seahawks?
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
What is a pencil lead/graphite?
This is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus releases energy through the emission of particles or electromagnetic waves.
What is radioactive decay?
He was the first president to live in the White House.
Who is John Adams?
This novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores themes of wealth, love, and the American Dream in the 1920s.
What is "The Great Gatsby"?
He famously dueled Alexander Hamilton on 11 July 1804, resulting in the founding father’s death.
Who is Aaron Burr?
Taylor Swift released two studio albums in 2020: one was titled Folklore, but what was the name of the other one.
What is Evermore?
This is the name of the toy store in Toy Story 2.
What is Al's Toy Barn?
This player was the first quarterback to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single NFL season.
Who is Drew Brees?
I'm not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
What is a fire?
This is the term for the study of the Earth's physical features, climate, and natural resources.
What is geography?
He assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
She wrote the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Who is Harper Lee?
The literal meaning of "The Magna Carta".
What is the “The Great Charter” ?
This artist released the album "Positions" in 2020, featuring hit songs like "Positions" and "34+35".
Who is Ariana Grande?
These are the names of Cinderella's stepsisters
Who are Anastasia and Drizella?
This NFL player holds the record for the most career touchdown receptions as of 2023.
Who is Jerry Rice?
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
What is a mushroom?
This is the scientific name for the "voice box" in humans responsible for sound production.
What is the larynx?
He was the first African American senator.
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
This author wrote the Picture of Dorian Grey.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This toy was the first to be advertised on television.
What is Mr. Potato Head ?
In 2021, this global superstar headlined a concert in Central Park to call attention to climate change and global warming.
Who is Billie Eilish?
These were Mickey Mouse's first words ever spoken
What is "Hot dog"?
Which NFL team won the first Super Bowl ever played.
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
What is red and smells like blue paint?
What is red paint?
This is the phenomenon where an object submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
What is Archimedes' principle?