WORLD HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
SOLAR SYSTEM
MUSIC
1960S TV
100

This city was destroyed in 79 CE due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Pompeii or Herculaneum

100

Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital

New Zealand

100

It is often referred to as the Red Planet

Mars

100

Duo known for their recordings of Mrs. Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Simon and Garfunkel

100

Variety show that introduced the Beatles to the U.S. in 1964

The Ed Sullivan Show

200

This man was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire

Genghis Khan


200

Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean

5

200

These are the only two planets that do not have moons

Mercury and Venus

200

The Quiet Beatle who organized the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971

George Harrison

200

Left the SS Minnow shipwrecked somewhere in the Pacific

Gilligan's Island

300

Yersinia pestis started this in Europe in 1347

Black Death

300

The King James Bible refers to it as the Salt Sea

Dead Sea

300

Planet known for its Great Red Spot

Jupiter

300

This band, known for its recording of Proud Mary, was originally called the Golliwogs

Creedence Clearwater Revival

300

This western featured Lorne Greene and Michael Landon and the Ponderosa

Bonanza

400

Published in 1783, his American Spelling Book preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years

Noah Webster

400

The smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceans

Arctic Ocean

400

The asteroid belt is found between the orbits of these two planets

Mars and Jupiter

400

This song, released by Don McLean, was about the crash that killed Buddy Holly and others

American Pie


400

Western about two Secret Service agents set in the 1870s

The Wild, Wild West

500

The Battle of Culloden was fought in this country

Scotland

500

Lake Louise was named after this long reigning monarch's daughter

Queen Victoria

500

Term that describes the average Earth-Sun distance

Astronomical Unit (AU)


500

This song was the first to be ever performed in outer space

Watching the Sky (by a Cosmonaut in 1962, Ukrainian song)

500

Featured Dr. Richard Kimble searching for the one-armed man

The Fugitive