Musical Hits and Artists
This Beatle released the hit song “Imagine.”
Who is John Lennon? When video footage emerged of Lennon crediting Yoko Ono with significant contribution to the song, she was given a songwriting credit for “Imagine”—more than 40 years after the tune’s release.
March Madness refers to this sport.
What is (NCAA) college basketball? The tournament features single-elimination games between 68 college teams, leading up to the championship. By the time the games get down to the final four, the tournament usually has lived up to its name.
What political party was founded by Rene Levesque?
What is Parti Quebecois?
Bavaria, an area of this country, is famous for Oktoberfest.
What is Germany? Bavaria is located in southern Germany. The designers of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle were inspired by Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein Castle.
Money doesn’t grow on these.
What are trees? This idiom is based loosely on waiting for a tree to produce fruit. You can’t plant a seed and expect to pick the tree’s fruit anytime soon. In other words, don’t spend what you don’t have.
“Dancing Queen” is performed by this band.
Who is ABBA? They’re a Swedish band. Have you ever noticed how it’s difficult to detect accents when European artists sing? That’s because the mechanics of singing and speaking differ due to how people breathe and articulate vowels.
This most popular board game was invented on March 7th, 1933
What is Monopoly? It's one of the best-selling board games of all time, with over 1 billion players worldwide.
Who was Roberta Bonder?
a) Suffragette
b) Sports Hero
c) Astronaut
What is C) Astronaut?
Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, and South Kensington are stops on the subway system in this city.
What is London? They are all stops on the Picadilly Line of the Tube, the name of the London subway system. There is a full day’s worth of tourist attractions along this line.
Pirates wore earrings because, among other reasons, they believed it would improve this sense.
What is eyesight? They thought the metals in the earrings would cure bad vision. They also wore them as a symbol of their travels.
“The Singing Rage” is the nickname of this artist from Oklahoma who is well-known for “The Tennessee Waltz.”
Who is Patti Page? Page was born Clara Ann Fowler in Claremore, Oklahoma. Once, when asked about her greatest regret, Page lamented, “I should never have given up my name.”
The first day of Lent is also known as this.
What is Ash Wednesday? Lent lasts for 40 days leading up to Easter and represents the 40 days Jesus fasted and prayed in the desert before beginning his public ministry.
This Canadian politician served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga.
Who is Hazel McCallion? First elected in November 1978, McCallion was mayor for 36 years until her retirement in 2014, making her the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.
New Haven, home to Yale University, is in this state.
What is Connecticut? The state also claims to be the home of the hamburger, which was first served at Louis’ Lunch in 1900.
This is the only continent without an active volcano.
What is Australia? It does have dormant and extinct volcanoes. The Tweed Volcano is thought to have last flowed with molten lava 23 million years ago.
Her album Tapestry contains the hits “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet.”
Who is Carole King? Tapestry went platinum more than 14 times.
In March of 1815 this French general came back to Paris after eleven months of exile on the island of Elba.
Who is Napolean Bonaparte?
The Great Horned Owl is the official bird of this western province.
What is Alberta?
This North American country’s flag depicts an eagle snacking on a snake.
What is Mexico? The flag is divided into three stripes: From left to right, the stripes are green, white, and red. The golden eagle perched on a cactus in the center of the white stripe depicts a scene from an Aztec legend.
Torremolinos, Marbella, and Málaga are in this country.
What is Spain? Each place offers spectacular beaches on the Costa del Sol stretch of the Mediterranean coastline.
This Canadian artist wrote the 1969 single “Woodstock” but didn’t attend the festival.
Who is Joni Mitchell? She was also a painter and a poker expert. She was most comfortable singing to small groups, particularly in coffee houses where she could mingle and sit with the audience.
On March 4, 1918, Albert Gitchel, an army cook at Camp Funston in Kansas, became ill with this virus which later turned into a Pandemic.
What is the Spanish Flu?
This Father of Confederation and founder of the Toronto Globe died in 1880, after he was shot in the leg by a recently terminated employee.
Who is George Brown?
This country’s name comes from the Latin word for “silver.”
What is Argentina? The Latin word argentum means “silver.” On the periodic table of elements, silver is represented by Ag.
This is the standard ratio that helps determine how much house a buyer can afford.
What is the debt-to-income ratio, or DTI? DTI ratios help lenders assess how much debt you can take on.