AMERICAN HISTORY
This 1803 purchase from France nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
In The Sound of Music, the von Trapp family escapes this European country.
What is Austria?
“What a Wonderful World” became one of the signature songs of this New Orleans-born trumpeter.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This European capital sits on the River Thames.
What is London?
Atticus Finch is the father of Scout in this Harper Lee novel.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
The “shot heard ’round the world” at the start of the American Revolution was fired in this Massachusetts town.
What is Lexington?
This 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starred James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
What is Rear Window?
This “Queen of Disco” had hits including “Last Dance” and “Hot Stuff.”
Who is Donna Summer?
The Great Lakes shared by the United States and Canada include four with names beginning with “Lake.” This is the fifth.
What is Lake Michigan?
This Charles Dickens novel begins with the famous line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence and later became the nation’s third president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
“Stella!” is the famous cry of this character played by Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Who is Stanley Kowalski?
Before becoming famous with The Beatles, John Lennon formed this group while attending school in Liverpool.
What are The Quarrymen?
This South American country is home to Machu Picchu.
What is Peru?
In Homer’s epic, this Greek hero spends ten years trying to return home after the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?
This 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is often considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
This 1959 Billy Wilder comedy starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
What is Some Like It Hot?
This 1971 Marvin Gaye album, addressing social and environmental issues, was titled What’s Going On.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
Africa’s largest lake by surface area shares its name with this African country.
What is Victoria?
George Orwell’s novel featuring Big Brother is titled with this year.
What is 1984?
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted American women this right.
What is the right to vote?
In The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mary Richards worked as a producer at this Minneapolis television station.
What is WJM-TV?
“Rhapsody in Blue,” combining classical music with jazz influences, was composed by this American.
Who is George Gershwin?
The Strait of Gibraltar separates Spain from this African country.
What is Morocco?
The phrase “Catch-22” originated as the title of this Joseph Heller novel about a U.S. Army Air Forces bombardier.
What is Catch-22?