Movies
What 1942 Best Picture winner famously contained the lines "Here's looking at you, kid." and "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'."?
Casablanca
This "personality girl" ended many of her records with her catchphrase "that's all." She made her first commercial recording in 1926 and by the mid 1930s she had retired from show business.
Annette Hanshaw
When did Frank Sinatra release his debut album?
1946
When was the Big Bang Theory invented?
March 27th 1948
When was the electron microscope invented?
March 31st, 1931
John Wayne's first starring role came in 1930. What was the film that he starred in?
The Big Trail
She brought her individual style to every song she ever performed, including "Strange Fruit" and "Lover Man."
Billie Holiday
What did Bing Crosby study in college?
Law, Gonzaga University, quit to pursue a singing career
When did Anne Frank go into hiding?
July 5th 1942
What year was DNA discovered
1953
I am a 1939 movie and I was directed by Victor Fleming. I am about a love affair between a man and a woman and set in the South during the American Civil War. What movie am I?
Gone With the Wind
"Louisiana Purchase" (1940) was one of the first hits of the decade. Remarkably, it was also the first book (plotted) Broadway musical by an already-famous composer. Who wrote the music and lyrics?
Irving Berlin
What is Marilyn Monroe's birth name?
Norma Jean Morteson
In what year was The Reconstruction Finance Corporation established?
1932
Who invented the photocopier?
Chester Carlson
The 1940 classic "The Grapes of Wrath" featured a character by the name of Tom Joad. Who played the role of Tom Joad?
Henry Fonda
"On The Town" (1944) evolved from a ballet entitled "Fancy Free." Who composed the music for both the musical and the ballet?
Leonard Bernstein
Who was Charles Chaplin's nemesis?
When was the dead sea scrolls found?
June 27th, 1947
Who came up with the idea for the credit card?
Frank McNamara
Which film, released in 1959, won 11 Oscars in the following year?
Ben Hur
In 1955, who had a Number One hit on the Billboard Top 100 with "Hearts Of Stone"?
Fontane Sisters
Ginger Rogers famously said: "When you're happy, you don't count the --" what?
Years
What year did the trial for birth control pills begin?
1954
When was penicillin developed as antibiotic?
1940