TV Shows
In this TV Show, A man uses his wit and ingenuity to get out of some tough problems; duct tape and a good Swiss Army knife helps as well.
MacGyver
Which breakfast chain is known for its “Grand-Slam Meal”?
Denny’s
What famous game show used the line "Is that your final answer?"
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
What Brooklyn-born singer, who started out singing fast food and soft drink commercials, hit it big time with "Mandy"?
Barry Manilow
Which professional boxer first popularized the "rope-a-dope" tactic?
Muhammad Ali
This show centered around young Theodore Cleaver, his brother, Wallace and their parents, Ward and June. Theodore had an unusual nickname. On what show did we watch the boys grow up?
Leave It to Beaver
Which U.S. fast food restaurants features "The Slider"?
White Castle
Superstition states that it will bring you good luck if you find what item and hang it over a door?
Horseshoe
What was the name of the document that Abraham Lincoln wrote and later executed that freed the slaves in Confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Which sport translates into English as "empty hand"?
Karate
"The Truth Is Out There." Which show that premiered this year added this eerie phrase to the American lexicon?
The X-Files
In 1997, Taco Bell launched an advertising campaign that grew to be wildly popular. What animal was the star of this campaign?
A talking Chihuahua
Trivia Question: What are the plastic pieces on the end of a shoe string called?
Aglet
Which political figure of the US was said to chop down a cherry tree?
George Washington
This sport was pictured on Egyptian tombs dating nearly 4000 years ago and was played in Europe for many centuries on fields and frozen canals. This sport's first organized indoor game was played in Montreal in 1875. Can you name it?
Hockey
In this Tv show from 1985-1989, An ex-model and a private detective run the Blue Moon Detective Agency. What is this television program?
Moonlighting
Which fast food chain features a yearly Monopoly promotion?
McDonald's
Leo the Lion was the mascot for which film studio?
MGM
In 1963 what numerical routing system was introduced which greatly helped the US Postal System?
Zip Code
Who was the famously called "Joltin Joe"?
Joe DiMaggio
"The Simpsons" won the prestigious Peabody Award for the '95-96 season. A few years later, 'The New Oxford Dictionary of English' added a word/phrase coined by Homer, which it defined as "used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid." What is the word/phrase?
D'oh
What was the first JELL-O pudding flavor made in 1936?
Chocolate
Which U.S. President was known for his fondness of jelly beans?
Ronald Reagan
June 13, 1990, was the official date of the destruction of what Cold War structure?
Berlin Wall
The origin of this activity lies in hunting and warfare, and it was turned into a sport by defining a target with coloured rings, the middle one gold.
Archery
Sister Bertrille, played by Sally Field, had better hang on to her hat in this show.
The Flying Nun
What popular drink advertises as being “sports fuel”?
Gatorade
What does the Latin word 'circa' mean when preceding a date?
Around
Who made the Atomic Bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer
The leftfield wall at Fenway Park in Boston is famous for being 37 feet, 2 inches tall (11.33m). What is its beastly name?
The Green Monster
The top rated show of the '71-72 season often featured the lead character telling his wife, whom he lovingly called a dingbat, to "stifle yourself." Which television classic is this?
All in the Family
North Carolina, Memphis, Texas and Kansas City all claim that their verison of this type of food is the best.
Barbeque
What famous Baseball play, who was not a pitcher, is offically recorded as having pitched a no-hitter?
Babe Ruth (Offically Ernie Shore)
What famous singer, one half of a duo with her brother, died at the age of 32 from anorexia nervosa on February 4, 1983?
Karen Carpenter
In baseball: What is a "beanball"?
A pitch thrown at the batter's head
In The Andy Griffith Show, the fictional town of Mayberry is set in which U.S. State?
North Carolina
Traditionally, what kind of icing frosts a carrot cake?
Cream cheese
The Procter and Gamble company first sold their unsinkable bar soap in 1879. What was it called?
Ivory soap
What did Albert Sabin introduce in 1961 that helped save children from a life-threatening disease?
Polio Vaccine
NBA great Lew Alcindor was appropriately given the muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when he converted to Islam. Abdul means servant in Arabic. What does Jabbar mean?
Giant