1965
This British band dominated the charts in 1965 with hits like Help! and Yesterday.
Who are The Beatles?
This is the phrase every stereotypically grumpy old man yells at neighborhood kids.
What is "get off my lawn"?
Prabhaker's favorite actor
Who is Kamal Haasan (aka Kabanu)?
This British author, born in 1965, made billions writing about a boy wizard.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
The 21st state to join the Union in 1818 — and the Land of Lincoln.
What is Illinois?
In 1965, this Southeast Asian country split from Malaysia and became independent on August 9.
What is Singapore?
This famously cranky old miser from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
The subject Prabhaker loved to quiz his nieces on when he visited India
What is Social Studies?
Born in 1965, this Bollywood superstar is famously loathed by Prabhaker. Twins!
Who is Shah Rukh Khan?
This popular card game, played against the dealer, is also known as “21.”
What is blackjack?
This musical, featuring Julie Andrews as a singing governess, was released in 1965.
What is The Sound of Music?
This American writer of The Old Man and the Sea was famously cranky and preferred fishing to people.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
A singular item of clothing that Prabhaker and his siblings all communally shared growing up
What is underwear?
Born in 1965, this actor is best known for playing Iron Man.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
Prabhaker shares his birthday with this American novelist, whose chilling tales include haunted hotels, killer clowns, and telekinetic teens.
Who is Stephen King?
In 1965, this Indian Prime Minister was in office, having succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru the previous year.
Who is Lal Bahadur Shastri?
This Pixar movie featured a grouchy old man who yelled at kids before floating away in a balloon-powered house.
What is Up?
Prabhaker famously held a funeral for this item
What is a spilled bottle of beer?
In 2011, this 1965-born actor was the highest-paid TV star in the world, earning nearly $2 million per episode, before being fired from Two and a Half Men.
Who is Charlie Sheen?
On September 21, 1981, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
Just a year after his fiery speech “The Ballot or the Bullet,” this leader was assassinated in New York City on February 21, 1965.
Who is Malcolm X?
This tennis great became famous for screaming at referees: “You cannot be serious!”
Who is John McEnroe?
This is Prabhaker's favorite South-Indian tiffin item.
What is upma?
This actor, known for both playing wrestling coach Mahavir Singh Phogat in the blockbuster Dangal (2016) and being loathed by Prabhaker, was born in 1965.
Who is Aamir Khan?
On September 21, 1991, this former Soviet republic declared its independence, with Yerevan as its capital.
What is Armenia?