Poets & Poetry
154 of this popular playwright’s sonnets were published in a quarto in 1609.
Shakespeare
What famous band arrived from England to the U.S. in February 1964?
The Beatles
Forwards in hockey come in 3 types: the center & a left & right this.
Wing
Iceland is “The Land of” these 2 things also mentioned in a George R.R. Martin series.
Ice and Fire
This famous 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald was adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire in 2013.
The Great Gatsby
American poet Edgar Allen Poe wrote a famous poem about which type of bird?
A Raven
What famous TV series debuted in 1966 with these words ... “Space, the final frontier...?”
Star Trek
This Southeastern NHL team won the Stanley Cup in 2020 & 2021.
Tampa Bay Lightning
This Asian country is known as “The Land of the Rising Sun.”
Japan
J. K. Rowling wrote seven books for this series, which were later adapted into eight films starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint as the main trio.
Harry Potter
Haiku is a form of poetry from which country?
Japan
What 1968 movie co-starred a computer named H.A.L?
2001: A Space Odyssey
A webbed foot forms the “D” in this team's name on their logo.
The Mighty Ducks (or Anaheim Ducks)
This African nation is known as “The Red Island.”
Madagascar
This HBO TV series was adapted from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series.
Game of Thrones
This lake poet's “The Haunted Tree” is about an oak tree in England's Lake District.
Wordsworth
What was the name of the conflict in 1961 in which forces tried, but failed to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro?
Bay of Pigs
He played 20 seasons in the NHL for four teams from 1979 to 1999, and was nicknamed “the Great One.”
Wayne Gretzky
Engulfed by Bolivia, Argentina & Brazil, this country is nicknamed “The Island Surrounded By Land.”
Paraguay
This John Green novel that follows Miles Halter (or “Pudge”) as he searches for a friend who has disappeared was adapted by Hulu into an 8-episode limited series.
Looking for Alaska
This poem about a prince & a monster is preserved in a single manuscript from about 1000 A.D.
Beowulf
What did the U.S. Postal Service add in 1963 that is part of every address today?
Zip Codes
The Rosebuds of this Northwest city were the first pro hockey team in the U.S.
Portland (Oregon)
This European country is known as “The Land of A Thousand Lakes.”
Finland
This book by Kristin Hannah follows the friendship and bond of Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name.
Firefly Lane