Couture Corner
Which actress helped popularize capri pants and slim black outfits during the 1950s?
A) Marilyn Monroe
B) Audrey Hepburn
C) Elizabeth Taylor
D) Grace Kelly
Audrey Hepburn
What is the only letter not appearing on the periodic table?
A) J
B) Q
C) X
D) W
J
Which invention was the first successful mass-produced automobile?
A) Volkswagen Beetle
B) Ford Model T
C) Chevrolet Bel Air
D) Mercedes Simplex
Ford Model T
Which sitcom featured Samantha, a suburban housewife with magical powers?
A) I Dream of Jeannie
B) Green Acres
C) Bewitched
D) Hazel
Bewitched
Which Spanish festival involves thousands of people throwing tomatoes at each other?
A) San Fermín
B) La Tomatina
C) Holi
D) Oktoberfest
La Tomatina
What hairstyle became iconic among women in the early 1960s?
A) Mohawk
B) Beehive
C) Buzz cut
D) Mullet
Beehive
Which blood type is considered the universal plasma donor?
A) O negative
B) AB positive
C) AB negative
D) A negative
AB negative
Which country first reached the South Pole?
A) United Kingdom
B) Norway
C) Russia
D) United States
Norway
Which legal drama starred Raymond Burr as a defense attorney who rarely lost a case?
A) Columbo
B) Dragnet
C) Perry Mason
D) Ironside
Perry Mason
Which festival in Scotland features giant burning Viking ships?
A) Burns Night
B) Hogmanay
C) Up Helly Aa
D) Beltane Fire Festival
Up Helly Aa
Which First Lady became a worldwide fashion icon for her pillbox hats and elegant suits?
A) Eleanor Roosevelt
B) Jackie Kennedy
C) Nancy Reagan
D) Lady Bird Johnson
Jackie Kennedy
Which element can melt in your hand because its melting point is just above room temperature?
A) Tungsten
B) Gallium
C) Titanium
D) Lithium
Gallium
Which athlete became the first person to break the four-minute mile?
A) Jesse Owens
B) Roger Bannister
C) Carl Lewis
D) Emil Zátopek
Roger Bannister
Which rural sitcom centered around the Clampett family striking oil?
A) Green Acres
B) Petticoat Junction
C) The Beverly Hillbillies
D) Mayberry R.F.D.
The Beverly Hillbillies
Which Indian festival is known as the “Festival of Colors”?
A) Diwali
B) Navratri
C) Pongal
D) Holi
Holi
Which fashion movement favored black turtlenecks, slim pants, and berets in the late 1950s?
A) Hippie
B) Beatnik
C) Punk
D) Disco
Beatnik
Which branch of physics studies matter and energy at extremely tiny scales like atoms?
A) Classical mechanics
B) Quantum mechanics
C) Thermodynamics
D) Astrophysics
Quantum mechanics
Who became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary?
A) Tenzing Norgay
B) Reinhold Messner
C) Junko Tabei
D) George Mallory
Tenzing Norgay
Which mysterious 1960s series opened with “There is nothing wrong with your television set…”?
A) The Outer Limits
B) One Step Beyond
C) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
D) Thriller
The Outer Limits
Which festival in Italy features a dangerous horse race around the Piazza del Campo?
A) Venice Carnival
B) Palio di Siena
C) Battle of the Oranges
D) Festa della Sensa
Palio di Siena
Which colorful style became linked with the hippie movement in the late 1960s?
A) Monochrome tailoring
B) Tie-dye fashion
C) Pinstripe suits
D) Victorian lace
Tie-dye fashion
Which scientist developed the three laws of planetary motion?
A) Galileo Galilei
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Isaac Newton
D) Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Which nation first gave the world a female president elected by popular vote?
A) Iceland
B) Argentina
C) Sri Lanka
D) Philippines
Sri Lanka
Which TV series followed the adventures of the Cartwright family on the Ponderosa Ranch?
A) Rawhide
B) Wagon Train
C) Bonanza
D) Have Gun – Will Travel
Bonanza
Which German festival is world-famous for beer tents and traditional Bavarian clothing?
A) Karneval
B) Oktoberfest
C) Walpurgis Night
D) Cannstatter Volksfest
Oktoberfest