Geography
$100: Which Canadian province is known as the “Land of 100,000 Lakes”?
A) Alberta
B) Ontario
C) Manitoba
D) Quebec
C) Manitoba ✅
$100: Who was the U.S. President for most of the 1960s?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Richard Nixon
D) Dwight Eisenhower
B) Lyndon B. Johnson ✅
$100: Which planet was demoted to “dwarf planet” in later years, but was part of the solar system in the 70s?
A) Pluto
B) Neptune
C) Uranus
D) Mars
A) Pluto ✅
$100: Halloween originated from which culture?
A) Roman
B) Celtic
C) Egyptian
D) Greek
B) Celtic ✅
$100: Which event triggered the start of World War I in 1914?
A) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B) Bombing of Pearl Harbor
C) Treaty of Versailles
D) Invasion of Poland
A) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ✅
$200: Which river is the longest in the world?
A) Amazon
B) Nile
C) Mississippi
D) Yangtze
B) Nile ✅
$200: Which iconic British band became famous in the 1960s?
A) Rolling Stones
B) The Beatles
C) Queen
D) The Who
B) The Beatles ✅
$200: Which video game, released in the 1970s, became an instant arcade hit?
A) Pong
B) Pac-Man
C) Space Invaders
D) Donkey Kong
A) Pong ✅
$200: What fruit was originally used for carving lanterns?
A) Pumpkin
B) Turnip
C) Apple
D) Watermelon
B) Turnip ✅
$200: During WWII, which country was led by Winston Churchill?
A) United States
B) Germany
C) United Kingdom
D) France
C) United Kingdom ✅
$300: Mount Fuji is in which country?
A) China
B) Japan
C) South Korea
D) Thailand
B) Japan ✅
$300: In 1969, humans first walked on the moon. What was the mission called?
A) Gemini 4
B) Apollo 11
C) Sputnik
D) Mercury 7
B) Apollo 11 ✅
$300: Which famous American TV show about a family aired from 1970-1974?
A) All in the Family
B) Cheers
C) The Brady Bunch
D) MAS*H
A) All in the Family ✅
$300: The phrase “trick or treat” first became popular in which country?
A) United States
B) Ireland
C) Scotland
D) Canada
A) United States ✅
300: D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, occurred in which year?
A) 1942
B) 1944
C) 1940
D) 1945
B) 1944 ✅
400: Which Asian country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
A) China
B) Japan
C) Thailand
D) South Korea
B) Japan ✅
$400: The “Peace and Love” movement is associated with which 1960s event?
A) Woodstock
B) Bay of Pigs
C) Berlin Wall
D) Moon Landing
A) Woodstock ✅
$400: What fashion trend became popular in the 1970s?
A) Bell-bottoms
B) Skinny jeans
C) Shoulder pads
D) Miniskirts
A) Bell-bottoms ✅
$400: Which creature is said to transform during a full moon, according to Halloween legends?
A) Vampire
B) Witch
C) Werewolf
D) Zombie
C) Werewolf ✅
$400: The trenches were a major feature of which war?
A) World War II
B) Korean War
C) World War I
D) Vietnam War
C) World War I ✅
$500: Which U.S. state is famous for the Everglades?
A) California
B) Florida
C) Texas
D) Louisiana
B) Florida ✅
$500: Which 1960s musical featured the song “Do-Re-Mi”?
A) The Sound of Music
B) West Side Story
C) My Fair Lady
D) Hair
A) The Sound of Music ✅
$500: Which environmental milestone happened in 1970?
A) Earth Day started
B) Montreal Protocol
C) Kyoto Protocol
D) Clean Air Act
A) Earth Day started ✅
$500: Samhain was a festival marking the end of what season?
A) Winter
B) Summer
C) Harvest
D) Spring
C) Harvest ✅
$500: Which Canadian battle during WWI is considered a defining moment for Canada’s national identity?
A) Battle of the Somme
B) Battle of Vimy Ridge
C) Battle of Ypres
D) Battle of Passchendaele
B) Battle of Vimy Ridge ✅