Weather Trivia
What is the name given to giant tropical storms?
Hurricane
What president lived the longest?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
In 1943 the world’s largest office building was completed. It is known as:
The Pentagon
What was the first animated feature film released by Disney?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
What was the name of the civil rights leader who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
Which color are clouds before a tornado?
Green
Which president was the fourth to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Barack Obama
This world famous monument was left incomplete in 1941 when Gutzon Borglum died.
Mount Rushmore
Which rock and roll star was known as the "King"?
Answer: Elvis Presley
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Answer: Sputnik
What is the center of a hurricane called?
The Eye
Which president survived an assassination attempt 69 days into his term?
Answer: Ronald Reagan
Automobiles driving on the Pacific Coast Highway during WWII were not allowed to:
Drive with their headlights on
What significant event in 1957 marked the beginning of the space?
Answer: The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union.
Which event is known as the first manned moon landing?
Answer: Apollo 11 in 1969
What is a Cumulonimbus?
A cloud
Who was the first Roman Catholic president?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
What military action was known as The Blitz? In what country did it take place?
The nightly bombing of London and other British cities
Hitler believed that by targeting civilians he could force the British to surrender. On 7th September, 1940, the Third Reich began a daily bombing campaign. London was the main target but other major cities were also bombed. Casualties were high. On the first day of bombing 430 people were killed and 1,600 badly injured. Within a few weeks the daily bombing raids had become nightly raids. Hitler decided to make the bombing raids at night to increase the ‘fear factor’ and also to make people weaker by not allowing them to sleep properly. People in London slept in underground stations for protection.
Which popular television show featured a talking horse?
Answer: Mister Ed
What film, released in 1962, tells the story of a lawyer defending a black man accused of raping a white woman?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird
What does the Beaufort scale measure?
Wind speed
Which president warned against political parties, long-term foreign alliances and strict geographical divides in his farewell address?
answer: George Washington
Name the glamorous movie star who traveled with the U.S.O. during WW II, thrilling the enlisted men by dancing with them.
A. Betty Grable
B. Marlene Dietrich
C. Lana Turner
B. Marlene Dietrich
Traveling throughout North Africa and Italy, Marlene risked her life by staying at the front lines of the war. Several times, she even rode in General George S. Patton’s jeep as he led American troops. For her service in World War II, the U.S. War Department awarded Dietrich the Medal of Freedom in 1947, America’s highest civilian honor. She was also decorated by the French and Israeli governments. Marlene Dietrich died in Paris in 1992 at the age of 90.
What was the name of the first nuclear power plant opened in the U.S.?
Answer: Shippingport Atomic Power Station
What year did the Beatles first appear on The Ed Sullivan Show?
Answer: 1964