When History went Mainstream…
This broadway musical turned Alexander Hamilton into a rap icon
Hamilton
This Sport uses a “love” scoring system
Tennis
This branch was formally established as an independent service in 1947
U.S. Air Force
What California city was originally named Yerba Buena
San Fran
The country with the longest coastline in the world
Canada
This 1997 blockbuster dramatized the sinking of a real British ocean liner
Titanic
This NFL team went 17-0 in the regular season, but then lost the Super Bowl
2007 New England Patriots
This military rank corresponds to O-6 across all U.S. services
Colonel/Captain
This national park is the largest entirely within CA
Death Valley National Park
This EU capital city is divided by the River Danube
Budapest
This HBO miniseries depicted the 1986 nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union
Chernobyl
When was the last year a Navy football player made the AP 1st team All American team
2025
Who is known as the “Father of the Navy”
John Paul Jones
This California city was the first state capital before Sacramento
San Jose
This desert is the largest hot desert on Earth
Sahara
This 2012 film dives into the hunt for Osama bin Laden
Zero Dark Thirty
This NBA franchise drafted Kobe Bryant, then traded him on draft night
Charlotte Hornets
What is the one limiting factor for U.S. nuclear powered submarines from surfacing during deployment
Food
This university system includes schools with like the Bruins, the Bears, and the Tritons
The University of California system
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in this country
Tanzania
This film adaptation of a non-fiction book explores the 2008 financial collapse
The Big Short
This player holds the NHL record for most goals scored in a single season
Wayne Gretzky
Name all 3 legs of the United States nuclear triad
Submarines, land based ICBMs, air based strategic bombers
Before statehood, California was a part of this Mexican territory
Alta California
This country is the only one that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf
Iran