What happened that year?
The Voice (U.K.)
Music
Fun
Geography
100
The births of Richard Feynman and Nelson Mandela, the end of WW1, and the start of a worldwide influenza pandemic.
What happened in 1918?
100
This astronomer is namedropped in “Bohemian Rhapsody"
Who is Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Figaro - magnificoo-o-o-o
100
This natural phenomenon was called norðrljós in Old Norse.
What are the Northern Lights?
100
This continent is the one with the most landlocked countries.
What is Africa?
200
The reunification of Germany, the launch of the Hubble space telescope, and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison
What happened in 1990?
200
This 1999 movie's soundtrack was composed and performed by Phil Colins.
What is Tarzan?
200
Correct this sentence:
Abbey Lane is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. Many critics have hailed the album as the Beatles' finest; in particular, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" are considered among the best songs George Harrison wrote for the group.
It's abbey road not abbey lane
200
Here's a picture of this country.
What is Thailand?
300
A new pope is voted in, Hugo Chaves dies, and a Sullivan kid is born.
What happened in 2013?
300
This Texan was the very first American Idol winner.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
300
This acclaimed 20th century mystery director said "I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there's that yellow thing, round, without any holes…Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it."
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
300
This river runs through Paris
River Seine
400
The death of George Washington and the end of the French Revolution.
What happened in 1799?
400
This early Jazz/Blues singer songwriter was said to have sold his soul to the devil before he died.
Who was Robert Johnson?
400
A Smoot is a unit of measurement created by students at MIT to measure a bridge in Massachusetts that shares the name of this university.
What is Harvard?
The bridge is between Boston and Cambridge. Named after the same John Harvard as the University. the unit was named after Oliver Smoot, who later became the chairman of the American National Standards Institute and then president of the International Organization for Standardization.
The bridge is 364.4 smoots +/− 1 εar
(2,035 ft; 620.1 m)
400
The Seychelles are an island(s) nation located in this ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
500
The founding of Australia, the end of the Boxer rebellion, and a U.S. president assassination.
What happened in 1901?
500
This song has the lyric “I need you more tonight, and I need you more than ever.”
What is “Total Eclipse Of The Heart?"
500
Correct the sentence:
Teletubbies is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The Teletubbies co-exist with a number of strange contraptions such as the Voice Trumpets, Robbie the home robot, and the group's anthropomorphic blue vacuum cleaner ("Noo-Noo").
i made up robbie the robot
500
This eighteen foot troll weilding a VW Beetle was built to improve a freeway underpass in this American city.
What is Seattle?