DECADES IN MUSIC
GEOGRAPHICAL EXCEPTIONS
MEDICAL TO COMMON NAMES
SUPERHERO FILMS
NATIONAL DISHES
200

Woodstock defined youth culture, while Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album—with "Stairway to Heaven"—topped charts.

What are the 1970s?

200

The only country with three capitals

What is SOUTH AFRICA?

200

The patella is the Latin term for this body part.

What is KNEECAP?

200

Christopher Reeve debuted as the Man of Steel in this 1978 film, featuring Marlon Brando as Jor-El and the tagline "You'll believe a man can fly."

What is SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE?

200

Switzerland’s national dish, promoted by the state-backed Swiss Cheese Union since the 1930s: molten cheese served in a communal pot, dipped with bread.  

What is FONDUE? 

400

Rock 'n' roll was officially named by DJ Alan Freed, and Chuck Berry released "Sweet Little Sixteen"—all in this decade.

What are the 1950s?

400

Five European countries have capitals that are not their most populous city. Name three.

What are: LIECHTENSTEIN (Vaduz), MALTA (Valletta), SAN MARINO (San Marino), SWITZERLAND (Bern), TURKEY (Ankara)?

400

Contusion is the ER chart term for what kids get after falling off bikes

What is a BRUISE?

400

The only non-Avengers superhero film to surpass $1 billion before 2015, featuring Christian Bale’s Batman facing Heath Ledger’s Joker.

What is THE DARK KNIGHT?

400

Thailand’s state-decreed national dish since 1938: stir-fried rice noodles with tamarind, peanuts, and shrimp, created to unify the nation’s identity.

What is PAD THAI?

600

This decade saw a 5-year-old Mozart compose his first keyboard minuets, documented in his sister's notebook.

What are the 1760s?

600

The only two landlocked countries in South America

What is BOLIVIA and PARAGUAY?

600

Dermatologists diagnose urticaria when stress or allergies raise itchy welts.

What are HIVES?

600

Otto Octavius, a scientist fused with mechanical arms, terrorizes the hero in this 2004 Sam Raimi film.

What is SPIDER-MAN 2?

600

Peru’s legally protected national dish since 2004: raw fish "cooked" in citrus juice, with Andean chili peppers and coastal cilantro.

What is CEVICHE?

800

Mozart premiered "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni", revolutionizing opera amid Vienna's classical zenith.

What are the 1780s?

800

The only country spanning all four hemispheres

What is KIRIBATI?

800

Epistaxis is the medical term for this extremely common bloody injury

What is a NOSEBLEED?

800

Wesley Snipes leads as a half-vampire, half-mortal man in this film trilogy

What is BLADE?

800

This traditional Georgian dish features cheese-filled bread, often shaped into various shapes and filled in with other ingredients such as egg.

What is KHACHAPURI?

1000

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Brandenburg Concertos and The Well-Tempered Clavier, defining Baroque counterpoint.

What are the 1720s?

1000

The only U.S. state where cannibalism is explicitly illegal.

What is IDAHO?

1000

Acetylsalicylic acid relieves pain and thins blood, but you buy it as this tablet.

What is ASPIRIN?
1000

Ben Affleck stars as a masked vigilante alongside Jennifer Garner in this 2003 film

What is DAREDEVIL?

1000

Brazil’s government-listed national dish: a black-bean stew with smoked pork, historically tied to enslaved communities and served with orange slices to aid iron absorption.

What is FEIJOADA?