Miscellaneous
This is what an eight-sided shape is called.
What is an octagon?
This band released California Dreamin' in 1965.
Who are the Mamas and the Papas?
This is how many points a touchdown is worth in American football.
What is six?
In her novel "Bridget Jones's Diary," author Helen Fielding named love interest Mark Darcy after a character from this classic Jane Austen novel?
What is Pride and Prejudice?
This state produces the most maple syrup.
What is Vermont?
This fruit was classified as a vegetable for tax purposes after an 1893 Supreme Court ruling.
What is the tomato?
This magazine published its first swimsuit issue in 1964.
What is Sports Illustrated?
This is James Bond's code name.
What is 007?
This person sang the hit song Respect in 1967.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
You would perform a slam dunk in this sport.
What is basketball?
Not signifying someone smart with Lincolns, but rather a sewer-dweller, this is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"
Who is Pennywise?
This is the official state fruit of Georgia.
What is the peach?
This is the most popular flavor of ice cream worldwide.
What is vanilla?
This US President was Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 1964 and 1967.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This is the fifth sign of the Zodiac?
What is Leo?
This song by the Beach Boys was a hit in 1966.
What is Good Vibrations?
This sport uses the terms "strike" and "spare."
What is bowling?
The international publishing group Random House merged with this "aviary" publisher in 2013 resulting in a new, merged publishing conglomerate.
What is Penguin Group?
This U.S. state is known for its historic landlocked stirs known as "cowboys."
What is Wyoming?
Wyoming is known for its historic landlocked stirs known as "cowboys" due to its rich history of cattle ranching and the iconic image of cowboys herding cattle across the open plains. The state's wide open spaces and rugged terrain made it an ideal location for cattle ranching, which led to the development of the cowboy culture that is still celebrated today in Wyoming.
This is the most widely consumed meat.
What is beef?
Jann Wenner co-created this magazine in 1967.
What is Rolling Stone?
This is what you call a group of flamingos.
What is a flamboyance?
They performed Light my Fire in 1967.
Who are The Doors?
This is how long a standard marathon is in miles.
What is 26.2 miles?
Henry David Thoreau wrote about life in the woods in Massachusetts in this iconic 1854 work of nonfiction literature.
What is Walden?
This is the only U.S. state that is not geographically located in North America.
What is Hawaii?
This was the first food grown in space.
What is spring onions?
This magazine cover featured Marilyn Monroe six times from 1952 to 1962.
What is Life?
This is how many states the Appalachian Trail crosses.
What is 14?
He released I Heard it Through the Grapevine in 1968.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
This is what a "safety" scores in football.
What is two points for the defensive team?
In this classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, it tells the story of a titular woman and her affair with Count Vronsky. Keira Knightley played the title character in a 2012 movie adaptation directed by Joe Wright.
What is Anna Karenina?
This state is known for the "Badlands"?
What is South Dakota?
This is when Milton Hershey introduced the Hershey's kiss.
What is 1907?
This magazine founded by Hugh Hefner gained popularity in the 60s.
What is Playboy?
This is the distance from earth to the sun.
What is 93 million miles?
They had a hit with My Girl in 1965.
Who are The Temptations?
This is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament that is played on red clay.
What is the French Open? (Roland-Garros)
At the conclusion of an 1835 literary fairy tale, a small object is placed in a museum because of its critical role in finding a suitable princess to marry a prince. This is the object that was placed under dozens of mattresses earlier in the tale.
What is a pea?
This state is home to the University of Notre Dame.
What is Indiana?
Hawaiian pizza was actually invented in this country.
What is Canada?
This famous photograph was taken on Christmas Eve of 1968.
What is Earthrise?
This country is the largest in the world.
What is Russia?
This song by the Rolling Stones reached number one in the U.S. in 1965.
What is (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction?
This team has won the most Super Bowls.
Who are the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers? Tied with six each.
Thestrals and Floo Powder are both forms of transportation invented by this internationally-renowned author.
Who is JK Rowling?
This state's nickname is "The Last Frontier."
What is Alaska?
This country is ranked first in potato production.
What is China?
This woman's magazine was revived by chief editor Helen Gurley Brown in 1965.
What is Cosmopolitan?
This is the only food that can never go bad.
What is honey?
This was Elvis Presley's first UK number one single.
What is Heartbreak Hotel?
This NFL team completed the only perfect season in history including winning the Super Bowl.
Who are the 1972 Miami Dolphins (17-0)?
In 1983, Prince recorded "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" for a bestselling 1984 album. Alice Walker became the first Black woman to win a literature Pulitzer for a novel that inspired a Whoopi Goldberg movie and Broadway musical. Walker's novel and Prince's album both name-dropped this regal color.
What is purple?
This state is considered the leading producer of corn in the U.S.
What is Iowa?
This type of salad is typically eaten with croutons.
What is Caesar Salad?
This British journalism and political satire magazine came out in 1961.
What is Private Eye?
He is considered the "Father of Relativity."
Who is Albert Einstein?
This song by the Beatles topped the charts in 1964.
What is I Want to Hold Your Hand?
He has won the most NBA championships as a player.
Who is Bill Russell? (11 championships with the Boston Celtics)
This place name completes the title of Maryse Conde's 1986 novel "I, Tituba, Black Witch of”, which is a fictional reimagining of historical events that took place there 300 years earlier.
What is Salem?
This state has the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
What is Colorado?
Great Sand Dunes National Park is located in Colorado because the state is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America, with some reaching heights of over 750 feet. The park is known for its unique and diverse ecosystem, including forests, grasslands, wetlands, and alpine tundra, making it a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers.
This is what cilantro tastes like to those who have a mutation in the OR6A2 gene.
What is soap?
This magazine was a massive cultural phenomenon for youth and college students and featured Alfred E. Neuman and sharp satire.
What is Mad Magazine?
Edie Falco and James Gandolfini starred in this series about the life of a New Jersey mob boss.
What is The Sopranos?
This song by the Righteous Brothers became a huge hit in 1965.
What is You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'?
This is how long a standard soccer match is.
What is 90 minutes?
A monk Of Egmond who wrote a history of Holland in 1305, later published in 1591 as “Verse Chronicle”, was Melis who? It’s also the “S” verb for adding coal to a fire.
What is Stoke?
This is the capital of New Mexico.
What is Santa Fe?
The chocolate chip cookie was invented in this year.
What is 1938?
This magazine launched in 1965 and was a monthly teen fan magazine that became the ultimate authority on heartthrobs, complete with glossy pin-ups of the Monkees and teen idols.
What is Tiger Beat?