THE 40s THROUGHOUT
HISTORY
HISTORY
Norse settlers arrived on this Island for the first time around the 840s
What is Iceland?
The ____ Man, a horror movie directed by George Waggner released in 1941. I wonder if he likes N.C. State?
What is Wolf?
A grand statue on the Virginia Beach boardwalk depicts this god of the Roman Pantheon
Who is Neptune?
These two Wright brothers are credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
Who are Orville and Wilbur?
The Bishop of Rome
What is the Pope?
The second of these armed pilgrimages is launched in 1145 in response to the fall of the County of Edessa.
What are the Crusades?
The opening of Saving Private Ryan depicts the 1944 landings of this land
What is Normandy?
Brindisi, a coastal city home to 90,000, is located on this part of the metaphorical boot of Italy
What is the heel?
This Airplane manufacturer, which was founded in 1916, also sells rockets, satellites, and missiles.
What is Boeing?
The first type of this kind of candy was created in 1908 by sweets maker George Smith
What is a lollipop?
After being slain in battle in 1040, King Duncan I of Scotland was succeeded by this legendary character, the center of a Shakespearean tragedy.
Who is Macbeth?
"You're getting on that plane with Victor, where you belong!" is a famous line from this 1942 flick
What is Casablanca?
Fort Macon near Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, is made up of 2,379,546 of these. More than any other U.S. fort
What are bricks?
The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators hailing from this country
What is the United States?
The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area
What is population?
What is the Rubicon?
One of the most influential figures in the history of cinema, this English filmmaker released 12 films in the 1940s
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, is famous for discovering this celestial body in 1930
What is Pluto?
This visually iconic aircraft was originally considered to be developed as a bomber, before its focus was shifted to solely perform reconnaissance operations.
What is the SR-71 Blackbird?
This toy gun fires a pellet or cork by means of compressed air
What is a popgun?
The Black Death arrived in Europe by way of Genoese merchant ships, who picked up plague infested fleas in the region surrounding this sea
What is the Black Sea?
The average movie theater ticket through the 1940s cost one of these coins
What is a quarter?
Main Street on the Canadian side of Niagra Falls is made up of many wacky attractions and unique buildings, including a Burger King with a giant model of this monster eating a Whopper.
Who is Frankenstein?
This was the nickname for the four engine B-17 bomber planes used during WWII
What is the flying fortress?
A very light, hollow muffin made with eggs, milk, and flour
What is a popover?