Sport in Film
United States of Mind
Athlete Alma Maters
90's Pop Culture
8th Grade Homeschool
100

What position did Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis play for the Durham Bulls in the movie Bull Durham?

Catcher                               First Base                       Third Base                           Right Field

Catcher

100

Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states- which state was the 48th to join the Union?

Arizona                        Nevada 

Oregon                        Washington

Arizona

100

Shaquille O’Neal

Auburn                             Florida State                   Louisiana State                 Southern Cal

Louisiana State

100

After Titanic, what was the highest-grossing movie of the 1990's?

Forrest Gump                 Jurassic Park

Lion King                       Star Wars - Episode I

Star Wars - Episode I

100

SCIENCE - What is the "powerhouse" of the cell?

Nucleus                Cytoplasm
Mitochondria         Plasma Membrane


Mitochondria

200

Against which team did Notre Dame’s “Rudy” finally get into the game?

Army                    Georgia Tech     

Indiana                 Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech

200

Based on location of birth, which state is home to the most Presidents?

Massachusetts                   New York                           Ohio                                 Virginia

Virginia

200

Michael Phelps

Georgetown                   Maryland             

Michigan                        UCLA

Michigan

200

What was the highest-selling album of the 1990s?

Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
Metallica - Metallica
The Bodyguard - Whitney Houston

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

200

SOCIAL STUDIES - Which state was the first to secede in the Civil War?

Alabama                  North Carolina                  
South Carolina          Virginia

South Carolina

300

In the movie “Miracle”, head coach Herb Brooks makes the team do an all-night skate following a tie with which team?

Czechoslovakia                 Finland                               Norway                            Sweden

Norway

300

What is the most populous state capital in the United States?

Austin, Texas                   Boston, Mass.   

Indianapolis, Ind.             Phoenix, Ariz.

Phoenix, Ariz.

300

Mike Krzyzewski

Army                                     Cornell

Duke                                     Princeton

Army

300

Which NBC show led the yearly Nielsen ratings as the most-watched show in America three times in the 1990's?

Cheers                         ER                              

Friends                        Seinfeld                    

ER

300

MATH - What comes first in the Order of Operations?

Addition/Subtraction
Exponents
Multiplication/Division
Parentheses

Parentheses

400

In the movie Hoosiers, what team does Hickory defeat for the Indiana state championship?

Aurora                             Rushville              

South Bend                      Terre Haute

South Bend

400

What state has the northernmost point in the continental US?

Maine                        Michigan              

Minnesota                  Washington

Minnesota

400

Joe Paterno

Brown                              Harvard 

Lafayette                          Penn

Brown

400

Based on total domestic box office sales, which actor made the most money in the 1990s?

Tom Hanks                        Samuel L. Jackson
Wil Smith                          Robin Williams

Samuel L. Jackson

400

ENGLISH - Where was Edgar Allen Poe born?

Baltimore                        Boston
Charleston                      Philadelphia  

Boston

500

In Mighty Ducks, Gordon Bombay is forced to coach a local youth hockey team as punishment for drunk driving – what was his profession (not a minor league hockey player)?

Bank Executive                 Lawyer

Police Officer                    Realtor

Lawyer

500

Which state has the longest border (physical and maritime) with Canada?

Alaska                                  Michigan                       Maine                                   Montana

Alaska

500

Megan Rapinoe

Oregon                     Portland

UCLA                        Washington

Portland

500

Titanic almost made history at the 1998 Oscars, winning 3 of the 4 major awards (Picture, Actor, Actress, Director). Which of them did they NOT win? 


Actor (DiCaprio)                   Actress (Winslet)
Director (Cameron)              Picture


Actor (Leo would have to wait until 2016 - The Revenant)

500

MUSIC - How many keys does a piano have? 

66                       77

88                       99

88