History
After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
It’s the first name shared by bestselling authors Delinsky, Tuchman, and Kingsolver.
What is Barbara?
Wyoming’s largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park.
What is Yellowstone Lake?
These are the only two planets in our solar system that do not have moons.
What are Mercury and Venus?
She had a #1 hit in each year of the 90s—the only singer to do so.
Who is Mariah Carey?
Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers.
What is the Greenback Party?
1944’s Absent in the Spring is one of the non-mystery novels she wrote under the name Mary Westmacott.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Not far from the resort of Cancún, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula.
What is the Yucatán?
This geologic formation may be found overhead if you are in a cave.
What are stalactites?
David Bowie ch-ch-changed his name from Davy Jones to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of this group.
Who are The Monkees?
Within a 3½-year period, he became mayor of Buffalo, governor of New York, and president of the U.S.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Born a slave, Sethe escapes to Ohio but is haunted by memories of a lost baby in this Toni Morrison novel.
What is Beloved?
The city of Chiang Mai in this country is home to Baan Chang Elephant Park.
What is Thailand?
The three main parts of a comet are the nucleus, the tail, and the _____.
What is the coma?
This song was the first to ever be performed in outer space.
What is “Happy Birthday”?
Published in 1783, his American Spelling Book preceded his famous dictionary by 45 years.
Who is Noah Webster?
This book by Boris Pasternak was banned in the USSR until 1987.
What is Doctor Zhivago?
This capital that shares its name with its country lies about 12 miles inland from Italy’s Adriatic coast.
What is San Marino?
This was the first genetically engineered organism.
What is a tobacco plant?
At the Concert for Bangladesh, George got this guitarist to chime in on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
Who is Eric Clapton?
A Norse explorer thought to set foot on America before Christopher Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
A futuristic society revolves around science and efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley.
What is Brave New World?
Corsica and this Italian island are packed so close together they’re only about seven miles apart.
What is Sardinia?
These are microscopic spheres of 60 atoms of pure carbon in a sphere-like structure that resembles a geodesic dome.
What are buckyballs?
She released "Genie in a Bottle" in 1999.
Who is Christina Aguilera?