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100

This red-haired TV star was married to Ricky Ricardo on a hit 1950s sitcom.

Who is Lucille Ball?


100

This young president challenged Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you.”

Who is John F. Kennedy?

100

This disco group sang “Stayin’ Alive” for the movie Saturday Night Fever.

Who are Bee Gees?

100

This former actor became U.S. president in 1981.

Who is Ronald Reagan?

100

This 1997 blockbuster featured Jack and Rose aboard a doomed ocean liner.

What is Titanic?

200

This general-turned-president led the United States for most of the 1950s.

Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?

200

Debuting in 1966, this sci-fi series featured Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock.

What is Star Trek?

200

This long-running children’s TV show first aired in 1969 but became hugely popular in the 1970s with Big Bird and Cookie Monster.

What is Sesame Street?

200

This music television network launched in 1981.

What is MTV?

200

This Seattle-based band led by Kurt Cobain helped popularize grunge music.

Who are Nirvana?

300

Founded in 1958, this U.S. agency was created in response to Soviet space advances

What is NASA?

300

This dance craze inspired Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit song.

What is The Twist?

300

This 1977 space epic introduced audiences to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

What is Star Wars?

300

n this 1985 film, Marty McFly travels through time in a DeLorean.

What is Back to the Future?

300

This golfer won the Masters Tournament in 1997 at age 21.

Who is Tiger Woods?

400

This New York Yankees center fielder famously married Marilyn Monroe in 1954.

Who is Joe DiMaggio?

400

Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize for this 1960 novel.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

400

Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, this company helped launch the personal computer revolution.

What is Apple Inc.?

400

This basketball superstar led the Chicago Bulls to prominence in the late 1980s.

Who is Michael Jordan?

400

In 1990, this space telescope was launched into orbit by NASA.

What is Hubble Space Telescope?

500

Marlon Brando famously said “I coulda been a contender” in this 1954 film.

What is On the Waterfront?

500

This 1968 military campaign by North Vietnamese forces shocked many Americans despite being a battlefield setback.

What is Tet Offensive?

500

In 1975, U.S. astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts met in orbit during this joint mission.

What is Apollo–Soyuz Test Project?

500

Released in the 1980s, this arcade character famously eats pellets while avoiding ghosts.

Who is Pac-Man?

500

This agreement among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico took effect in 1994.

What is North American Free Trade Agreement?