Historic Events
This event, which took place on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
What is Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a bus?
This 1985 film, starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, features time travel using a DeLorean car.
What is "Back to the Future"?
They are a famous English band who arrived to the US in February of 1964
Who are The Beatles
This 19th-century invention by Thomas Edison brought light to homes and streets around the world.
What is the electric light bulb?
This aspiring rock-and-roll singer appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 but could only be shown from the waist up
Who is Elvis Presley
This event on November 9, 1989, led to the end of the division between East and West Germany.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
This 1994 film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, follows the life story of a man with a simple view of life who influences major historical events.
What is "Forrest Gump"?
This tv game show first aired in 1956 and is still running
What is The Price is Right
This invention, created by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, revolutionized communication.
What is the telephone?
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this country to the United States in 1886.
What is France?
This event, held in 1969 in New York, is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
What is the Woodstock Festival?
This 1977 film by George Lucas introduced the world to a galaxy far, far away and characters like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.
What is "Star Wars" (later rebranded as "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope")?
This young star died in an automobile accident in 1955
Who is James Dean
This invention, patented by the Wright brothers in 1903, changed the way we travel across the globe.
What is the airplane?
This baseball player, known as "The Sultan of Swat," hit 714 home runs during his career.
Who is Babe Ruth?
This event, which began in 1347, wiped out a third of Europe's population by 1351.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
This 1959 comedy, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, features two musicians who disguise themselves as women to escape the mob.
What is Some Like It Hot?
This singer-songwriter, also considered to be one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time died in 1970
Who is Jimi Hendrix
The first successful vaccine, developed by Edward Jenner in 1796, was for this deadly disease.
What is smallpox?
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
This event on June 28, 1919, officially ended World War I and imposed harsh penalties on Germany.
What is the signing of the Treaty of Versailles?
This film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made and follows the Corleone crime family.
What is The Godfather?
Famous boxer Cassius Clay changed his name to this.
What is Muhammad Ali?
This popular children's toy was named after a U.S. president who famously refused to shoot a bear during a hunting trip in 1902.
What is the teddy bear?
This river is the longest in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile River?