HISTORY
MOVIES
SCIENCE
RELIGION
WISCONSIN
100
Named after a famous testing Atoll, a designer hoped his new design for ________ would cause the same reaction as when people for the first time saw the rising mushroom clouds of atomic bombs.
Bikini
100
Steven Spielberg won his first Best Director Oscar for this 1994 film
Schindler’s List
100
Most gemstones contain several elements. This gemstone is the exception, containing one element.
Diamond
100
On which mountain did God give Moses the ‘Ten Commandments’?
Mount Sinai
100
This popular newspaper known as "America's Finest News Source" was started by two UW Madison students in 1988
The Onion
200
The creation of the ________ campaign was aimed at supporting the WW 2 effort by reducing demand for commercially grown food by encouraging citizens to grow their own vegetables.
Victory Garden
200
Which Indiana Jones film sparked the controversy that led to the creation of the PG-13 rating?
Temple of Doom
200
Camels store this in the humps on their backs
Fat, used as a source of nourishment when food is scarce. Water is stored in the camel's bloodstream
200
Name the coming of age ceremonies for 13 year olds in Judaism
Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
200
This actor hails from Kenosha WI and costarred in the Avengers movies as the Hulk
Mark Ruffalo
300
Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44 BC, a date now often known by what term?
Ides of March
300
In The Wizard of Oz, the Munchkin actors received $50 a week. This costar (whose character was hated by the Wicked Witch) earned $125 a week.
Toto
300
What disease stems from the medieval term that means ‘bad air’?
Malaria
300
Who is the Patron Saint of children?
St. Nicholas
300
Sale and use of ________ was banned in Wisconsin from 1985 to 1967. Today it is still illegal for a restaurant to serve unless the customer specifically requests it.
Margarine
400
The first movie ever screen at the White House was Birth of a Nation. Propaganda for a "heroic" KKK, U.S. president at that time praised it: "It's like writing history with lightning."
Woodrow Wilson
400
After returning from spending 15 months in World War II combat as a pilot, this actor considered quitting acting. He initially said a film about suicide was the last thing the country needed, but he reluctantly agreed. (Name the actor and movie)
Jimmy Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
400
What is the largest internal organ of the human body?
The Liver
400
The name of this religion means "Surrender to the will of god"
Islam
400
In 1929 Wisconsin repealed which the enforcement of which federal law, 4 years before the rest of the country?
Prohibition
500
Harper's Ferry Abolishionist: “I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause."
John Brown
500
This early 80's sports legend was considered for the lead in The Terminator. Director James Cameron rejected the choice because he didn’t think the “this likable, goofy, kind of innocent guy” could pull off a cyborg assassin. He went on to appear in the Naked Gun movies.
OJ Simpson
500
Where on the human body are the most sweat glands?
Bottom of the feet
500
This religion was started in Haiti and combines beliefs, traditions and practices from African religions and Roman Catholic Christianity.
Voodoo
500
In 1856 Watertown WI opened the United States first ever ______ classes?
Kindergarten
