Sports
This tennis tournament is played on grass courts in England.
What is Wimbledon?
A group of lions is called a herd.
False (pride)
What TV show featured the characters Archie and Edith Bunker?
All in the Family
What year did the United States land on the moon?
A. 1965
B. 1967
C. 1969
D. 1971
C. 1969
What soft drink once used the slogan “The Real Thing”?
A. Pepsi
B. Coca-Cola
C. Dr Pepper
D. 7-Up
B. Coca-Cola
In baseball, this famous stadium in Boston opened in 1912.
What is Fenway Park?
Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota.
True
What long-running TV game show features contestants spinning a big wheel and solving word puzzles?
Wheel of Fortune
The U.S. bought this territory from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the South Carolina state bird?
Carolina Wren
What player scored 100 points in a single NBA game in 1962?
Wilt Chamberlain
The Grand Canyon is in Nevada.
False (Arizona)
Which TV show featured the character Fonzie?
Happy Days
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched in 1957?
Sputnik
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
What baseball player was nicknamed “Mr. October”?
Reggie Jackson
The TV show “MAS*H” was set during the Vietnam War.
False (Korean War)
Who hosted “The Tonight Show” for 30 years starting in 1962?
A. Jay Leno
B. Johnny Carson
C. David Letterman
D. Jack Paar
B. Johnny Carson
Alaska became a U.S. state before Hawaii.
True
This river forms much of the border between South Carolina and Georgia.
What is the Savannah River?
What legendary running back rushed for 2,003 yards in the 1984 season?
Eric Dickerson
Bananas grow on trees.
False (They grow on large herb plants.)
What was the first color TV show broadcast in the U.S.?
A. The Ed Sullivan Show
B. Bonanza
C. I Love Lucy
D. Gunsmoke
B. Bonanza
What famous Revolutionary War battle took place in South Carolina in 1781?
Battle of Cowpens
He developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?