Movies & Television
This reality show features contestants stranded on an island competing for $1 million.
What is Survivor?
He was the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
The planet known as the Red Planet is this.
What is Mars?
The Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice.
What is sake?
The sport in which players use a shuttlecock
What is badminton?
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is trying to return to this state.
What is Kansas?
This 1347–1351 pandemic killed roughly one-third of Europe’s population
What is the Black Death?
This process in plants converts sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This type of sandwich often contains corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing on rye.
What is a Reuben?
The tallest mountain in the world above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
The name of the crime family from The Godfather.
Who are the Corleone family?
This Cold War event nearly led to nuclear war in 1962.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
At about 2,341 miles long, this river is the longest in the United States
What is the Missouri River?
This Italian dish traditionally includes eggs, cheese, black pepper, and guanciale—but no cream.
What is carbonara?
This is the hardest naturally occurring substance known
What is diamond?
This director has had films nominated for Best Picture in five consecutive decades.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
In 2010, this Caribbean country experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 200,000 people.
What is Haiti?
The longest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
This cocktail, made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters, is traditionally garnished with a cherry.
What is a Manhattan?
In Scrabble, the letter with the highest point value is this.
What is the letter Q?
This was the first TV series to feature an interracial kiss.
What is Star Trek? (Plato's Stepchildren episode)
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War in Europe.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The painter of The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This dessert is made by layering coffee-soaked ladyfingers with mascarpone cream.
What is tiramisu?
This 1969 festival, attended by over 400,000 people, became a symbol of the counterculture movement.
What is Woodstock?