War, War Never Changes
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100
This is the war in which African Americans were first allowed to serve in the U.S. military.
What was the Civil War?
100
This candy was developed for soldiers during World War II.
What are M&Ms?
100
This city was where the rainbow flag was first flown in the Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade, since becoming a symbol for the LGBTQI+ communities.
What is San Francisco.
100
These are the bands that arrived in the U.S.
Who were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Zombies, Small Faces, the Dave Clark Five, The Spencer Davis Group, Herman's Hermits, the Hollies, the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Searchers, the Yardbirds, Them, and Manfred Mann, as well as solo singers such as Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Donovan?
100
This is the U.S. state with the most fresh water within its borders.
What is Alaska?
200
This is the decade in which women were finally allowed to serve in combat situations.
What were the 1980s?
200
This breath freshening sweet was the first food item to be sold in the 1920s with a bar code on the packaging.
What was Wrigley's Doublemint gum?
200
This was the historical event at which the trans activists Martha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera led an uprising against the policing of queer bars.
What were the Stonewall Inn Riots?
200
These are the artists who famously performed at Woodstock in 1969.
Who were Richie Havens, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Ravi Shankar, Melanie Safka, Tim Hardin, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Quill, Country Joe McDonald, Santana, John B. Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, The Incredible String Band, Canned Heat, Mountain, The Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Country Joe & The Fish, Janis Joplin, Ten Years After, The Band, Johnny Winter, Sly & The Family Stone, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young), Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na, and Jimi Hendrix?
200
This is the longest river in the U.S.
What is the Missouri River?
300
These were the first and last wars in U.S. history to use a national draft.
What were the Civil War and the Vietnam War?
300
These two food items were originally developed by NASA to feed astronauts in space.
What is freeze-dried ice cream and Tang?
300
This was the decade during which the American Psychiatric Association stomped labeling queerness as a mental defect.
What were the 1970s?
300
This is the move that Michael Jackson debuted on May 16, 1983 and the tv show that he did it on.
What was the "moonwalk" and the Mowtown 25 show?
300
This is the highest point of elevation in the U.S.
What is Denali Mountain in Alaska?
400
This is the name of the Native Americans who served in WWII and used their languages to encrypt military intelligence.
Who were the Code Talkers?
400
Charles Elmer Hires invented root beer in 1875 for the Centennial Exposition in which U.S. city?
What is Philadelphia?
400
This was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the U.S., later assassinated.
Who was Harvey Milk?
400
This is the year when MTV started, kicking off the music video craze.
What was 1981?
400
This is the lowest point of elevation in the U.S.
What is Death Valley in California?
500
This is the name, taken from a popular science fiction series, for the Strategic Defense Initiative which the Reagan Administration used to try to put nuclear weapons in space.
What was Star Wars?
500
On which holiday would it be traditional to eat hoppin' John?
What is New Years Day?
500
This is the other term for We'wha who was a member of the Zuni Nation, a delegate to the White House in 1885 received by Grover Cleveland, and a Ihamana, or someone who either inhabits both or neither traditional male and female binary identities.
What is two-spirited?
500
This was the blues artist who infamously claimed to have sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads in exchange for his guitar skills.
Who was Robert Johnson?
500
These are the U.S. states that feature fjords, long narrow inlets in valleys carved by glacial activity.
What are Alaska and Washington?