General Knowledge
Inventions and Innovations
1950's Lingo
1960's counterculture
Red
100

This threadlike structure found in cells is made up largely of proteins & DNA? 

Chromosomes

100

Johannes Gutenberg’s world-changing 15th-century invention that marked the beginning of the Renaissance? 

Printing press

100

See you later, ________? 

Alligator

100

This 1969 musical event, featuring performers including Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, became a defining symbol of the counterculture of the 1960s? 

Woodstock

100

What pigment gives red blood cells their colour?

Hemoglobin

150

Including calico, it's the collective term for cats with striped or brindled coats? 

Tabby

150

Alexander Fleming’s discovery that has saved millions of lives? 

Penicillin

150

You do not want this sandwich to connect with your face?

Knuckle

150

This civil rights leader is known for his “I Have a Dream” speech?

Martin Luther King Jr.

150

What body of water lies between Africa and Asia and is named for its reddish appearance? 

The red sea

200

Morticia Addams is the wife of [first name only]? 

Gomez Addams

200

Personal communication device generally credited to Alexander Graham Bell? 

The telephone

200

This five-letter word starting with S means “to leave now.”? 

Scram

200

In the generation gap of the age, many 1960s children were part of this movement, a movement most parents neither understand nor liked? 

Hippie

200

What idiom means to be caught in the act of doing something wrong?

"Caught red-handed"

250

John Smith recorded the name of this river as Patawomeck, but it is now called this?

Potomac

250

Circular innovation that dates to around 3500 BC?

 The wheel

250

This was a popular word in the ’50s and early ’60s for a nonconformist creative type? 

Beatnik

250

This groovy ride with a distinct boxy shape and spacious interior was a sign of the times? 

Volkswagen van/bus (“microbus”)

250

In finance, what does it mean if a company is “in the red”? 

It’s operating at a loss/in debt

300

Beware, this fish with a leonine name has extremely poisonous spines? 

Lionfish

300

Which innovation did Stephanie Kwolek invent, used in bulletproof vests?

Kevlar

300

Heavens to this person?

Betsy

300

What flower-related slogan symbolized peace and love during the counterculture movement?

Flower power

300

What term refers to bureaucratic obstacles or excessive regulation?

Red tape