Famous Speeches
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln gave this speech at the dedication of a cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
He's the consensus choice as best hockey player of all time.
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
They were the last royal family of Russia.
Who were the Romanovs?
In this 1957 musical set in River City, Iowa, conman Harold Hill plans to scam the town with a boys’ band but falls for librarian Marian Paroo.
What is The Music Man?
What are peanuts?
This speech, made in 1863 by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
What is the "I Have A Dream" speech?
They're the richest team in the NHL.
The first king from this family was Henry IV, who issued the Edict of Nantes. It also included rulers such as Louis XIV and Louis the XVI.
Who were the Bourbons?
Featuring the songs “I Dreamed a Dream” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?”, this 1985 musical is based on a novel by Victor Hugo.
What is Les Misérables?
You're headed here if your vacation is in the Windy City.
What is Chicago?
Emperor Hirohito of Japan made this speech in 1945 announcing Japan's surrender.
What is the Jewel broadcast?
This is the oldest team in the NHL.
What are the Montreal Canadiens?
It included the Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and family rose to power when it allied itself with the Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
Who were the Tudors?
With songs like “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” this 1950 musical follows gamblers Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit.
What is Guys and Dolls?
Opened in 1955, it billed itself as "The Happiest Place in the World."
What is Disneyland?
In 1956 by Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech denouncing the reign of Joseph Stalin, his predecessor that came to be known as this.
What is the Secret Speech?
The NHL was originally named this.
What is the National Hockey Association?
They ruled over the Holy Roman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Spain at various times, but now they are most known for their elongated chins and inbred genetics.
Who are the Hapsburgs?
This 1996 musical by Jonathan Larson, based on La Bohème, follows a group of struggling artists in New York City during the AIDS crisis.
What is Rent?
This Italian-American icon was known as "The Chairman of the Board."
Who was Frank Sinatra?
Broadcast in 1952 by Richard Nixon, this speech addressed claims that he was using his campaign's money for personal interest.
What was the Checkers Speech?
It's the average age of NHL players.
What is 28?
This family's James I commissioned the King James Bible and survived the Gunpowder Plot. Charles I wasn't so lucky.
Who are the Stuarts?
This dark 1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim follows a vengeful barber whose victims end up in Mrs. Lovett’s meat pies.
What is Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street?
His "suicide machine" earned voluntary euthanasia proponent Jack Kervorkian this nickname.
What is "Dr. Death"?