Whose Time is it Anyways?

This is a Boys vs. Girls challenge. Each team will select a player to come up to the stage. The player will hear a famous event. Players will have to guess the year in which the event occurred. This is a multiple choice quiz so they will hear 4 different dates. The team with the most points after 18 questions wins. Winning team gets a cool prize.

Questions: (The answer with an * is the correct answer)

1. In which year did terrorists crash aircraft into New York’s World Trade Centre? 1998, 2000, 2001*, 2003

2. In what year did the Titanic sink? 1892, 1902, 1912*, 1932

3. In what year was the toothbrush invented? 1498*, 1698, 1898, 1948

4. In what year did the first movie theater in the US open, charging 10 cents for admission? 1806, 1856, 1896*, 1926

5. In what year did the first Toy Story movie premier in theaters? 1995*, 1998, 2000, 2002

6. In what year did women gain the right to vote? 1900, 1920*, 1930, 1940

7. In what year did the first season of American Idol air on television? 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*

8. In what year was Ashton Kutcher born? 1972, 1978*, 1982, 1984

9. What year did Leonardo DiVinci start painting the Mona Lisa? 1403, 1503*, 1603, 1703

10. In what year did Ray Krok open up the first McDonald’s franchise? 1905, 1935, 1955*, 1975

11. In what year was the board game ‘Monopoly’ first released? (1903, 1913, 1933*, 1953)

12. The first Super Bowl was played in January of what year? (1961, 1965, 1967*, 1971)

13. In what year was computer giant Microsoft formed? (1965, 1975*, 1985, 1990)

14. In what year did the Civil War begin? 1801, 1861*, 1901, 1921

15. In what year did man land on the moon? 1960, 1964, 1967, 1969*

16. In what year did Disney World open? 1965, 1971*, 1979, 1984

17. In what year did the World Cup start? 1930*, 1946, 1955, 1976

18. In what year is the film Avatar set? 2054, 2154*, 2554, 3054

Submitted by Rev. Daniel J. Manns