Quest For The Origin: A Pop Quiz Odyssey

Test your knowledge and unravel the mysteries of origins in this thrilling pop quiz escapade.

Answer: Dogs

Humans domesticated dogs about 15,000 years ago. Horses were tamed nearly 6,000 years ago.

Answer: Titanic

The Titanic sank in 1912. The Hindenburg, an 804-foot-long airship filled with hydrogen, caught fire in 1937.

Answer: Sesame Street

People have been telling you how to get to Sesame Street since 1969. SNL has been LIVE from New York since 1975.

Answer: The World Series

The first World Series was played in 1903. The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The AFL-NFL Championship Game, known as the first Super Bowl, was played on January 15, 1967. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35–10. Suck it, Taylor!

Answer: Monopoly

Today’s version of Monopoly was released in 1935. Older versions of the game, like Lizzie G. Magie’s Landlord’s Game, date back to 1904. Clue was first published in England in 1949. In the UK the game is still called Cluedo

Answer: The World Series

The first World Series was played in 1903. The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The AFL-NFL Championship Game, known as the first Super Bowl, was played on January 15, 1967. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35–10. Suck it, Taylor!

Answer: Academy Awards

The Academy Awards ceremony, more commonly known as the Oscars, laid out its first red carpet in 1929. The first Emmy Award was handed out in 1949.

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853. His artistic career began in 1880 and lasted around 10 years. Born in 1881, Pablo Picasso lived until 1973.

Answer: Light Bulb

The light bulb was patented by Thomas Edison in 1879.  The first plane the Wright brothers flew was in 1903.

Answer: Mickey Mouse

In 1928, Mickey Mouse appeared in three short films: Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy, and Gallopin’ Gaucho.

Bugs Bunny’s first appearance was in A Wild Hare (1940)

Credits: www.britannica.com

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