Blast From the Past

The famous line, "Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!" comes from the classic tale Charlotte's Web.

"Esperanza Rising" is the story of a Mexican family that struggles to survive once they move to the United States.

This toy has been around for more than 2,000 years. Today, people use it to "walk the dog" and "rock the baby".

In the mid-1800s, a lollipop was a hard candy without a stick.

What snack food became popular after people tried it at a baseball stadium in the 1970s?

In which book does a clever spider write the words "Some Pig", saving her best friend from slaughter?

What popular song for little kids mentions dragons "in a land called Honah Lee"?

Omri's life turns upside down in this book when an Iroquis warrior from the 1700s comes alive in his room.

Which animals were the first to become farm animals about 10,000 years ago?

This 1998 animated movie follows the adventures of a brave girl and her dragon Mushu during China's great Han Dynasty.

Sparkly, mirrored balls, often seen hanging in 1970s dance clubs, were named after which dance craze?

What nickname did Dutch pilgrims use for doughnuts?

The Chinese dragon is an ancient symbol of what?

Which of these popular singers grew up on an island in the Caribbean in the 1990s?

Four thousand years ago, before the time of dairy cows, butter was made from the milk of _________.

If you were doing the "Macarena" at a party in the 1990s, you were _________.

Ferdinand Magellan proved Earth was round by being the first explorer to find a sea route around South America.

Which Korean music video was the most popular music video of 2012 and sparked a new dance craze?

"Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" was the first "Fudge" book written by which famous author?

Spanish explorers brought this citrus fruit to the New World and then planted it in Florida, where it grows today!

Paku-paku, the Japanese sound for "munch", gave this classic video game from 1980 its name.

A dragon from the Viking era appears with Hiccup in what popular movie?

Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart were all famous ________.

Between 1927 and 1941, skilled blasters used dynamite to carve Mount Rushmore in which mountains in South Dakota?

By the end of 1983, 3 million of these dolls had been "adopted".

Where does the saying "Eat, drink, and be merry" come from?

Which group of video games for kids is the most successful ever?

The Beach Boys caught a wave of popularity in the 1960s with a song about surfing and the girls in which U.S. state?

What real-life dragon is actually a 300 pound lizard that was discovered by Europeans over 100 years ago?

What musical group is considered by some people as the most famous British rock band of all time?

Heroes Stanley Yelnats and Zero Zeroni dig all day long in what famous story?

How much did the first handheld mobile phone weigh?

Which character hung out with a band of outlaws in England's Sherwood Forest?

In a popular book by Christopher Paolini, which teen boy is friends with a dragon named Saphira?

Sheep were the first animals to be raised for their _______.

If a person had shaved eyebrows in ancient Egypt, it might mean that the family cat had died.

In "The Lightning Thief", Percy Jackson is a modern boy who is forced to learn a lot about __________.

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find a magic closet in what story?

In 1996, which Japanese collection of video games, cards, and anime made Ash and Pikachu world famous?

Table tennis, or Ping-Pong, originated in which merry old country in the 1880s?

Spaniard Hernando de Soto explored this mighty North American river 343 years before Mark Twain wrote about it.