Cities on Water
This Italian city is built on more than 100 small islands connected by canals instead of roads, and is famous for gondola travel.
What is Venice?
This story by Edgar Allan Poe follows a narrator who insists on their sanity while describing a carefully planned murder driven by obsession with an old man’s eye.
The assassination of this figure in 1914 Sarajevo set off a chain reaction that led to a global war involving most major world powers.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Last Temptation of Christ.
Who is Martin Scorsese?
This brand name is commonly used to refer to any adhesive bandage used for small cuts and scrapes.
What is Band-Aid?
This city in Louisiana sits along the Mississippi River and is known for its French Quarter and historic port culture.
What is New Orleans?
In this story by O. Henry, a husband and wife each secretly sell their most prized possession to buy a gift for the other, only to discover the gifts no longer fit their original purpose.
What is the Gift of the Magi?
This 1917 uprising in Russia overthrew the imperial government and led to the establishment of a communist state under revolutionary leaders.
What is the Russian Revolution?
The Lodger, Shadow of a Doubt, The Man Who Knew Too Much
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
This brand name is widely used to refer to any facial tissue, not just the original company’s product.
What is Kleenex?
This Dutch capital is known for its concentric canal rings and more bicycles than residents in many neighborhoods.
What is Amsterdam?
This Washington Irving story follows a man who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later to a changed world.
What is Rip Van Winkle?
This 1947 U.S. policy announced support for nations resisting communist influence during the early Cold War.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Duel, the Sugarland Express, 1941
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This brand name is frequently used to refer to any online search engine, even though it is just one company’s product.
What is Google?
This Swedish capital is spread across 14 islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea.
What is Stockholm?
This Shirley Jackson story describes a small town that holds an annual drawing with a shocking outcome for one randomly chosen resident.
What is the Lottery?
This 1986 nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union released radiation across Europe and led to global changes in nuclear safety policy.
What is Chernobyl?
Lolita, Paths of Glory, Spartacus
Who is Stanley Kubrick?
This brand name is often used generically for any photocopying machine used in offices and schools.
What is Xerox?
This Chinese city sits on the Yangtze River delta and is one of the world’s largest ports and financial centers.
What is Shanghai?
This novella by Henry James builds tension around whether a governess is protecting innocent children from supernatural forces or losing her grip on reality.
What is the Turn of the Screw?
This 1969 event saw major riots in New York City that became a turning point for LGBTQ+ rights activism.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
The Bad Sleep Well, Scandal, Ran
Who is Akira Kurosawa?
This brand name is frequently used to describe any vacuum flask used to keep drinks hot or cold.
What is Thermos?