World History
The center of the Incan Empire was located in this modern day country
What is Peru?
This is the hottest planet in the solar system
What is Venus?
The capital of Ireland
What is Dublin?
Much of the setting for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn occurs on this river
What is the Mississippi River?
Little Red Riding Hood was on her way to see this person, when she was first approached by the Big Bad Wolf
What is her grandmother?
This nation was once ruled by Rameses The Great
What is Egypt?
This metal element has the chemical symbol "W"
What is tungsten?
This is the world's most populous capital city
What is Beijing?
Claude Monet was famous for painting this type of flower
What are Water Lillies?
Tim Allen voiced this character in a 1995 animated film about Toys coming to life
Who is Buzz Lightyear?
This World War II general was known as "Old Blood and Guts"
Who is Patton?
This was the first man-made object to leave the solar system
What is Voyager 1?
The capital of Jamaica
What is Kingston?
This literary character had a sidekick named Sancho Panza
Who is Don Quixote?
This peg-legged pirate had a parrot named Captain Flint
Who is Long John Silver?
This is considered the earliest known civilization in the world
What is Sumer?
This disease takes its name from medieval Italian words for "bad air"
What is Malaria?
This European capital is home to NATO
What is Brussels?
This author wrote the 1897 horror novel "Dracula"
Who is Bram Stoker?
Homer chronicled the journey home for this hero of the Trojan War
Who is Odysseus?
Beginning in 206 BC, this dynasty ruled China during what is considered to be China's "Golden Age"
What is the Han dynasty?
The black-body radiation problem was solved by this scientist, who is considered one of the founding fathers of quantum physics
Whos is Max Planck?
This capital city is the only one in the world that begins with the letter "I"
What is Islamabad?
This artist is best known for his painting "American Gothic"
Who is Grant Wood?
An oft quoted phrase "Not all those who wander are lost," is a line from a poem about this character in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring
Who is Strider?
Aragorn would also be accepted