Geography & Global Culture
This is the capital city of Ireland, famous for its historic libraries, lively music scene, and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
What is Dublin?
The massive international tournament hosted across Canada, Mexico, and the USA.
What is the FIFA World Cup / What is the 2026 World Cup?
The giant, famous ferris wheel located right on the banks of the River Thames in London.
What is the London Eye?
The legendary English playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and added hundreds of new words to the English language.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This letter is the very first letter of the English alphabet, and it is also the word you use to mean "one" thing (like "___ cat").
What is "a"?
The famous island country in the southern hemisphere where you will find unique wildlife like kangaroos, koalas, and wombats.
What is Australia?
The historically famous, bright-red Italian racing team known by its "Prancing Horse" logo that shocked the sports world by signing 7-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton.
What is Ferrari?
This museum in London is famous (but also controversial) for holding millions of historical objects from all over the world.
What is the British Museum?
This short story warns readers about the dangers of blindly following old traditions and conforming to the crowd.
What is "The Lottery" (about)?
Short common words like and, but, because, or although used to glue two different ideas together in a sentence.
What are linking words/linkers/conjunctions?
The famous musical instrument from Scotland consisting of a cloth bag and wooden pipes, traditionally played by musicians wearing kilts.
What are bagpipes?
The terrifying combination of numbers that has been destroying your English teacher’s nervous system and energy levels all year long.
What is 6-7?
The beautiful, white marble palace in Agra, India, built by an emperor in the 1600s as a stunning monument of love for his wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
The hit book and Disney+ streaming series about a modern teenager who discovers he is actually the son of the Greek god Poseidon.
What is Percy Jackson (& the Olympians)?
The food terms "pizza", "yoghurt", "curry" or "injera" are examples of these - words that English took directly from other languages.
What are loan words?
This is the name of the traditional Māori dance performed by New Zealand’s rugby team before a match to challenge their opponents.
What is the haka?
This highly anticipated Rockstar video game, set in Vice City, broke the internet when its first trailer dropped, promising the biggest open world yet.
What is Grand Theft Auto VI / GTA 6?
Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary.
Who were the first people to summit Mount Everest?
The fictional detective who lives at 221B Baker Street in London and uses incredible logic to solve crimes.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
The specific name for two-word or three-word verbs like "give up," "look after," or "turn off" that completely change the original verb's meaning.
What are phrasal verbs?
Originating in Japan, this style of short poem has a total of 17 on and often includes kireji (cutting words) and kigo (seasonal references).
What is a haiku?
This Latin trap and reggaeton icon made history as the main headliner for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, performing global hits completely in Spanish.
Who is Bad Bunny?
This is the historical process where one powerful country takes control of other lands and nations to exploit their resources.
What is colonialism?
The type of dark, stressful, or imperfect future society often shown in books like The Hunger Games or 1984.
What is a dystopia? / What is dystopian literature?)
The poetic idiom used to describe an event that happens very rarely, using a color and a night sky object.
What is "once in a blue moon"?