World Geography
This river flows through Egypt and is considered the longest river in Africa.
What is the Nile River?
This global conflict dominated the first half of the 1940s.
What is World War II?
This famous Italian artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who was Michelangelo?
During wartime rationing, families often saved and reused this cooking ingredient made from animal fat.
What is lard?
This British Prime Minister led the United Kingdom through much of World War II.
Who was Winston Churchill?
This country is home to the city of Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef.
What is Australia?
Families often gathered around this household appliance for news and entertainment before television became common.
What is a radio?
This dance style became extremely popular during the big band era.
What is swing dancing?
This canned meat product became especially popular during World War II.
What is Spam?
This legendary baseball player was known as "The Sultan of Swat."
Who was Babe Ruth?
This mountain range separates much of Europe from Asia and includes Mount Elbrus.
What are the Caucasus Mountains?
Ration books were used during the war to help control the supply of these everyday goods.
What are food and household items (or rationed goods)?
This American playwright wrote "Death of a Salesman."
Who was Arthur Miller?
Victory gardens encouraged families to grow these at home.
What are vegetables?
This actress starred in the classic film "Casablanca" alongside Humphrey Bogart.
Who was Ingrid Bergman?
This South American country contains most of the Amazon Rainforest.
What is Brazil?
This children's toy, introduced in 1949, became famous for "walking" down stairs.
What is the Slinky?
This painting by Leonardo da Vinci is displayed in the Louvre Museum.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This soft drink, introduced before the war, became one of America's most popular beverages in the 1940s.
What is Coca-Cola?
This civil rights pioneer refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.
Who was Rosa Parks?
This capital city, located on the Seine River, is known as the "City of Light."
What is Paris?
This popular mode of transportation used tracks and was common in many cities during the 1940s.
What is a streetcar (or trolley)?
This composer wrote the famous "Moonlight Sonata."
Who was Ludwig van Beethoven?
Due to rationing, many home cooks substituted this sweetener for scarce sugar.
What is corn syrup (or molasses)?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who was Albert Einstein?