World Facts
The red sky in Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting The Scream, seen here, is thought to have been inspired by the red skies resulting from the 1883 volcanic eruption in this country.
What is Indonesia. The island of Krakatoa was nearly destroyed.
In A Christmas Carol (2009), these are the names of the three ghosts that visit Scrooge.
Who are the Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?
Don McLean wrote a song about this artist subtitled, Starry, Starry Night.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
The song heard here, was first heard on which TV show in 1994?
What is Saturday Night Live?
Although Mandarin Chinese is the first language of more people than any other, this language is spoken by the largest number of total speakers.
What is English, with 1.3B speakers?
This is the most populous country in Africa.
What is Nigeria?
In It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Gower, the pharmacist, made a terrible mistake because he was despondent over this.
What is his son had died in the 1918 influenza epidemic.
The name of this painting, perhaps the most famous by Hieronymus Bosch, which hangs in the Prado in Madrid.
What is The Garden of Earthly Delights?
These two composers wrote the Christmas song heard here.
Who are John Lennon and Yoko Ono?
Of the five Romance languages, this is considered the furthest from the original Latin.
What is French? (Italian is the closest).
This is the largest country in Africa, by area. It’s also the first alphabetically.
What is Algeria?
In A Christmas Story (1983), Ralphie badly wants this Christmas gift.
What is a Daisy "Red Ryder," carbine-action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle?
The sculpture shown here is among the most well known by this sculptor.
Who is Auguste Rodin?
The song heard here celebrates a holiday that was popularized on this TV show.
What is Seinfeld?
The English world glitch, for a minor problem or error, derives from this other language.
What is Yiddish, where Glitsh, means a slippery place?
This city with a 4-letter long name, is the southernmost city with a population >25,000 in the 50 U.S. states.
What is Hilo?
This person starred in White Christmas (1954).
Who are Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Allen?
This artist painted the painting shown here to bring attention to the attack on the city of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
The singer heard here was probably best known for the song Moon River.
Who is Andy Williams?
This language, the most widely spoken pre-Columbian language in the Americas, with ~ 10M speakers, originated in the Inca Empire.
What is Quechua?
This world capital is on the banks of a river named for a chemical element. (Hint: there are two correct answers, and they are both on the same river).
What are Buenos Aires and Montevideo on the Rio de la Plata?
In An American Tail (1986), which opens on the first day of Hanukkah, this is the name of the main (rodent) character.
Who is Fievel Mousekewitz?
The artist whose painting is shown here worked in a studio known as The Factory.
Who is Andy Warhol?
The singer heard here was the father of a famous Grammy Award winning R&B star.
Who is Nat King Cole?
After Hindi, this is the second most spoken first language among people in India.
What is Bengali?