European Capitals by Landmarks
Historical Royalty of Asia
Georgia on My Mind
North American Fauna
American Assassins
100

Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, the Louvre

What is Paris?

100

Regnal names of emperors of this country also refer to the eras of their rule, as in Showa, Meiji, or Taisho.

What is Japan?

100

In 2018, Georgia became the second country after Uruguay to legalize this substance for recreational use.

What is cannabis?

100

It's the national symbol of the United States.

What is a bald eagle?

100

On November 24, 1963, Dallas club owner Jack Ruby shot and killed this man who attempted to assassinate Major General Edwin Walker earlier that year.

Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?

200

Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace

What is London?

200

King Sejong the Great personally created "hangul" in the mid 1400s so his citizens could more easily learn to read and write this language.

What is Korean?

200

Georgians enjoy khachapuri, a dish made of bread, eggs, and the sulguni kind of this dairy product.

What is cheese?

200

This nocturnal omnivore known for playing dead to escape predators is one of North America's few marsupials.

What is a Virginia opossum?

200

Of the two attempts on his life during his short presidency, Gerald Ford was famously attacked by "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of this notorious killer group who also murdered Sharon Tate.

Who are the Manson family?

300

Trevi Fountain, Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica

What is Rome?

300

King Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire renounced violence and conquest altogether after converting to this peaceful religion in the 3rd century BCE.

What is Buddhism?

300

The Kingdom of Georgia was annexed in 1801 by the Romanov rulers of this former empire.

What is Russia?

300

It's an antlered giant that is the largest extant species of deer and a cultural symbol of Canada.

What is a moose?

300

After fatally shooting President William McKinley in 1901, Leon Czolgosz "rode the lightning" when he was executed by this new (for the time) technology.

What is the electric chair?

400

Rembrandt House, Tulip Museum, Red Light District

What is Amsterdam?

400

Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire, located in this modern day country, is credited with many building projects and elevating the city of Angkor Wat to its golden age.

What is Cambodia?

400

A majority of Georgians practice this form of Christianity, which split from Catholicism in the 11th century.

What is Eastern Orthodoxy?

400

Talk about a dirt nap! These buzzing insects remain underground for more than a decade before emerging in large swarms.

What are cicadas?

400

To assassinate President Garfield, Charles Guiteau reportedly picked a revolver with a handle made of this, commonly derived from elephant tusks, because he believed it would look good in a museum exhibit about the killing.

What is ivory?

500

St. Stephen's Basilica, Dohany Street Synagogue, Szechenyi Baths

What is Budapest?

500

Gajah Mada held this surprisingly modern-sounding top parliamentary position during the reigns of multiple Majapahit rulers in the 14th century.

What is prime minister?

500

More than a third of Georgia's 3.7 million inhabitants live in this capital city, formerly known as Tiflis.

What is Tbilisi?

500

Punxsutawney Phil is undoubtedly the most famous member of this reportedly clairvoyant rodent species.

What is a groundhog?

500

Just before fleeing Ford's Theatre, John Wilkes Booth famously uttered this Latin phrase on the stage after mortally wounding President Lincoln in 1865.

What is "Sic semper tyrannis"?

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