obscure geography
This European country has the capital city of Bern.
What is Switzerland?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
He painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
A musical symbol that raises a note by a half step.
What is a sharp?
In Greek mythology, he ruled the underworld.
Who is Hades?
This African nation was formerly known as Abyssinia.
What is Ethiopia?
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This art movement is associated with Claude Monet.
What is Impressionism?
This composer wrote Für Elise.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This paradox involves a man who says, “I am lying.”
What is the Liar Paradox?
This river flows through Baghdad
What is the Tigris River?
This document limited the power of the English monarchy in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
Picasso helped pioneer this art movement.
What is Cubism?
A group of three notes played together.
What is a chord?
This Norse event foretells the end of the gods
What is Ragnarok?
This is the only country completely surrounded by South Africa
What is Lesotho?
This empire was ruled by Mansa Musa at its height.
What is the Mali Empire?
This ceiling was painted by Michelangelo.
What is the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
This Baroque composer wrote The Four Seasons.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This philosopher said, “I think, therefore I am.”
Who is René Descartes?
This island nation’s capital is Funafuti.
What is Tuvalu?
This 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This Japanese aesthetic embraces imperfection and impermanence.
What is wabi-sabi?
This term describes music written in all 12 keys without a tonal center.
What is atonal music?
This logical principle states that something cannot be both true and false at the same time.
What is the Law of Non-Contradiction?