Places & Spaces
This European city is Phileas Fogg’s starting point and final destination for his wager.
What is London
This precise, wealthy English gentleman accepts the wager to travel the globe in 80 days
Who is Phileas Fogg
Fogg wagers this exact amount of money—half of his fortune—on his global journey.
What is £20,000 (20,000 pounds)
This iconic 19th-century vehicle, powered by boiling water, is used by Fogg on both land and oceans.
What is a steamship (or steam train)
This math-focused science allows Phileas Fogg to calculate his moves so perfectly that he views the entire journey as a mechanical problem rather than an adventure.
What is Geometry
To save time in India, Fogg buys an unusual mode of transportation named Kiouni, which is this kind of large mammal.
What is an elephant
This loyal, acrobatic French valet is hired by Fogg right before the journey begins.
Who is Passepartout
This is the name of the exclusive London gentleman's club where the famous bet is made.
What is the Reform Club
In America, the group uses a unique sled equipped with these to glide rapidly over the snow.
What are sails
Phileas Fogg plays this traditional 4-player trick-taking card game constantly during his long train and ship rides to pass the time.
What is whist
Fogg saves Princess Aouda in this country before continuing his journey to Hong Kong.
What is India
This inspector from Scotland Yard follows Fogg around the world, mistakenly believing he is a bank robber.
Who is Detective Fix
When the train tracks abruptly end in India, Fogg has to find a new way to travel because this was not actually finished
What is railroad
When his ship runs out of coal on the Atlantic, Fogg buys the vessel just to burn this part of it for fuel
What is the wood (or the ship's structure)
While stuck in India, Fogg interacts with this helpful British army officer who happens to be his card partner from the voyage to Bombay.
Who is Sir Francis Cromarty
In America, the travelers take a train across this specific obstacle-filled mountain range to reach New York.
What is the Rocky Mountains
This Indian princess joins the group after being rescued from a dangerous ritual.
Who is Aouda
Fogg thinks he missed his deadline by five minutes, but he actually arrived a full day early because he crossed this invisible line while traveling east.
What is the International Date Line
Passepartout gets a temporary job performing stunts in a circus troupe in Japan known as the Long Noses, using this specific skill he possessed before hiring on with Fogg.
What is acrobatics or gymnastics
Fogg is falsely accused of stealing a massive sum of banknotes from this famous financial institution at the start of the book.
The travelers board a steamer to cross this massive ocean while heading from Yokohama, Japan, to San Francisco.
What is the Pacific Ocean
This eccentric, wealthy American train passenger challenges an engineer and gets into a fierce argument with Fogg's group during the American leg of the trip.
Who is Colonel Proctor
Detective Fix waits to arrest Fogg until they are on this specific soil, because his warrant is not valid in foreign countries.
What is British soil(or England)
Although it never actually happens in Jules Verne's original book, pop culture and movie adaptations almost always show Fogg using this flying transport to travel.
Hot air balloon
While stopped in Hong Kong, Detective Fix gets Passepartout completely drunk and tricks him into smoking this illegal, sleep-inducing substance so that Fogg will miss his next ship
What is opium