Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Putting the "C" in creatures
Stanstanistan
2026 Best Picture Nominees
Clash of the Titans
100

This bustling American metropolis started life as New Amsterdam.

What is New York?

100

Both the dromedary and Bactrian varieties of this animal use their humps to store fat.

What is camel?

100

The most populous -stan.

What is Pakistan?

100

Hailee Steinfeld joins Michael B Jordan and Michael B Jordan in this critically acclaimed vampire horror flick.

What is Sinners?

100

This Norse God would have to battle Zeus for his role as god of thunder. 

Who is Thor?

200

At the end of the Vietnam War, Saigon was renamed to honor North Vietnam's victorious leader.

What is Ho Chi Minh City?
200

While ravens have pointy beaks, these black birds have straight beaks.

What is crow?

200

This -stan is often referred to as the "graveyard of empires."

What is Afghanistan?

200

Both Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi play monsters in this adaptation of a high school literature class classic.

What is Frankenstein?

200

Hades has some competition in the form of this Egyptian dog-headed God of the Dead.

Who is Anubis?

300

The British Raj called this Indian city Bombay and it stayed with that name until 1995.

What is Mumbai?

300

As seen in “Finding Nemo,” these fish rely on sea anemones for shelter and protection from predators.

What are clownfish?

300

Comedy star Sacha Baron Cohen made this -stan famous, though the government was not pleased.

What is Kazhakstan?

300

Sean Penn hunts failed revolutionary turned frantic father Leonardo Di Caprio in this blockbuster thriller.

What is One Battle After Another?

300

Ra and Helios are locked in a three way battle with this Greek challenger for the title of sun god.

Who is Apollo?

400

This Russian city changed its name twice, first to Petrograd then to Leningrad, before returning to its original name derived from one of Russia's greatest tsars.

What is St. Petersburg?

400

These furry rodents have developed an online reputation for being incredibly "chill"?

What are capybaras?

400

Lichtenstein and this -stan are the only landlocked countries on Earth.

What is Uzbekistan?

400

Perpetual sad boy Paul Mescal and joins perpetual sad girl Jessie Buckley in this tragedy about one of history greatest tragedy plays.

What is Hamnet?

400

Who is the fairest of them all: The Norse goddess Freya or this Greek goddess of love and beauty?

Who is Aphrodite?

500

South Korea's second most populous city has undergone at least four name changes since 1914. You can catch a train there any time.

What is Busan?

500

Other than alligators, they’re the only living members of the family Alligatoridae.

What are caimans?

500

This -stan, a hereditary dictatorship, takes its name from one the largest nomadic tribes in Asia and the Middle East.

What is Turkmenistan?

500

Jesse Plemmons just wants to know if Emma Stone is actually an alien in this conspiracy theory drama.

What is Bugonia?

500
Japanese kami Hachiman would have to test his katana against this Roman god's gladius (and a whole planet too!)

Who is Mars?

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