British Royalty
This queen ruled England for over 70 years, the longest reign in British history.
Who is Elizabeth II?
A monster is created from stitched-together body parts and abandoned by his creator, leading to tragedy.
What is Frankenstein?
This city got it's nickname from politicians being full of hot air. It is simply a coincidence that the city also has a lot of wind.
What is Chicago?
These two presidents and Founding Fathers both died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
This director is known for the “Star Wars” saga and founded Industrial Light & Magic.
Who is George Lucas?
This king had six wives and broke from the Catholic Church, creating the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
A group of stranded boys creates its own society on an island, with rules that quickly break down.
What is the Lord of the Flies?
The Eternal City is the nickname for this Italian capital.
What is Rome?
In 1898, author Morgan Robinson wrote a novel about a ship called the Titan, who's demise eerily resembled this real disaster 14 years later.
What is the sinking of the Titanic?
Known for slow-building tension and films like Psycho and Vertigo.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
The 1066 victory at the Battle of Hastings made this Norman ruler king of England.
Who is William the Conqueror?
A journey through a symbolic descent into hell guided by a Roman poet.
What is the Divine Comedy?
This Pacific Northwest city is called “The Emerald City” because of its surrounding greenery.
What is Seattle?
Mark Twain was born in 1835, the same year this celestial body streaked across the sky, and he died in 1910 when it returned.
What is Halley's Comet?
This director is behind The Grand Budapest Hotel and is known for extremely symmetrical framing and pastel color palettes.
Who is Wes Anderson?
During this monarch’s reign, Britain became known as “the empire on which the sun never sets.”
Who is Queen Victoria?
A corrupt dictator-like pig leads a farm where all animals are said to be equal—but some are more equal than others.
What is Animal Farm?
This Brazilian city, famous for Christ the Redeemer and Carnival, is often called “The Marvelous City.”
What is Rio de Janeiro?
Both were president, both were assassinated, both had 7 letters in their name, and both were succeeded by men named Johnson
Who are Lincoln and Kennedy?
This American filmmaker directed Citizen Kane, often called one of the greatest films ever made.
This heir to the British throne married Catherine Middleton in a widely watched 2011 royal wedding.
Who is Charles III?
A narrator obsessed with truth confesses to murdering an old man, carefully hiding the body beneath floorboards in this Edgar Allen Poe classic.
What is the Tell-Tale Heart?
This European capital is sometimes called the “Venice of the North” due to its canals and city layout.
What is Amsterdam?
In 1951, two completely unrelated comic strips about a mischievous boy with this same name launched on the same day. One in the US, one in the UK.
What is Dennis the Menace?
Often called the “Shakespeare of Japanese cinema,” this director’s use of ensemble storytelling, weather effects, and layered moral conflict in Seven Samurai helped reshape action filmmaking worldwide.
Who is Akira Kurosawa?