American History
This novel, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the most influential novels of the 1850s.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
I am standing on top of one of the oldest and biggest man made structures on the planet which is at least 6,352 km (3,948 miles) long. What is it?
What is The Great Wall of China
What painting is the Louvre's most popular attraction?
What is "La Gioconda" - or better known as, "Mona Lisa"
Who was the hero assigned to twelve tasks, which included killing the Nemean Lion, capturing Cerberus, and cleaning the stable of flesh-eating horses?
Who is Hercules
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89... This ongoing series of integers is called
What is The Fibonacci sequence
In the late 1730s and the 1740s, a religious revival swept across the land. This period of American history is referred to as
What is The Great Awakening
You are on a Pacific Island looking at some immense statues. These statues have very large heads. In fact the head is the only part visible in many of them. Where are you?
What is Easter Island
What do we call the machine invented to keep a steady tempo?
What is The metronome
In Ancient Egypt, reverence of this animal is demonstrated through the worship of the goddess Bastet.
What is The cat
This board game is referred to as the "Game of Kings"?
What is Chess
The American Civil War started with a Confederate attack on this South Carolinian fort on April 12, 1861
What is Fort Sumter
I am climbing a steep Andean mountainside, leaving behind the turbulence of the Urubamba River. My intention is to visit a sacred Incan city, five square miles of architectural splendor the likes of which are found nowhere else on the planet. Which city am I visiting?
What is Machu Picchu in the Cusco region of Peru, S. America
In music, the tempo marking for a steady, strolling pace is
What is Andante
Persephone becomes bound to Hades after eating what?
What is A pomegranate
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter", the main character, Hestor Pryne,is forced to wear on the breast of her clothing.
What is An uppercase "A" - for adultery
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by this man, just five days after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, ending the Civil War.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
You are in Peru crossing a red gravel desert. There are lots of yellowish pathways seeming to lead nowhere. Your guide tells you that when you look down from an airplane you can see that these lines are drawings. One is of a monkey, another of a hummingbird.
What are the Nazca Lines
This famous Mexican artist is famous for her self-portraits set against native backdrops and animals. She married another prominent Mexican artist known for his frescos and influence in establishing a mural movement in Mexico.
Who is Frida Kahlo
Anubis, the Egyptian god of the underworld, has the head of what animal?
What is a jackal
This is the name of the first animal that went into orbit.
What is Laika, the Soviet space dog
Under whose presidency did Lewis and Clark carry out the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific coast?
Who is Thomas Jefferson - the expedition took place from 1804 to 1806. Jefferson was president from 1801 to 1809.
I am at Russia's Pacific coast, and this city has been a major port and naval base that was occupied by Japanese troops after the Russian Revolution until 1922
What is Vladivostock
Roy Lichtenstein is a prominent pop artist famous for his close "zoom in" paintings of this entertainment medium.
What are Comic Books
In Norse mythology, this is the name of Thor's Hammer.
What is Mjolnir
The most popular fruit/vegetable in the world.
What are Tomatoes