The time zone that all others are calculated from is GMT, and is centered on this London borough
What is Greenwich?
This district is the capital of the United States of America
What is Washington D.C.?
This park in the Midwest is home to the geyser called Old Faithful, and a variety of bears, wolves, and other predators that are extinct in other parts of the country.
What is Yellowstone?
Known as The Bringer of War, this member of our solar system has a soil that is composed overwhelmingly of iron oxide
What is Mars?
Known as "Old Blue Eyes" this crooner is best known for his songs "My Way", "Come Fly With Me" and "Fly Me to the Moon"
Who is Frank Sinatra?
This is the name of the current calendar system
The Gregorian Calendar
This capital of Japan is also the world's most populous city
What is Tokyo?
This park is located in Southern Florida and is the largest mangrove forest in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Everglades?
Our neighbor with an unusually thick and corrosive atmosphere - the Roman equivalent to the goddess Aphrodite
What is Venus?
This woman was arguably the best known female vocalist in jazz and frequently dueted with Louis Armstrong
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
AM and PM are both abbreviations for these concepts
Antemeridian and postmeridian
This Brazilian capital city is a monument to the failures of modernist urban planning
What is Brasilia?
This California park holds the world record for the highest temperature ever recorded - 134F
What is Death Valley?
The planet closest to the sun - associated with the Babylonian god Nabu
What is Mercury?
This ragtime composer is an early predecessor of jazz, with famous compositions like "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag"
Who is Scott Joplin?
This calendar devised by a Roman emperor predated the Gregorian calendar in most of Europe
The Julian calendar
This South Asian capital city is second in the world in terms of population density
What is Manila?
This Alaskan park is 15% covered in glaciers and features several unique activities like dogsledding
What is Denali?
The second largest moon in our solar system - considered a good candidate for extraterrestrial life
What is Titan?
This early jazz performer was rotoscoped into a Betty Boop cartoon singing the song "St James Infirmary"
Who is Cab Calloway?
Kodak was known for using this alternative calendar scheme from 1928 - 1989
What is the International Fixed Calendar (13-Month Calendar)?
This capital city is frequently overshadowed by its neighbor which is home to the world's most famous opera house
What is Canberra?
This park can be summed up in one sentence "December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy"
What is Pearl Harbor?
These two moons orbit Mars, their names were drawn from Greek mythology
What are Phobos and Deimos?
This bandleader had the first highly successful racially integrated jazz band, and regularly turned down playing segregated venues
Who is Benny Goodman?