Music
This two-word genre, born in the 1970s Bronx, features DJs, MCs, breakdancers, and graffiti artists.
What is Hip-Hop?
This black-and-white bear native to China eats bamboo for nearly 99% of its diet.
What is a giant panda?
This iconic NYC landmark was a gift from France in 1886 and stands on Liberty Island.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
Born in Poland, this pope served from 1978 to 2005 and was one of the most widely traveled leaders in Church history.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
This continent is home to the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, and the Colosseum—all within a short flight of each other.
What is Europe?
This legendary actress and singer starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and performed “Over the Rainbow.”
Who is Judy Garland?
This Swedish pop group, named with an acronym of its members’ initials, won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo.”
Who is ABBA?
Known for its massive antlers, this animal is the largest species in the deer family and can weigh over 1,500 pounds.
What is a moose?
Opened in 1904, this subway line—now known by numbers and letters—makes the NYC system one of the largest in the world.
What is the New York City Subway?
This global Catholic ceremony, held every few years and often drawing millions of young people, was founded by Pope John Paul II in 1985.
What is World Youth Day?
Known as the “City of Canals,” this Italian destination requires boats—called vaporettos and gondolas—instead of cars.
What is Venice?
This courtroom TV personality, known for her no-nonsense style, has presided over small-claims cases on television since 1996.
Who is Judge Judy Sheindlin?
Often called the “Fifth Beatle,” this producer shaped the band’s sound with orchestration on albums like Sgt. Pepper’s.
Who is George Martin?
This marsupial, famous for carrying its young in a pouch, is found only in Australia and cannot walk backward.
What is a kangaroo?
This Manhattan neighborhood, whose name stands for “Triangle Below Canal Street,” was once an industrial zone and is now known for lofts and celebrity residents.
What is TriBeCa?
This 16th-century meeting of Catholic leaders clarified doctrine and reformed Church practices in response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
This Southeast Asian country, known for Angkor Wat, attracts millions of travelers who come to explore its ancient Khmer temples and floating villages.
What is Cambodia?
This American singer scored hits in the 1960s with “Both Sides Now” and “Send in the Clowns,” earning multiple Grammys.
Who is Judy Collins?
This legendary jazz saxophonist’s 1965 album A Love Supreme is considered a spiritual masterpiece and one of the most influential records in jazz history.
Who is John Coltrane?
Found in the deep ocean, this strange cephalopod shares its name with a Disney villain known for her tentacles.
What is a vampire squid (genus Vampyroteuthis)?
Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, this 843-acre urban oasis opened in 1858 and remains the most visited city park in the U.S.
What is Central Park?
Canonized in 2016, this Albanian-born Catholic nun founded the Missionaries of Charity and became renowned for her work serving the poor in Calcutta.
Who is Mother Teresa?
This famous long-distance hiking trail stretches over 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine and passes through 14 U.S. states. to cross borders without routine checks.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
This trailblazing civil rights lawyer and judge became the first African American woman appointed to the federal bench in the U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit).
Who is Judge Judith Ann Wilson (Judy) Robertson? (Often listed as Judy Ann Wilson (Judge Ann Claire Williams)
This 12-tone composition technique, developed by Arnold Schoenberg, arranges all 12 pitches of the chromatic scale into a fixed sequence known as this type of “row.”
What is a tone row (or serial row)?
This ancient, eel-like jawless fish—whose name ends with “-pish”—survived since before the dinosaurs and is known for producing massive amounts of slime when threatened.
What is a hagfish?
Completed in 1931 and once the tallest building in the world, this Art Deco skyscraper briefly held the title for only 11 months before the Empire State Building surpassed it.
What is the Chrysler Building?
This term refers to the Catholic doctrine that Mary herself was conceived without original sin—distinct from the concept of the Virgin Birth.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
Often called the world’s most remote inhabited island, this British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic—reachable only by a multi-day ship from South Africa—was once home to Napoleon in exile.
What is St. Helena?
This Canadian-born artist, famous for her multimedia works exploring feminism and identity, created the 1970s video piece Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman.
Who is Judy Chicago?