Classical Music
This composer’s works include “The Magic Flute” and “The Marriage of Figaro.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This element has the highest atomic number that occurs naturally.
Uranium
This 1941 American drama, directed by Orson Welles, is often cited as the greatest film ever made.
What is “Citizen Kane”?
This Queen ruled over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, the longest reign of any British monarch at the time.
Queen Victoria
This artist painted the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.”
Leonardo da Vinci
This German composer is famous for his nine symphonies and “Moonlight Sonata.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
In physics, this is the term for the amount of matter in an object.
Mass
This movie was the first feature-length animated film ever released.
What is “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”?
He was the first Emperor of France, crowned in 1804.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Known for his impressionist works, this artist painted “Water Lilies.”
Claude Monet
Known as the “March King,” he composed “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
John Philip Sousa
This is the term for when a solid turns directly into a gas.
Sublimation
Known for its twist ending, this 1999 film features a character named Keyser Söze.
What is “The Usual Suspects”?
Known as the “Father of India,” he led the country to independence through nonviolent protest.
Mahatma Gandhi
This Dutch artist is famous for his works “The Starry Night” and “Sunflowers.”
Vincent van Gogh
Known for his “Four Seasons,” this Italian composer was a virtuoso violinist.
Antonio Vivaldi
This disease, caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, was known as the “Black Death” in the 14th century.
Plague
This 1968 sci-fi film directed by Stanley Kubrick is known for its groundbreaking visuals and thematic complexity.
What is “2001: A Space Odyssey”?
This leader’s reform policies of Glasnost and Perestroika led to the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
This Renaissance sculptor created the “David” and painted the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling.
Who was Michelangelo?
This Russian composer’s works include “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake.”
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
Known as the “Father of Modern Physics,” he developed the theory of quantum mechanics.
Werner Heisenberg
This film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2003, becoming the first fantasy film to do so.
What is “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”?
She became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Margaret Thatcher
She was an influential Baroque painter known for her dramatic use of light and subject matter, such as “Judith Slaying Holofernes.”
Who was Artemisia Gentileschi?