History
This Empire ruled over most of Europe and the Mediterranean.
This streaming giant’s red “N” logo precedes its originals.
What is Netflix?
H₂O is better known as this.
What is water?
This river, the world’s longest river, flows north through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
This person painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
World War II ended in this year.
This plumber in red first appeared in Donkey Kong (1981) before starring in Super Mario Bros.
Who is Mario?
This organelle is said to be the "powerhouse of the cell".
What is mitochondrion/mitochondria?
This is the only U.S. state made up of only islands.
What is Hawaii?
Shakespeare's classic play about star-crossed lovers is called...
What is Romeo and Juliet?
In 1789, Parisians stormed the Bastille to start this revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
This Chinese-born action star led the Rush Hour films and performs many of his own stunts.
Who is Jackie Chan?
~3.00×10⁸ m/s is the speed of this.
What is light?
This continent is not naturally inhabited by humans.
What is Antarctica?
In music, the opposite of forte is
In 1215, English nobles forced King John to sign this document.
What is the Magna Carta?
This Hong Kong–born martial-arts icon starred in Enter the Dragon.
Who is Bruce Lee?
GPT stands for...
What is Generative Pre-trained Transformer?
This city shares a land border with Hong Kong.
What is Shenzhen?
In music, time signatures like 5/8 and 7/8 are called ____ meter.
What is asymmetric meter/complex meter?
China lost this war in 1841 that forced it to cede Hong Kong to Britain until 1997.
First Opium War
This Hong Kong auteur directed In the Mood for Love.
Who is Wong Kar-wai?
When alcohol is consumed, it is metabolized into this chemical in the liver. Asian flush is caused by deficiency of an enzyme needed to break this chemical down.
What is acetaldehyde? ("aldehyde" also gets the point)
Name the three areas of Hong Kong.
What is Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories?
This artistic movement originating in 19th-century France is characterized by visible brush strokes, open composition, and emphasis on accurate depiction of change in light and color.
What is Impressionism?