Famous Quotes
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Muhammad Ali
This famous tower would have been 185 feet tall, if not for its prominent tilt.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Formerly known as Edo, this Japanese city was renamed after the emperor was restored to power in 1868.
Tokyo
The highest-grossing film of the ’90s, what movie was number one at the box office for 15 weeks in 1997–98?
Titanic
This melancholy song was on Justin Bieber’s 2013 album Believe Acoustic.
"Yellow Raincoat"
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Julius Caesar
Completed in 1931, this famous New York structure measures in at 1,454 feet tall.
Empire State Building
Ho Chi Minh City was originally known as what prior to the conquest of South Vietnam in 1975?
Saigon
The title of this track had Jimi Hendrix kissing the sky.
Purple Haze
“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
Mark Twain
At 2,717 feet high, this building currently holds the world record for tallest manmade structure.
Burj Khalifa
This American city was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam.
New York City
The Persian Gulf War started in August 1990, when Iraq invaded what country?
Kuwait
Doobie Brothers’ 1970s ode to the Mississippi River
Black Water
“What does not kill me makes me stronger.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Measuring 630 feet tall, this monument in the American Mid-West is nearly 200 feet taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Gateway Arch
This Russian town was known as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, when it reverted back to its original name.
St. Petersburg
One of the longest runs atop the chart, what song spent 14 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996?
Macarena
This was Van Morrison’s first single as a solo artist after leaving the band Them in 1967.
Brown-Eyed Girl
“People who boast about their IQ are losers.”
Stephen Hawking
This is the 3rd largest tower on earth, and the tallest in Japan.
Tokyo Skytree
Prior to 1972, Sri Lanka was known internationally by what name?
Ceylon
What actor made headlines as the first to receive $20 million for a single role in 1996?
Jim Carrey
What is the title of the Flaming Lips' 10th studio album released in 2002?
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots