Literature
This British author created the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system that lack these.
What are moons?
Factories that print money are known by this name.
What are mints?
Most ballet terms come from this language.
What is French?
The unicorn is the national animal of this country.
What is Scotland?
These events happened first: those in The Iliad, or those in The Odyssey?
What is The Iliad?
This state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape.
What are liquids?
This is the official currency of Japan.
What is the yen?
Waltzes are written in this time signature.
What is 3/4 time?
In 1903, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
She is the main character in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Who is Elizabeth Bennet?
A Geiger counter is used to measure this.
What is radiation?
Roughly this many countries use the euro as their currency.
What is 20?
Breakdancing originated in this New York City borough.
What is the Bronx?
This planet in our solar system has the most moons.
What is Saturn?
In A Christmas Carol, this is the total number of ghosts who visit Ebenezer Scrooge.
What is 4? (Marley, Past, Present, and Future)
One light year is approximately this many miles or kilometers.
What is 5.88 trillion miles, or 9.46 trillion kilometers?
The U.S. $1,000 bill featured this president.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
In the 1950s, dance moves by this “King of Rock and Roll” were considered too scandalous for film.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This country consumes more coffee per capita than any other.
What is Finland?
This Shakespearean character declared that “life is a tale told by an idiot.”
Who is Macbeth?
This is the scientific term for the shedding or peeling of skin.
What is desquamation?
Modern Australian bank notes are made from this material.
What is polymer?
This style of dance incorporates “ochos,” or figure-eight steps drawn on the floor by the dancer.
What is the Argentine tango?
This is the number of hearts an octopus has.
What is 3?