World Geography
This is the only continent without a permanent human population.
What is Antarctica?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondrion?
This ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
What is Pompeii?
This author wrote 1984 and Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
This art form uses small pieces of colored stone or glass to create images.
What is mosaic?
The Andes mountain range runs primarily along this continent’s western edge.
What is South America?
This blood type is known as the universal donor.
What is O negative?
The American Declaration of Independence was signed in this year.
What is 1776?
This term refers to a long, mournful poem traditionally associated with ancient Greek lyric poetry.
What is an elegy?
This Italian sculptor, artist and architect designed St. Peter’s Basilica’s dome.
Who is Michelangelo?
This European river flows through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.
What is the Danube?
This layer of Earth lies between the crust and the core.
What is the mantle?
This Chinese dynasty built much of the Great Wall still standing today.
What is the Ming dynasty?
This is Shakespeare's longest play, with over 4,000 lines.
What is Hamlet?
The Louvre was originally built for this purpose.
What is a fortress?
This country was formerly known as Siam.
What is Thailand?
This element has the atomic number 6.
What is carbon?
This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English monarchy.
What is the Magna Carta?
This novel by Gabriel García Márquez popularized magical realism worldwide.
What is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
This artistic period preceded the Renaissance and emphasized religious symbolism in Europe.
What is the Medieval period?
The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from this island.
What is Sumatra?
In classical mechanics, this conserved quantity explains why a recoiling gun moves backward when fired.
What is linear momentum?
This European power controlled Indonesia until World War II.
What is the Netherlands?
This ancient Greek epic poem recounts the Trojan War.
What is The Iliad?
This Japanese aesthetic concept emphasizes impermanence and imperfection.
What is wabi-sabi?