Music
This music term refers to a song with no instrumental accompaniment, performed using only the human voice.
What is a cappella?
This annual football championship game decides the NFL winner.
What is the Super Bowl?
This river flows through Egypt and was vital to the survival of its ancient civilization.
What is the Nile?
This fast‑food chain is famous worldwide for its Big Mac and golden arches logo.
Who is Pitbull?
Michael Jordan won six championships with this NBA team.
What are the Chicago Bulls?
This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain.
What are the Pyrenees?
This spice, made from dried stigmas of a flower, is the most expensive by weight in the world.
What is saffron?
This British band famously used a prism on the cover of their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.
What is Pink Floyd?
This country has won the most FIFA World Cups in men’s soccer.
What is Brazil?
This 1919 treaty formally ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This fermented Korean dish is made primarily from napa cabbage and chili paste.
What is kimchi?
This jazz musician’s 1959 album Kind of Blue is considered a cornerstone of modal jazz.
Who is Miles Davis?
This is the national summer sport of Canada.
What is lacrosse?
This African country is completely landlocked and was formerly known as Abyssinia.
What is Ethiopia?
This cooking method involves submerging food in fat at a relatively low, controlled temperature.
What is confit?
In music theory, this Italian term indicates a gradual slowing of tempo toward the end of a piece.
What is ritardando?
Which Dallas Cowboys quarterback led the team to three Super Bowl victories in the 1990s?
Who is Troy Aikman?
This ancient Greek historian is often called the “Father of History” for his work The Histories.
Who is Herodotus?
Named after a French chemical process, this reaction causes browning and complex flavors when cooking meat.
What is the Maillard Reaction?