Chess World Champions
Who is Magnus Carlsen?
This feudal empire was made up of a vast amount of independent nations ruled by nobility in 1444
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
The only cardinal direction not in any state names
What is East?
This U.S. state calls their counties "parishes".
What is Louisiana?
The longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
The current chess world champion
Who is Ding Liren?
In 1444, England had rule over Dublin, Normandy, the Isle of Man, and this modern-day country in the United Kingdom
What is Wales?
The capital of Québec
What is Québec City?
The most common county name in the United States of America
What is Washington?
This river is the widest in the world when not counting estuaries
What is the Amazon River?
The first ever world champion, becoming it in 1886
Who was Wilhelm Steinitz?
The border between Castile/Spain (Castile was most of Spain in 1444) and this country hasn't changed for many centuries, and was the same as modern day in 1444
What is Portugal?
This movie was the highest grossing movie of all time until 2019, but a 2021 re-release in China ended up with it reclaiming its title
What is Avatar?
This U.S. state has the smallest amount of counties of any U.S. state, 3
What is Delaware?
This river forms part of the border between Illinois and Indiana
What is the Wabash River?
In the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit, the main character of the show, Beth Harmon, plays this fictional world champion
Who is Vasily Borgov?
Rome was the capital of this nation in 1444
Even though it makes countries closer to the poles look larger than they actually are, the Mercator projection is helpful for sailors because of this
What is equal distance?
This Californian county is the largest in the contiguous 48 states of the United States of America
What is San Bernardino County?
The Mississippi River runs through this many U.S. states
What is 10?
Becoming the 5th chess world champion in 1935, he was the first to hold the Grandmaster title
Who was Max Euwe?
This extremely important battle between Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in 1444 allowed the Ottoman Empire to expand its reign
What is the Battle of Varna?
The year in which the first U.S. Presidential Election was held
What is 1789?
Loving County, Texas, has the smallest population of any borough, parish, or county in the United States of America, with only this amount of people at the 2020 census
What is 64?
This major river runs through Burkina Faso and Ghana, and splits into three main branches, named after colors
What is the Volta River (the Black Volta, the Red Volta, and the White Volta)?