Geography
In which country is the Dead Sea located?
What is Jordan (and borders Israel)?
The Fallingwater house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is located in this U.S. state.
What is Pennsylvania?
This Spanish conquistador is credited with the conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
In this 1955 novel, C.S. Lewis tells the story of Ransom, a professor who is sent to Venus to prevent an interplanetary fall of man similar to that in Paradise Lost.
What is Perelandra?
In 1911, this famous painting was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris and mysteriously disappeared for over two years.
What is the Mona Lisa?
What is the capital of Canada?
What is Ottawa?
This architectural term refers to the curved, usually concave, support that distributes the weight of an arch or vault to a separate structure.
What is a buttress?
The Pax Romana was a period of peace and stability throughout the Roman Empire under the rule of this emperor, who reigned from 27 BC to AD 14.
Who is Augustus?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir tries to take the One Ring from Frodo, leading to a critical moment of the story. He is the son of this ruler of Gondor.
Who is Denethor?
In the early 19th century, this mystery writer published The Murders in the Rue Morgue, often credited as the first modern detective story.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Which country is the largest producer of coffee in the world?
What is Brazil?
The Alhambra, a famous palace and fortress complex, is located in this Spanish city.
What is Granada?
This 1815 event ended the Napoleonic Wars, resulting in Napoleon's final defeat at the hands of British and Prussian forces.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
This 1941 novel by Daphne du Maurier is a gothic romance that explores the mysterious life of a woman whose death haunts her widower.
What is Rebecca?
This detective, created by Agatha Christie, solved his first case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles and often relies on his "little grey cells" to crack cases.
Who is Hercule Poirot?
Which country has the most pyramids?
What is Sudan?
This 17th-century Baroque architect and sculptor is renowned for designing St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City and the grandiose St. Peter’s Basilica.
Who is Gian Lorenzo Bernini?
This Roman historian wrote The History of Rome and was one of the main sources of knowledge about early Roman history.
Who is Livy?
This 1907 play by George Bernard Shaw explores the relationship between two characters, Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, and the themes of language, class, and identity.
What is Pygmalion?
This 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett features a private detective investigating the case of a valuable statuette that has mysterious origins and leads to a deadly pursuit.
What is The Maltese Falcon?
Which is the largest landlocked country in the world?
What is Kazakhstan?
This innovative 19th-century British engineer and architect is famous for creating the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851, a structure made of glass and iron.
Who is Joseph Paxton?
What war did the Treaty of Paris end in 1856?
What is the Crimean War?
Name this lesser known Dostoevsky novel: This novel, set in St. Petersburg, follows a young man’s obsession with an idealized woman, depicting his attempts to manipulate the emotions of others and confront his own moral flaws.
What is The Gambler?
Conspiracy theories about the Denver airport suggest that its layout resembles this symbol, which is often associated with secret societies.
What is the swastika?