It's All Greek to Me
Broadway Musicals
World Records
Peek a Painting
The Great Lakes
For the Fun of It
Geography
100
This type of government gets its name from the Greek words dēmos, meaning 'the people,' and kratia, meaning power or rule.
Democracy
100
This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical opens with Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.
Oklahoma
100
The Glendale Cheerleading Team hold the world record for squeezing 20 of their team into this type of car.
A VW Bug
100
Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
Starry Night
100
This freighter sunk near Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior, November 10, 1975.
The Edmund Fitzgerald
100
A carnival attraction with trick mirrors, shifting floors, and other devices.
A Fun House
100
The capital of India.
New Delhi
200
This astronomical term comes from gala, the Greek word for milk.
Galaxy
200
This is Leonard Bernstein's Manhattan-street-gang version of Romeo and Juliet.
West Side Story
200
Kevin Shelley of Germany holds the world record for breaking 42 of these wooden bathroom fixtures in one minute using only his head.
Toilet Seats
200
Edvard Munch, 1893
The Scream
200
The St. Mary River connects Lake Superior with this other Great Lake.
Lake Huron
200
A time-honored warning, usually issued to children, against the potential dangers of rough or careless play.
It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye
200
This European river flows from Germany to the Black Sea and runs through the most national capital cities.
The Danube
300
The name of this scientific study comes from the Greek words geo, meaning earth, and graphia, meaning description or writing.
Geography
300
I Dreamed a Dream and One Day More are two numbers from this musical set in early 19th-century France.
Les Misérables
300
At 112.4 decibels, Neville Sharp of Australia holds the world record for being able to produce the loudest of these. For comparison, a jackhammer is 110 to 130 decibles.
Burps
300
Grant Wood, 1930.
American Gothic
300
Name six of the eight US states that border the Great Lakes.
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
300
To tease, laugh at, or joke about someone in a mocking way.
Make Fun Of or Poke Fun At
300
The largest city in Australia.
Brisbane
400
This heightened emotional state is named for the Ancient Greek goat-god, Pan.
Panic
400
With over 10,000 performances, this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is the longest running show in Broadway history.
The Phantom of the Opera
400
Zoe Ellis's record is unique, using just this muscle to stop 32 electric fans - plugged in and running - in a row.
Her Tongue (for her safety, the fans had plastic blades)
400
Sandro Botticelli, 1480's
The Birth of Venus
400
Michigan has the longest Great Lakes shoreline at roughly 3,300 miles, followed by this state, with approximately 820.
Wisconsin
400
A phrase, often used sarcastically, when something is considerably less enjoyable as one was told it would be.
Are We Having Fun Yet?
400
Where you would find the Cape of Good Hope.
The southern tip of Africa
500
This emotion derived its name from the Greek words melas, meaning black, and khole, meaning bile.
Melancholy
500
Denzel Washington took to Broadway in the spring of 2025 in the title role of this Shakespeare tragedy.
Othello
500
At sixty-years old, to get back in shape after surgery, retired nuclear engineer, Bernie Barker, earned his spot in the record books for being the oldest man to begin a new career as this.
A Male Stripper
500
Gustav Klimt, 1908
The Kiss
500
This Great Lake gets its name from the Wyandot Indian word for "lake of shining waters."
Lake Ontario
500
This race is usually a casual, friendly event held to raise money for charity, as opposed to a serious athletic competition.
Fun Run
500
The is the driest continent on Earth.
Antarctica