Geography Pot Pourri
Buzzer Beaters
Second most famous lines
Top of the Charts
Back in the 60s
100
This lake in Siberia is the deepest in the world.
Baikal
100
Alex Burrows
100
This authors most famous line says happy families are all alike, but the first line of his other door stopper novel says: “Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes."
Leo Tolstoy
100
This shining track, which beat Circles by Post Malone and The Box by Roddy Ricch in 2019, has become the most streamed song of all time.
Blinding Lights
100
Back in my day, Abraham Lincoln became president, won the American Civil War, and then got assassinated in this decade.
1860s
200
This city is the Northernmost provincial capital in Canada.
Edmonton
200
Though only playing one season for the Toronto Raptors, this player scored a pivotal last second shot to beat the Philadelphia 76ers and went on to win Finals MVP.
Kawhi Leonard
200
This 19th century novelist begins her other book like this: "The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex." I wonder if any of the Dashwoods are also looking for a wife...
Jane Austen
200
In 2012, this track promoting sustainable fashion beat Blurred Lines and Radioactive.
Thrift Shop
200
Back in my day, King Charles II returned from exile to reestablish the monarchy in England, marking the beginning of the Restoration period in this decade.
1660s
300
This city served as the imperial capital of Japan from 794 until 1868.
Kyoto
300
This player famously threw his bat after hitting the winning home run in Game 5 of the 2015 playoffs for the Blue Jays.
Jose Bautista
300
Not sure if it was in April, but this author's other novel starts like this: "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes."
George Orwell
300
Set your clocks back to 2009 to experience this dance track that beat Need You Now by Lady Antebellum and Hey Soul Sister by Train. Slayyyter may have learned a thing or two from this one...
Tik Tok
300
Back in my day, we had an Industrial Revolution, the Seven Years War, and the Stamp Act which added fuel to the fire growing in the American Colonies in this decade.
1760s
400
This is the longest continuous mountain chain on land, spanning 7 countries and 7000 km.
Andes
400
This player scored the winning goal for Germany at the 2014 World Cup in the 113th minute of extra time.
Mario Gotze
400
You can sure call this author a nautical enthusiast based on this opening line from a much shorter novella of his: "In the time before steamships, or then more frequently than now, a stroller along the docks of any considerable seaport would occasionally have his attention arrested by a group of bronzed marines, man-of-war's men or merchant sailors in holiday attire ashore on liberty"
Herman Melville
400
This incomparable Beyonce single from 2006 beat out Rihanna's Umbrella and Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape.
Irreplaceable
400
Back in my day, William the Conqueror began the Norman conquest of England by defeating King Harold at the Battle of Hastings which led to William being crowned King of England in this decade.
1060s
500
Jean Rhy's 1966 novel, written as a prequel to Jane Eyre, is named after this sea without coastlines.
Sargasso Sea
500
This wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings ran 61 yards for a touchdown in the final seconds of a playoff game against the New Orleans Saints. Some call it the Minneapolis Miracle...
Stefon Diggs
500
Here's the first line of this American's second best book: "On the pleasant shore of the French Riviera, about half way between Marseilles and the Italian border, stands a large, proud, rose-colored hotel."
Here's some advice to turn over in your mind, the novel's title references Keats' Ode to a Nightingale.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
500
Do you remember this Nickelback track from 2001? It beat out Foolish by Ashanti and Hot in Herre by Nelly.
How You Remind Me
500
Back in my day, the Ottomans were taking over the world, some guy named da Vinci started painting in Florence, and we had the War of the Roses (you probably read about it in one of Shakespeare's four plays about it) in this decade.
1460s