Wonderful Writers
Fab Four
Female Leaders
Space Stuff
Native Peoples
100
The author of the book that begins with "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit"
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
100
This studio was where the Beatles recorded the vast majority of their music
What is Abbey Road Studios?
100
The Chancellor of Germany and main counterweight to Putin in Europe
Who is Angela Merkel?
100
A constellation seen around the world easily identified by a "belt" and a "sword"
What is Orion?
100
The name of the people who lived in Tenochtitlan, present day Mexico City
What is "Aztec"?
200
The first musician to win the Nobel prize in Literature, in 2016
Who is Bob Dylan?
200
The man most commonly referred to as "the fifth Beatle" and their producer
Who is George Martin?
200
The current youngest female head of state in the world, Sanna Marin, is from this country
What is Finland?
200
The closest planet to the Sun
What is Mercury?
200
This country is widely believed to have the largest number of uncontacted peoples in the world
What is Brazil?
300
The Russian author of a notoriously thick book which I keep telling myself I will read someday: War and Peace
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
300
The last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles
What is "The End"?
300
The head of state of Myanmar and Nobel laureate
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
300
These are at the center of many galaxies, including our own
What are black holes?
300
The forced relocation of approximately 60,000 Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to areas to the west of the Mississippi River following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, spearheaded by President Andrew Jackson, is commonly known by this name
What is the Trail of Tears?
400
The Ojibwe author of Native American-focused novels such as The Round House and The Plague of Doves, recognized as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance.
Who is Louise Erdrich?
400
The name of the band in which John, Paul and George first played together
What is The Quarrymen?
400
The President of Taiwan and an advocate for independence from China
Who is Tsai Ing-Wen?
400
A probe launched in 1977 which is now the most distant human-made object from Earth
What is Voyager 1?
400
The indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, are known worldwide for this traditional dance-like performance art, further popularized by the national rugby team
What is the Haka?
500
Chinua Achebe's most well-known work, which takes its title from an equally well-known poem by W.B. Yeats
What is Things Fall Apart?
500
The only non-Beatle to have played a guitar solo on a Beatles record (on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps")
Who is Eric Clapton?
500
The Prime Minister of New Zealand
Who is Jacinda Ardern?
500
The number of minutes it takes for sunlight to travel from the Sun to the Earth, ignoring seconds
What is eight?
500
These famous structures were built by Rapa Nui people on Easter Island
What are Moai?