CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES
Louis XIV & Kylian Mbappé
WHAT IS PARIS?
Je m'appelle Jacques
WHAT IS FRENCH?
This food’s name actually means “vinegared rice” in Japanese, not “raw fish”
WHAT IS SUSHI?
2014 and 2022: this Argentine legend currently playing for Inter Miami
WHO IS LIONEL MESSI?
World War II began when Germany invaded this country in September 1939
WHAT IS POLAND?
She was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, in physics and chemistry
WHO IS MARIE CURIE?
Xi Jinping & Ai Weiwei
WHAT IS BEIJING?
Me llamo Diego
WHAT IS SPANISH?
Smorgasbord is a buffet-style meal originally from this Scandinavian country
WHAT IS SWEDEN?
2006: this bald Frenchman, despite being red carded for a headbutt in the Cup final
WHO IS ZINEDINE ZIDANE?
Japan surrendered shortly after atomic bombs were dropped on these two cities
WHAT ARE HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI?
In “Breaking Bad”, Walter White took his pseudonym from this quantum physicist known for his uncertainty principle
WHO IS WERNER HEISENBERG?
Augustus Caesar & Sergio Leone
WHAT IS ROME?
Ich heiße Jakob
WHAT IS GERMAN?
Though we call them french fries in America, this country bordering France claims to have invented them
WHAT IS BELGIUM?
1998: this Brazilian striker known as “R9”, not to be confused with a similarly-named Portuguese footballer
WHO IS RONALDO?
U.S. President for most of the war, he broke tradition by serving four terms in that role
WHO IS FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT?
This Italian physicist and astronomer measured gravity by dropping objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in 1590
WHO IS GALILEO?
Hergé & Jean-Claude Van Damme
WHAT IS BRUSSELS?
私はジェームズです
(Watashi wa Jemuzu desu)
WHAT IS JAPANESE?
This Mexican-American food takes its name from the Spanish for “little donkey”
WHAT IS A BURRITO?
1986: this Argentine great, who scored the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century in a five minute span
WHO IS DIEGO MARADONA?
The battle of this city named for the wartime Soviet leader was a major turning point for the Allies
WHAT IS STALINGRAD?
Considered the father of bacteriology and germ theory, this Frenchman is credited with saving millions of lives by popularizing vaccines
WHO IS LOUIS PASTEUR?
Gustav Klimt & Niki Lauda
WHAT IS VIENNA?
меня зовут Яков
(menya zovut Yakov)
WHAT IS RUSSIAN?
Bulgogi and bibimbap are popular dishes from this country’s cuisine
WHAT IS (SOUTH) KOREA?
2018: this Croatian captain who led his country to the finals that year
WHO IS LUKA MODRIĆ?
He led the Free French resistance fighters during the war and later served as President from 1959-69
WHO IS CHARLES DE GAULLE?
The first periodic table of the elements is commonly credited to this Russian scientist
WHO IS DMITRI MENDELEEV?