Capital Cities
The "Four Great Ancient Capitals of China"
What are Beijing, Nanjing, Luoyang and Xi'an?
With a population of 1,660,272 it is the largest US State Capital.
What is Phoenix?
This was the tallest man-made construction in the world for almost 4,000 years, until Lincoln cathedral – with its 160m spire – was built in AD 1311.
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza?
It takes this up to 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to its surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
What is a photon?
The zip code of 4 Midchester Avenue, White Plains, NY.
What is 10606?
George Washington took the oath of office to become the first President of the United States from the balcony of the old City Hall, this first Capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
The first two names of this capital were almost "Squashtown" and "Pumpkinville".
What is Helena?
This is the only one of the Seven Wonders that is likely to have been purely legendary - there are no contemporary references in any of the known cuneiform tablets.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
The Earth has seasons because our planet's axis of rotation is tilted at this angle of degrees relative to our orbital plane.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The annual order of birthday celebrations for all current Schoenbergers (+Landis).
What is Josh, Mom, Dad, Kat, Stephen, Thomas, Kena?
Prior to 1918, this was the capital of Russia for more than 200 years.
What is Saint-Petersburg?
This state capital means "of the monks" in French.
What is Des Moines?
The majority of the Great Wall was building during this dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
Due to its incredibly high melting point, this is used to create lightbulb filaments, which can reach 4,500 degrees.
What is tungsten?
According to Zillow.com, this is the approximate square footage of 3 Sea road.
What is 3,500 feet?
Widely believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited capital city in the world, with evidence of habitation dating back at least 11,000 years.
What is Damascus?
The first Christmas celebration in North America took place in this future capital city in the 1500s.
What is Tallahassee?
Located in Agra it was one of the new 7 wonders of the of the world.
What is the Taj Mahal?
Pineapples, oranges, and tomatoes are all actually this type of fruit.
What are berries?
This is the total number of foreign countries the family has traveled to together.
What is 6? (Canada, Turks, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland)
After the unification of Italy in 1861, when Rome was still under the control of the Papal States, this was declared the first capital of Italy.
What is Turin?
At over 3,000 square miles, this capital city is larger than the state of Delaware.
What is Juneau?
His burial place was so magnificent that we now use his name to describe any grand tomb.
Who is Mausolos of Caria? (mausoleum)
It takes this about 60 seconds to travel once around the human body.
What is a blood cell?
The total number of eyes all Schoenberger pets have had.
What is 11? (Jackie = 1, Woofie = 2, Bandit = 1, Cicero = 1, Pumpkin = 2, Lilly = 2, Cody = 2)