Geography
The river which forms the border between Texas and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
The year the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
What happened in 1979?
The author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Who is Harper Lee?
Afghanistan's national dance
What is attan?
The U.S. space mission that was the first to land humans on the moon
What is Apollo 11?
The largest lake in Afghanistan
What is Band-e Amir?
The first U.S. President to live in the White House
Who is John Adams?
The author of "The Kite Runner", a novel set partly in Afghanistan
Who is Khaled Hosseini?
The famous American museum on Fifth Avenue in New York that houses over 2 million works of art
What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The famous Afghan astronomer and mathematician who wrote the "Canon of Medicine"
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
The state known as the "Crossroads of America"
What is Indiana?
Afghanistan's first president after the monarchy ended in 1973
Who is Mohammed Daoud Khan?
The civil rights activist and author of "I know why the caged bird sings"
Who is Maya Angelou?
The name of Afghanistan's traditional plucked string instrument
What is rubab?
The satellite navigation system that was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense
What is GPS?
The mountain range that covers approximately 75% of Afghanistan's territory
What is Hindu Kush?
The first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
What is Delaware?
The famous 13th-century Persian poet who was born in what is now Afghanistan
Who is Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi)?
The musical genre originated in New Orleans in the early 20th century
What is jazz?
Afghanistan's most valuable mineral resource, estimated to be worth trillions
What is lithium?
The U.S. city built on a series of forty-two hills
What is San Francisco?
The ancient name of Afghanistan during the Persian Empire
What is Bactria?
The setting of the novel "The Great Gatsby"
What is Long Island, New York?
The UNESCO World Heritage site in Afghanistan that featured giant Buddha statues, destroyed in 2001
What is the Bamiyan Valley?
The American scientist known as the "father of the atomic bomb"
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?