World Capitals
Famous Inventors
Classic Literature
Science Innovations
Instruments
100

This city is the capital of Japan.

Tokyo

100

He is best known for inventing the light bulb.

Thomas Edison

100

This author wrote "Pride and Prejudice".

Jane Austen

100

This is the chemical symbol for water.

H2O

100

This instrument is known for its keys and is popular in both classical and jazz music.

Piano

200

This city, known for its iconic Opera House, is the capital of New South Wales, Australia.

Sydney

200

This inventor is credited with creating the first practical telephone.

Alexander Graham Bell

200

"To be, or not to be" comes from this Shakespeare play.

Hamlet

200

Penicillin, discovered in 1928, was the first true this.

Antibiotic

200

This stringed instrument is held between the legs and has a distinctive C-shape on its sides.

Cello

300

This city is not only the capital of its country but also the largest city in Scandinavia.

Stockholm

300

Known for his work with radio waves, this inventor's last name is synonymous with a unit of frequency.

Nikola Tesla/Heinrich Hertz

300

This novel by George Orwell presents a dystopian future where "Big Brother is watching you".

1984

300

This theory explains the behavior of particles on the atomic and subatomic levels.

Quantum mechanics

300

This wind instrument has a single-reed mouthpiece and is made of brass, despite being classified as a woodwind.

Saxophone

400

This city, the capital of Brazil, was founded on April 21, 1960, and is known for its modernist architecture.

Brasília

400

This Scottish inventor and engineer invented the first practical pneumatic tire.

John Boyd Dunlop

400

This epic poem by Homer is about the fall of Troy.

The Illiad

400

This element, with atomic number 92, was used to develop atomic energy and weaponry.

Uranium

400

This percussion instrument consists of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano.

Xylophone

500

This city is the capital of Lebanon and is famous for its history dating back over 5,000 years.

Beirut

500

This inventor developed the first successful polio vaccine in the 1950s.

Jonas Salk

500

This Russian author wrote "War and Peace".

Leo Tolstoy

500

CRISPR-Cas9 technology allows for this kind of genetic engineering.

Gene editing

500

This ancient stringed instrument was played in Greece over 3,000 years ago and is known for its role in the epic poetry of Homer.

Lyre

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