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Twentieth Century Disney

World War Two

World Capitals
200

In August 1814, British forces set fire to the White House and the Capitol during this conflict.

Answer: What is The War of 1812?

200

This 1859 Dickens novel begins: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Answer: What is A Tale of Two Cities? 

200

This 1937 film was Disney's first full-length animated feature and was dubbed "Disney's Folly" during production.

Answer: What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ?

200

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched this massive amphibious invasion of Normandy, France.

Answer: What is D-Day (Operation Overlord)?

200

This "City of Light" is home to the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum.

Answer: What is Paris?

400

Founded in 1751, this neighborhood is actually 40 years older than the District of Columbia itself.

Answer: What is Georgetown?

400

This Suzanne Collins trilogy features a televised fight to the death in the nation of Panem.

Answer: What is the Hunger Games?

400

In Pinocchio, this insect serves as the puppet’s official conscience.

Answer: Who is Jiminy Cricket?

400

Code-named "Operation Barbarossa," this was the Axis powers' massive 1941 invasion of this country.

Answer: What is The Soviet Union (USSR)?

400

You’ll find the Spanish Steps and the Colosseum in this "Eternal City."

Answer: What is Rome?

600

This 1790 act of Congress officially established the Potomac River as the site for the new national capital.

Answer: What is The Residence Act?

600

F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece about a mysterious millionaire and his obsession with Daisy Buchanan.

Answer: What is the Great Gatsby?

600

It was the first animated film ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Answer: What is Beauty and the Beast?

600

Six U.S. Marines were famously photographed raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during this 1945 battle.

Answer: What is The Battle of Iwo Jima?

600

In 2024, this country began officially moving its capital from Jakarta to a new city called Nusantara.

Answer: What is Indonesia?

800

Washington, D.C. is divided into four of these, which meet at the U.S. Capitol Building.

Answer: What is Quadrants?

800

This "Master of the Macabre" wrote about a talking bird that repeatedly croaks "Nevermore."

Answer: Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

800

This 1993 Halloween cult classic stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters.

Answer: What is Hocus Pocus?

800

He was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and later became the 34th President of the United States.

Answer: Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?

800

It replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960.

Answer: What is Brasília?

1000

This "Institution," nicknamed "the nation's attic," consists of 19 museums and a National Zoo.

Answer: What is The Smithsonian?

1000

This 14-line poetic form was used extensively by Shakespeare and usually ends in a rhyming couplet.

Answer: What is A Sonnet?

1000

In Mulan, the title character disguises herself as a soldier and takes on this male pseudonym.

Answer: Who is Ping?

1000

This Emperor of Japan remained the head of state throughout the war and the subsequent American occupation.

Answer: Who is Emperor Hirohito?

1000

This Egyptian city is the largest in the Arab world and is located near the Giza Pyramids.

Answer: What is Cairo?

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