General History
This famous Chinese landmark stretches more than 13,000 miles across northern China.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This American inventor is famous for creating the first practical light bulb and founding General Electric.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This K-pop song by PSY became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.
What is “Gangnam Style”?
This November holiday in the U.S. celebrates gratitude, family gatherings, and lots of turkey.
What is Thanksgiving?
Made from spicy fermented cabbage, this dish is Korea’s most famous side and appears at almost every meal.
What is kimchi?
This U.S. document, adopted in 1776, announced independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Scientists from around the world study this massive rainforest in Brazil, home to one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This ballet by Tchaikovsky performed every winter, includes a magical toy that comes to life.
What is The Nutcracker?
This world-famous festival in Brazil features colorful parades, samba dancing, and elaborate costumes in the days before Lent.
What is Carnival?
This bright red soup made with beets and often topped with sour cream is a traditional Russian dishe.
What is borscht?
This famous empress ruled Russia for 34 years and expanded its territory in the 1700s.
Who is Catherine the Great?
This South Korean company is one of the world’s biggest makers of smartphones and TVs.
What is Samsung?
Known for songs like “The Girl from Ipanema,” this smooth, jazz-infused genre from Brazil became a global sensation in the 1960s.
What is bossa nova?
Falling on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, this Chinese festival celebrates the harvest with glowing lanterns and round mooncakes.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Cooked low and slow over wood or charcoal, this tender cut of beef is a staple of Texas barbecue.
What is brisket?
Brazil holds the record for the most international championship wins in this sport.
What is soccer (football)?
Originally used for fireworks, this explosive Chinese invention later changed warfare forever.
What is gunpowder?
Often called “Asia’s Romeo and Juliet,” this tragic Chinese legend tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, who are transformed into butterflies after death.
What is The Butterfly Lovers?
It may sound like Christmas, but on this Russian holiday, children await gifts from a bearded figure in a long blue coat named Ded Moroz, or “Grandfather Frost.”
What is New Year’s Day?
In Brazil, these restaurants serve endless cuts of grilled meat brought to your table on skewers by waiters called passadores.
What are churrascarias?
King Sejong created this writing system in the 1400s, still used in Korea today.
What is Hangul?
Before becoming a leading figure in ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging, this scientist earned his Ph.D. in Physics and Applied Mathematics from Moscow State University and the Institute for Mathematical Problems in Biology.
Stanislav Emelianov
Known as the “King of Rock and Roll,” this American singer made hits like “Jailhouse Rock” and “Hound Dog.”
Who is Elvis Presley?
Often compared to Thanksgiving, this Korean harvest festival is celebrated with family gatherings, ancestral memorials, and rice cakes called songpyeon.
What is Chuseok?
This famous Beijing dish features crispy roasted duck served with thin pancakes, scallions, and sweet bean sauce.
What is Peking duck?