World Capitals
This locale is where you will find the capital of the United States of America
What is Washington DC or the District of Columbia?
A group of dolphins is called this, which can also refer to the seeds produced by a pea plant despite both organisms bearing no resemblance to each other.
What is a pod
This murder mystery novel by Delia Owens was published in 2018 and after being featured in Reese Witherspoon's book club, spent 2019 and 2020 atop the New York Times best-seller list, before being adapted into a feature film released in July 2022 starring Daisy Edgar-Jones
What is Where the Crawdads Sing?
There are this many planets in our solar system, one fewer than there used to be now that Pluto is no longer classified as a planet.
What is eight?
The capital city of Greece is named after the Greek Goddess of War and Wisdom. It is as old as 5,000 years and is home to numerous historical sites including the Acropolis and the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games were held.
What is Athens?
One of the most common names for a group of animals, this term is used to describe a variety of species, including deer, antelope, elephants, elk, cows, and goats
What is a herd?
This sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert was first published in 1965 and then evolved into an expansive sci-fi universe, which was also recently depicted in the 2021 movie of the same name, staring Timothee Chalamet as the novel's protagonist Paul Atreides.
What is Dune?
This galaxy, named after the daughter of Cassiopeia in Greek Mythology, is the next closest galaxy to our Milky Way, located a mere 2.5 million light years away. It also lends itself to the name of a sci-fi tv show which aired from 2000 to 2005.
What is the Andromeda galaxy.
Dhaka is the capital of this Asian country, found on the southern coast of the continent bordered by India and Myanmar. It is the eighth most populous country in the world, and shares its name with the majestic Bengal Tiger.
What is Bangladesh?
This name for a group of monkeys also lends itself to a well known idiom as well as the popular children's game which involves linking toy monkeys together in a chain.
What is a barrel of monkeys
Written in 1949, this novel explores a dystopian future imagined by author George Orwell, where humanity is under constant surveillance and governed by totalitarian regimes, most notably led by the mysterious Big Brother.
What is 1984?
Polaris, also known as the North Star is found at the end of this constellation, the smaller of a pair of star formations colloquially named after their resemblance to common kitchen utensils.
What is the Little Dipper, or Ursa Minor?
This city in New South Wales, situated between Sydney and Melbourne, is the capital of Australia
What is Canberra?
This morbid term is used to describe a group of crows, but also describes one of society's most heinous crimes. However, the prison sentence of 25 years for such a crime would exceed the maximum lifespan of a crow anyway.
What is a murder of crows?
This novel by J.D. Salinger was first published in 1951 and has since become a staple in high school classrooms while also being one of the most censored novels of all time. It also indirectly led to the death of John Lennon who was murdered by a man who aspired to mold his life after the novel's protagonist Holden Caufield.
What is the Catcher in the Rye?
A large star at the end of its lifecycle will explode in spectacular fashion known as this, and unlike the band Oasis might have you think, the explosion does not involve any champagne.
What is a supernova?
This land locked country in South America is famous for its salt flats and has two capital cities: Sucre, the constitutional capital referenced in the country's official constitution, and La Paz, the administrative capital where you find the seat of power in government.
What is Bolivia?
A group of ferrets is also known as this, another name for a commercial entity, which begs the question as to whether Bachman Turner Overdrive were really singing about climbing the corporate ladder, or if their hit song could have been renamed "Taking Care of Ferrets"
What is a business of ferrets?
This war novel written by Joseph Heller follows the story of a squadron of US Airforce pilots during WWII. The title of the novel has since been used to describe any paradoxical problem where the only solution is denied by circumstances that are fundamental to the problem itself.
What is Catch-22?
This planet, named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture, has as many as 146 moons orbiting around it, the most of any planet in our solar system.
What is Saturn?