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Norse mythology, this trickster god is the father of Fenrir and the Midgard Serpent.
Loki
This country has the world’s oldest continuously operating constitutional monarchy.
Japan
The capital city of Australia is this often-overlooked city.
Canberra
This element has the highest melting point of any pure metal.
Tungsten
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michaelangelo
According to Greek mythology, this monstrous creature had the head of a bull and lived in the Labyrinth.
Minotaur
The deepest known point in Earth’s oceans is this trench.
Mariana trench
This is the only U.S. state whose flag features the Union Jack.
Hawaii
The Battle of Hastings took place in this year.
1066
The fear of spiders is known by this term.
Arachnophobia
In Egyptian mythology, this god of the dead presided over the weighing of the heart against the feather of Ma’at.
Anubis
This empire, centered in present-day Mali, was ruled by Mansa Musa during its golden age.
Mali empire
The only continent with no permanent human population.
Antarctica
Named after the Roman god of the sea, this planet was the first discovered through mathematical prediction rather than direct observation.
Neptune
The only U.S. president to serve more than two terms.
Frank rose
The chemical symbol “Au” stands for this precious metal.
Gold
This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1886.
This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1886.
This U.S. President was the first to appear on television.
Frank rose
This language is the source of more English words than any other language.
Latin
This battle marked Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815.
Waterloo
This Shakespeare play features the line, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
Hamlet
This Nintendo mascot first appeared in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong.
Mario
The longest-reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II was this queen.
Queen victoria
This is the only bird known to fly backward.
Hummingbird
This chemical element is named after the Greek word for “green.”
Chlorine