Where in the World?
Known for its canals and gondolas, this Italian city is built across a lagoon rather than on solid mainland.
What is Venice?
This London landmark, completed in 1859, became famous for its four clock faces and its association with the Palace of Westminster.
What is Big Ben?
She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
This song from The Sound of Music lists a collection of small pleasures, from whiskers on kittens to warm woolen mittens.
What is My Favorite Things?
This German Baroque composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos and the Mass in B minor.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
This Egyptian city sits near the Nile and is the gateway to the pyramids of Giza.
What is Cairo?
This naturalist's 1859 book challenged traditional ideas about the origins of species and became one of the most influential scientific works of the era.
What is On the Origin of Species?
This country became the first nation to grant women the right to vote in national elections.
What is New Zealand?
In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye sings this famous number while imagining what his life would be like if he were wealthy.
What is If I Were a Rich Man?
This Russian composer wrote The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This city straddles the Bosporus, putting part of it in Europe and part in Asia.
What is Istanbul?
This famous London criminal became associated with a series of unsolved murders in the Whitechapel district in 1888.
Who is Jack the Ripper?
This ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu and created an enormous road network across the Andes.
What is the Inca?
This song from A Chorus Line recounts a dancer's childhood memory of being encouraged by her teacher and became the show's signature number.
What is What I Did For Love?
This Polish composer and virtuoso became famous for his piano compositions, including numerous nocturnes and études.
Who is Frédéric Chopin?
This Southeast Asian city-state is both a country and a city, occupying the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
What is Singapore?
This British prime minister served twice under Queen Victoria and became closely associated with the Conservative Party.
Who is Benjamin Disraeli?
This country is the world's only sovereign state whose territory consists entirely of islands.
What are the Maldives?
In The Music Man, con man Harold Hill uses this song to convince River City residents that their children need musical instruments.
What is Ya Got Trouble?
This Austrian composer was famous for his symphonies, including the unfinished Symphony No. 8, often called the “Unfinished.”
Who is Franz Schubert?
This African city is sometimes called the “Mother City” and sits beneath Table Mountain.
What is Cape Town?
This British nurse became known as “The Lady with the Lamp” for making nighttime rounds among wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This was the last novel published during Jane Austen's lifetime.
What is Persuasion?
This song from Cabaret is performed by Sally Bowles as she imagines a carefree life outside the troubles of the world around her.
What is Maybe This Time?
This English composer wrote The Planets, with movements named after celestial bodies and their associated mythological figures.
Who is Gustav Holst?