World History
Built as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, this is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still largely standing.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Her Eras Tour became the first tour in history to gross over $1 billion.
Who is Taylor Swift?
Nintendo’s mustachioed plumber mascot has a brother named Luigi.
Who is Mario?
This Neapolitan dish is topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella.
What is pizza?
The 😂 emoji was Oxford Dictionaries’ 2015 “Word of the Year” under this official name.
What is “Face with Tears of Joy”?
Who is Christopher Columbus? this Italian navigator sailing for Spain reached the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This 2017 Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee hit was the first YouTube video to reach 3 billion views.
What is “Despacito”?
Released in 2000, this Sony console is the best-selling home console of all time.
What is the PlayStation 2?
Despite its name, this Paraguayan staple is a solid cornmeal, cheese and egg bread.
What is sopa paraguaya?
Often seen as “praying,” the 🙏 emoji’s official name describes this gesture.
What are “Folded Hands”?
Sealed by King John in 1215, this charter limited the power of the English monarchy.
What is the Magna Carta?
Adele’s 2011 album with “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You” is named for her age at the time.
What is 21?
Markus “Notch” Persson created this block-building game, bought by Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion.
What is Minecraft?
The world’s most expensive spice by weight comes from the stigmas of the crocus flower.
What is saffron?
This nonprofit consortium approves which emojis are added to the standard each year.
What is the Unicode Consortium?
The 1648 Peace of Westphalia ended this religious conflict that began in 1618.
What is the Thirty Years’ War?
At 18, this artist swept the “big four” Grammy categories in 2020 with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Who is Billie Eilish?
Released in 1998, this was Sega’s last home console.
What is the Dreamcast?
In French cooking, this cooked mixture of flour and fat is used to thicken sauces.
What is a roux?
Shigetaka Kurita created the first widely known emoji set in the late 1990s in this country.
What is Japan?
This Mali emperor’s 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca, with huge amounts of gold, reportedly crashed gold’s value in Cairo.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This 2022 album was the first entirely Spanish-language album nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys.
What is Un Verano Sin Ti (Bad Bunny)?
This BioWare RPG won Game of the Year at the very first Game Awards in 2014.
What is Dragon Age: Inquisition?
Béchamel, velouté, espagnole and hollandaise are four of the French mother sauces. This tomato-based one is the fifth.
What is sauce tomate?
“Emoji” comes from two Japanese words meaning this and “character.”
What is “picture”?