Animals
History
Big Screen
Geography
Space and Science
200

This reptile can live for over 150 years and is famous for its presence on the Galápagos Islands.

Giant Tortoise

200

This wall, built to separate East and West Germany, fell in 1989.

The Berlin Wall

200

This 2001 film was the first ever winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, beating out Monsters, Inc.  

Shrek

200

This "City of Lights" is the most visited city in France.

Paris

200

This is the closest star to Earth.

The Sun

300

This is the only continent on Earth where you will find wild kangaroos.

Australia

300

This 19th-century French leader declared himself Emperor and was eventually exiled to the island of Saint Helena.

Napoleon Bonaparte

300

This stop-motion studio, based in Oregon, is responsible for Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings.

Laika

300

This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering 30% of the surface.

Pacific Ocean

300

This "Red Planet" is home to the largest volcano in the solar system.

Mars

400

This is the specific term for a group of lions.

A Pride

400

This 14th-century pandemic, also known as the "Black Death," wiped out an estimated 30% to 60% of Europe's population.

The Bubonic Plague

400

This 1988 cyberpunk classic brought adult anime to the West.

Akira
400

This is the most populous city in the world (as of 2024).

Tokyo

400

This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.

Nitrogen

500

Though it looks like a bear, this Australian marsupial's closest living relative is actually the wombat.

A Koala

500

This famous Code of Laws from ancient Mesopotamia is best known for the principle "an eye for an eye."

The Code of Hammurabi

500

Before Pixar dominated CGI, this 1994 film by Amblimation was the first to use a digital ink-and-paint process called "Animo."  

Balto 

500

This mountain in Tanzania is the highest peak in Africa.

Mt. Kilimanjaro

500

The name of the first artificial satellite launched in 1957.

Sputnik-1

600

This highly intelligent cephalopod has three hearts and blue blood.

Octopus

600

This Russian monk and mystic heavily influenced the family of Tsar Nicholas II before his own colorful assassination in 1916.

Grigori Rasputin

600

This 1988 film is historically significant for being the first major collaboration between Disney and Warner Bros., featuring characters from both studios on screen together.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

600

Only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf.

Iran

600

The distance light travels in a single year

A Light-Year