Artists & Symbols
People & Influence
Music & Instruments
Places & Landmarks
Animals & Wildlife
Dance & Traditions
Foods & Culture
100
This Dutch Artist created hundreds of works (including this famous work). He was regarded for his use of vibrant colors and heavy brush strokes.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
100
Name this Samoan Entertainer, Actor, and Voice Artist who celebrated his Polynesian Ancestry when he voiced the Demi-god Maui in Moana.
Who is Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)?
100
This stringed Hawaiian instrument is like a tiny guitar.
What is a Ukulele?
100
We learned about Reggae music and Bob Marley when we visited this island nation in the Caribbean.
What is Jamaica?
100
In Romania we saw these very large bovine mammals that are gradually making a comeback (normally when we think about them we envision the wild west and plains or the back of some nickels).
What are Buffalo or Bison?
100
This traditional type of music and step-dancing has a really short name, it is as popular here in the US as it is in Ireland where it originated.
What is a Jig?
100
In Japan they are surrounded by water, so many of their meals utilise seafood or fish. This is the name they use for raw fish and rice?
What is Sushi?
200
This American Artist was born in Massachusetts, studied in Paris, and taught at Howard University for nearly 50 years.
Who is Lois Mailou Jones?
200
This Austrian Composer from Vienna.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
200
This US Army Veteran, lover of karate, automobiles, and flashy jumpsuits was dubbed "The King of Rock & Roll".
Who is Elvis Presley?
200
We visited this Italian city that has canals full of gondolas instead of roads and saw fantastic masks, as people dressed up to celebrate Carnival.
What is Venice?
200
In the northernmost parts of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, & Finland) we learned about the Sami People who to this day and herd/raise these animals.
What are Reindeer?
200
This Tennessean superstar known for her amazing dance moves has been dubbed The Queen of Rock'n'Roll and topped the charts for decades.
Who is Tina Turner?
200
In Canada you can have one of these sweet treats named for the flat tail of a North American mammal.
What is a Beaver Tail?
300
This Spanish Modernist/Cubist Artist held the record for the most expensive painting ever sold at auction up until 2017.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
300
The tomb of this Pharaoh was found almost entirely intact, making him the most well-known Pharaoh ever.
Who is Tutankhamun or King Tut?
300
This French Impressionist Composer was born into poverty, however his musical talents propelled him to the position of being one of the most influential composers of the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
Who is Claude Debussy?
300
This type of Martial Art originated in Shaolin Temples in China.
What is Kung Fu?
300
We learned about these wild big cats of North America when we visited The Smokey Mountain National Park.
What are Bobcats?
300
In Greece we learned about this traditional music and dance.
What is Zorba?
300
This Russian dish is over 250 years old, and is now one of the most popular dishes around the world.
What is Beef Stroganoff?
400
This artist celebrated her Mexican heritage in her paintings, and is one of the most globally renowned and artists to ever exist.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
400
We learned about the history of country music, Dolly Parton and the Grand Ole Opry when we visited this state.
What is Tennessee?
400
This type of Mexican Band features a lot of different instruments: usually 6 violins, 3 trumpets, 1 bass guitar, 1 guitar, and 1 vihuela (tiny guitar like a ukulele), and an accordion. They often wear very fancy matching outfits too.
What is a Mariachi Band?
400
In this German capital city, right between the River Spree and the Kupfergraben Canal you'll find Museum Island filled with National Treasures, as well as the Brandenburg Gate, The Reichstag, part of the Wall that once separated Germany from East Germany during the cold war, the Holocaust Memorial, and more.
What is Berlin?
400
These are the only types of bears that choose to be vegetarians.
What are Pandas?
400
This traditional dance and music of Spain is never choreographed, instead it is like a language silently communicated, between the dancer and guitar player.
What is Flamenco?
400
In Germany we saw lots of delicious foods but none as sweet as this cake named for a forested region in the south-western part of the country.
What is Black Forest Cake?
500
This Austrian Artist was a founder of art nouveau and worked with gold leaf, he had an entire gold period.
Who is Gustav Klimt?
500
In Barcelona we visited the fantastic structures created by this Catalan, nicknamed "God's Architect" who was inspired by nature and is referred to as a modernist.
Who is Antoni Gaudi?
500
The guzheng is the Chinese equivalent of this instrument.
What is a zither?
500
Exploring caves in this country we didn't find bats (or vampires) but we did find an underground amusement park and lake in an abandoned salt mine 250 ft. below the ground at Salina Turda.
What is Transylvania?
500
Name this wild Australian dog.
What is a Dingo?
500
In Hawaii we learned about this type of dance & music that expresses the language of nature.
What is Hula?
500
This is an Irish-American food tradition that is usually served on St. Patrick's Day in the US.
What is Corned Beef & Cabbage?
600
We learned about this French artist. He began was a founder of Fauvism, but the art form he is best known for is the one he invented himself which he called "Painting With Scissors".
Who is Henri Emile Benoit Matisse?
600
This Canadian is a Country Music Superstar, she had hits with "That don't impress me much" and "Man, I feel like a woman".
Who is Shania Twain?
600
This is the center of musical cinema in India, defined by elaborate dance sequences, drama, and singing. The name sounds similar to Hollywood but one letter is different.
What is Bollywood?
600
This iconic building, is globally recognized for its roof panels shaped like sails and is synonymous with the capital of New South Wales, Australia.
What is The Sydney Opera House?
600
This big cat can be found in the Amazon Rainforest, central, and even a small part of North America.
What are Jaguars?
600
We saw Aztec Fire Dancers when we visited this North American Country.
What is Mexico?
600
The most popular salad dressing in the U.S. originated in Santa Barbara in the 1950s. It’s made from buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt, onions, garlic and other seasonings.
What is Ranch Dressing?
700
We learned all about this Japanese style of Art, and this Great Wave piece by Hokusai. This art form was so powerful it is still practiced today.
What is Wood Block Printing?
700
We learned all about this American singer, pilot, and nature conservationist when we visited The Rocky Mountain National Park.
Who is John Denver?
700
We learned about these instruments when we visited this Island Nation. They are named for the material they are made from.
What are Steel Drums?
700
This city in Michigan is known as the Motor City because it's where Ford created his automotive empire. It was also home to Motown Records that boasted some of the biggest artists of the 1950s & 60s including Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Marvelettes, The Temptations, & The Supremes. 
What is Detroit?
700
This is the slowest mammal on earth.
What are is a sloth?
700
This is considered one of the most challenging forms of dance to master due to the athleticism that it requires. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote two of the most famous performances for this style of dance ever, The Nutcracker & Swan Lake.
What is Ballet?
700
We learned about this food in China which you can also get in restaurants here. They are typically served steamed or pan-fried and has an interesting history tied to Chinese New Year.
What are Dumplings?
800
This surrealist artist was easily recognized by his iconic pencil-thin moustache.
Who is Salvador Dali?
800
This British Artist is a Global Icon, he owns over 1,000 pairs of glasses and taught himself how to play the piano.
Who is Sir Elton John?
800
This Holiday is celebrated in New Orleans with a Carnival, Parades, and a Second Line Band.
What is Mardi Gras?
800
This is the capital city of Japan, once called Edo, it's also the largest city in the world.
What is Tokyo?
800
This is the biggest cat in the world, and just like zebras- no two have the same markings.
What are Tigers?
800
We learned about this type of music and dance in Brazil.
What is Samba?
800
This country is where pizza originated.
What is Italy?
900
This mythical creature is part of the creation story in China, and all emperors/empresses were supposedly descendants of these beings.
What are Dragons?
900
In New Orleans we heard a lot of Jazz, and learned about one of the most famous Jazz musicians ever. His nickname was "Satchmo".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
900
This stringed instrument from India is similar to a guitar, but you have to sit while you play it.
What is a Sitar?
900
This huge city in Turkey formerly named Constantinople after Roman Emperor Constantine, used to be the capital, but now the capital is in Ankara and this city goes by a different name.
What is Istanbul?
900
These giant trees, grow all along the West Coast of North America (they're even mentioned in the song "This Land is Your Land"). Some are even 3,000 years old.
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What are Red Wood Trees?
900
The 1970s meant the age of Disco Dancing and one of the leading music groups came from Sweden, we even saw a museum dedicated to them in Stockholm. Their music even inspired two major motion pictures.
What is Abba?
900
This Mardi Gras Sweet treat is usually iced and decorated with the three traditional colors of the holiday (purple for justice, green for faith, and gold for power). If you're lucky you might find a plastic baby in your slice.
What is King Cake?
1000
This Huge Hollywood Movie Production was filmed in Greece, it helped stimulate their economy by increasing tourism to its many many islands.
What is Mamma Mia?
1000
This Civil Rights Acvtivist is memorialized with a National Holiday that is celebrated on the 15th of January in the US.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
1000
This British Music Group was called the Fab Four, they once had 12 songs on the top 100 hit list in a single week.
Who are The Beatles?
1000
This famous bridge with a song about it "falling down... my fair lady" is located in the Capital of England.
What is London?
1000
This is the only mammal in the world that has scales, it's also the most poached animal in the world.
What is a Pangolin?
1000
This style of dance originated amongst Black Americans who were enslaved, and utilized dance as artistic expression when they weren't allowed to have any physical possessions.
What is tap dance.
1000
This is considered the National Dish of The United Kingdom.
What is Fish & Chips?