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100
This stringed Hawaiian instrument is like a tiny guitar.
What is a Ukulele?
100
The Dutch Artist who create hundreds of works including this famous work, regarded for its 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 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?
100
This country is where pizza originated.
What is Italy?
100
These are the only types of bears that choose to be vegetarians.
What are Pandas?
100
In Hawaii we learned about this type of dance & music that expresses the language of nature.
What is Hula?
200
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?
200
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?
200
We learned all about this American singer, pilot, and nature conservationist when we visited The Rocky Mountain National Park.
Who is John Denver?
200
This Street in New York City is the make it or break it Theatrical Capital of the world. Andrew LLoyd Weber's "Cats" was performed there for 18 years straight.
What is Broadway?
200
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?
200
Name this wild Australian dog.
What are Dingoes?
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?
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
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 Woodblock Printing?
300
This Austrian Composer from Vienna.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
300
We visited this mountain range when we went to Austria, but it actually runs through several European countries (including Switzerland, and that's probably the most famous portion of the mountain range).
What are The Alps?
300
On our Scandinavian Adventure we saw a lot of foods we're familiar with here (potato pancakes, pickled cabbage, potato salad, smoked fish, open-face sandwiches) and then this food. Here you may have them in spaghetti sauce, but in Sweden they're typically served in a sweet sauce like jam or gravy.
What are Swedish Meatballs?
300
This big cat can be found in China and the Himalayas, it is designed to perfectly blend in with wintry conditions.
What are Snow Leopards?
300
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
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
This American Artist was born in Massachusetts, studied in Paris, and taught at Howard University for nearly 50 years.
Who is Lois Mailou Jones?
400
This festival takes place on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year Celebration.
What is The Lantern Festival?
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
This is the most famous sandwich in Pennsylvania, it was invented in Philadelphia in 1930 by Pat Olivieri who was a hot dog vendor. Today if you order one you might say "whiz wit" or "whiz witout" to mean whether or not you want onions on yours.
What are Cheesesteaks?
400
In Australia we learned about the smallest penguins in the world, they get their name from small magical winged creatures.
What are Fairy Penguins?
400
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?
500
We learned about the history of country music, Dolly Parton and the Grand Ole Opry when we visited this state.
What is Tennessee?
500
This Russian artist was a founder of Abstraction and prominent Art Theorist. He had a condition called Synesthesia in which one sense becomes entwined with another, so he saw colors when he heard music, and heard music when he painted.
Who is Wassily Kandinksy?
500
The tomb of this Pharaoh was found almost entirely intact, making him the most well-known Pharaoh ever.
Who is Tutankhamun (or King Tut)?
500
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?
500
In Spain it's common to be given a complimentary "small plate" or "small dish" to accompany your drinks when you go out to a restaurant or cafe. This is what they call these savory dishes".
What are Tapas?
500
In the northernmost parts of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, & Finland) we learned about the Sami People, just like Sven in Frozen they live off the grid to this day and herd/raise these animals.
What are Reindeer?
500
We visited this country and saw a performance of Swan Lake at The Bolshoi Ballet.
What is Russia?
600
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.
Who are Abba?
600
This Austrian Artist was a founder of Art Nouveau and is most famous for his works utilising gold leaf and Byzantine style.
Who is Gustav Klimt?
600
In Tennessee we visited Memphis, this city is known as the Home of the Blues as well as the Birthplace of Rock'n'roll. Memphis is also the birthplace of this Queen of Soul who was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
600
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, Romania?
600
Travelling in the Alps you may see cows adorned with beautiful cowbells, and thanks to these cows this country invented milk chocolate.
What is Switzerland?
600
We learned about these wild big cats of North America when we visited The Smokey Mountain National Park.
What are Bobcats?
600
Every spring in Japan, people gather for large festivals to practice Hanami or flower viewing while picnicking together and watching these trees bloom.
What are Sakura (Cherry Blossom Trees)?
700
This was the first integrated music group in US history.
Who is Sly & The Family Stone?
700
This woman is known as the "Mother of American Modernism".
Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
700
In New Orleans we heard a lot of Jazz, and learned about one of the most famous Jazz musicians ever. His nickname was "Satchmo". One of his most recognizable hits is the song "What a Wonderful World".
Who is Lois Armstrong?
700
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?
700
The history of this Italian dessert is fairly short, but it is the most globally recognised.
What is Tiramisu?
700
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 Bison?
700
We learned about this Cuban American Artist as well as types of dance inspired by the music (like one of her most famous hits - Conga).
Who is Gloria Estefan?