Broadway Shows
Landmarks
Historical Disasters
One-Word Movie Titles
100
This is the longest running show in Broadway history. It closed its doors after 35 years in April 2023.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
100
The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, is a 163-story skyscraper. Name the city and the country in which it is located.
What is Dubai/the United Arab Emirates?
100
This famous ship sank on its first voyage in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
What is the RMS Titanic?
100
Ogre finds love.
What is Shrek?
200
Jonathon Groff played a royal role on stage and in the recorded version of this highly decorated work of historical fiction.
What is Hamilton?
200
Elizabeth Tower is the clock tower located in London, which houses this famous bell. (Many people call Elizabeth Tower by the name of the bell inside.)
What is Big Ben?
200
This city was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
What is Pompeii?
200
Shark terrorizes Amity Island.
What is Jaws?
300
Cynthia Erivo played the role of Celie in which Broadway musical, adapted from the 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. (Whoopi Goldberg played this character in the movie.)
What is The Color Purple?
300
This 13,000-mile long series of structures, built over a span of 2,000 years, is actually not visible from space (contrary to popular belief).
What is the Great Wall of China?
300
At outbreak of this disease killed millions in Europe during the 14th century and was known as the Black Death.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
300
Don't say the title character's name three times!
What is Beetlejuice?
400
One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, this Jonathan Larson show with a four-letter title featured characters singing about how they couldn't afford to pay their New York City landlord.
What is Rent?
400
This French landmark, famous for its Gothic architecture, was damaged by fire in 2019.
What is the Notre-Dame Cathedral?
400
This nuclear power plant exploded in modern-day Ukraine in 1986, causing widespread radioactive contamination.
What is Chernobyl?
400
"Do you like scary movies?"
What is Scream?
500
This classic Broadway musical, adapted for film in 1961 and again in 2021, features warring New York City gangs known as the Jets and the Sharks.
What is West Side Story?
500
This ancient structure in Greece was built as a temple to the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
500
This Indonesian volcano erupted in 1883, causing massive tsunamis and the destruction of an island.
What is Krakatoa?
500
Roman general seeks vengeance.
What is Gladiator?