Global City Guides
Though Istanbul is larger, this city is the official capital of Turkey, named after a type of fleece often used for scarves.
What is Ankara
The titular protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel who throws lavish parties in West Egg while pining for Daisy Buchanan.
Who is Jay Gatsby
The visible vapor we often call "fog" or "mist" that forms when air near the ground cools below its dew point.
What is cloud
The year the American Declaration of Independence was signed, forever changing the course of colonial history.
What is 1776
This famous Abba track had the longest monarch reign in British history
What is Dancing Queen Elizabeth
This capital city of New Zealand shares its name with a famous English general who served in the Napoleonic Wars.
What is Wellington
This British author created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, a man known for his incredible powers of deduction.
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This instrument is used to measure air pressure and often helps forecasters predict short-term changes in the weather.
What is a Barometer
This famous abolitionist edited the influential anti-slavery newspaper The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass
You might go here to get your taxes done and grab a quick tape rental for the week.
What is H&R Blockbuster
This city in Eastern Europe, which is the capital of Hungary, is famous for being divided by the Danube River into two historic halves.
What is Budapest
The fictional island nation ruled by a king named Alonso, and where the character of Caliban lives, in the Shakespeare play The Tempest.
What is Naples
This swirling, funnel-shaped column of air must make contact with both the ground and the base of a cloud to earn its fearsome name.
What is a Tornado
The period of rebuilding and transformation that took place in the South following the end of the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
A certain ancient civilisation that men obsess over (apparently) in a tiktok trend becomes a Jay-Z song about New York City
The Roman Empire State of Mind
Formerly known as Salisbury, this city is the capital of Zimbabwe and is the most populous city in the country.
What is Harare
Published in 1951, this novel by J.D. Salinger is narrated by the cynical teenage protagonist Holden Caulfield.
What is The Catcher in the Rye
A term used to describe a change in climate that is caused by an increase in the Earth's average surface temperature.
What is Global Warming (or Climate Change)
The 1803 land deal, brokered with France, that almost doubled the size of the United States.
What is The Louisiana Purchase
The historic heart of New Orleons that is a classic McDonalds staple.
The French Quarter Pounder
The capital of Vietnam, whose name translates to "inside the river," often refers to its location near the Red River.
What is Hanoi
The name of the family whose fortunes and struggles in the Mississippi Delta are tracked through William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury.
Who are The Compsons
This type of large, towering cloud is recognizable by its flat anvil-shaped top and is often associated with thunderstorms and hail.
What is Cumulonimbus
The name given to the route of forced relocation of several Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeast.
What is The Trail of Tears
A late summer art festival in the Nevada desert that has a place for his pool table and beer posters.
Burning Man Cave