History
This 1770 event saw British soldiers fire into a crowd, killing five civilians and fueling anti-British sentiment across the American colonies.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This major tennis tournament, held annually in Melbourne, is the first of the four Grand Slam events played each calendar year.
What is the Australian Open?
This massive bay in northeastern Canada, named for an English explorer, is the second-largest bay in the world by surface area.
What is Hudson Bay?
This historical epic directed by Ridley Scott follows a betrayed Roman general seeking vengeance.
What is Gladiator?
This iconic American rock band behind "Hotel California" released a Greatest Hits (1971–1975) album that remains one of the best-selling in U.S. history.
Who are The Eagles?
This 1911 discovery high in the Andes by Hiram Bingham brought widespread international attention to the lost Inca citadel.
What is Machu Picchu?
This baseball legend played his entire 20-year MLB career with the Boston Red Sox before being famously traded to the New York Yankees in 1919.
Who is Babe Ruth?
This capital city, located on the island of Honshu, was known as "Edo" until it was renamed in 1868.
What is Tokyo?
This 1980 sequel features the iconic revelation on Cloud City that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.
What is The Empire Strikes Back (or Star Wars: Episode V)?
This multi-instrumentalist genius released Purple Rain in 1984, serving as both the soundtrack to his film debut and his career-defining album.
Who is Prince?
This Russian monk and mystic gained enormous influence over Tsar Nicholas II's family before his infamous assassination in 1916.
Who is Grigori Rasputin?
In ice hockey, this penalty is assessed when a player shoots the puck from their half of the rink past the opponent's goal line without anyone touching it.
What is icing?
This mountain range acts as the traditional geographic boundary separating continental Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This acclaimed Japanese animation studio, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, produced classics like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.
What is Studio Ghibli?
This 1812 orchestral piece by Tchaikovsky commemorates Russia's defense against Napoleon and famously incorporates real cannon fire into its score.
What is the 1812 Overture?
This 1588 naval campaign saw England's fleet, aided by stormy weather, defeat a massive invading fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain.
What is the Spanish Armada?
This historic 1973 tennis event saw Billie Jean King defeat Bobby Riggs in three straight sets at the Houston Astrodome.
What is the "Battle of the Sexes"?
This large, landlocked body of water between Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran is the world's largest inland body of water.
What is the Caspian Sea?
This 1979 Ridley Scott sci-fi horror film features the memorable tagline: "In space, no one can hear you scream."
What is Alien?
This iconic 1971 rock anthem by Led Zeppelin, off their untitled fourth album, features Jimmy Page's famous guitar solo and Robert Plant's lyrics about a "lady who's sure all that glitters is gold."
What is "Stairway to Heaven"?
This 14th-century West African ruler of the Mali Empire is widely considered the wealthiest individual in world history, famous for his lavish pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
In 2021, Los Angeles Rams star Cooper Kupp captured the NFL's receiving "Triple Crown" by leading the league in receptions, yards, and touchdowns. He capsized the season by breaking the all-time record for total receiving yards in a single year (including the postseason), held previously by this star WR.
Who is Larry Fitzgerald?
Located in the Pacific Ocean, this undersea trench contains the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.
What is the Mariana Trench?
This 1968 Stanley Kubrick sci-fi landmark features a sentient, rogue supercomputer named HAL 9000.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
In 2018, this hip-hop star became the first non-classical and non-jazz artist in history to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?