Famous Rivers
What city is known as "river city"?
What is St. Louis?
This novel by Ray Bradbury depicts a future where books are burned and reading is illegal.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
In Spain, people eat 12 of these at midnight- one for each chime of the clock- to bring good luck.
What are grapes?
This 1975 musical by Stephen Sondheim features a cast of gamblers and includes the song "Luck be a Lady".
What is Guys and Dolls?
This mischievous duck who's always getting into trouble with Mickey, first appearing in The Wise Little Hen.
Who is Donald Duck?
This author created the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
This river flows through Paris and empties into the English Channel.
What is the Seine?
Frequently challenged for its language and themes, this John Steinbeck novel follows two migrant workers during the Great Depression.
What is Of Mice and Men?
In Denmark, people break these on the doorsteps of friends and family to bring good fortune for the new year.
What is Denmark?
This musical, based on a fairy tale, features the song "Tomorrow".
What is Annie?
This Disney film, released in 1967, features the songs "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wan'na Be Like You."
What us The Jungle Book?
This term in music means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
This European river passes through four capital cities: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.
What is Danube?
Banned in multiple countries for its political content, this George Orwell novel explores totalitarian surveillance.
What is 1984?
In Columbia, people carry these around the block to symbolize taking good luck with them into the new year.
What are empty suitcases?
This 1992 movie's soundtrack features the song "Seize The Day."
What is Newsies?
This child actor was the voice for Pinocchio in Disney's classic 1940 film.
Who is Dickie Jones?
The mathematician who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who was Isaac Newton?
This river, sacred in Hinduism, empties into the Bay of Bengal.
What is the Ganges?
This dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley was banned for its depictions of reproduction and social control.
What is Brave New World?
Vasilopita, a special New Year's cake has a coin hidden inside for good luck, is a tradition from this country.
What is Greece?
This 1987 musical, based on a Victor Hugo novel, includes the song "I Dreamed a Dream".
What is Les Miserables?
The three good fairies in Sleeping Beauty.
Who are Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather?
The treaty that ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What is the nickname for the Huang He river in China?
What is the "Yellow River"?
Challenged for its sexual content and language, this novel by J.D. Salinger is a staple of American literature.
What is The Catcher in the Rye?
In this country, people jump off chairs or steps at midnight to "leap" into the new year.
What is Denmark?
The longest-running show on Broadway, this gothic romance features a masked composer in Paris.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This is the name of Walt Disney's very first cartoon character.
Who is Oswald and the Lucky Rabbit?
The first artificial satellite launched into space.
What is Sputnik?