Historical Politics
This short-lived political party of Alexander Hamilton and John Adams supported consolidation of power in the federal government during the early years of the United States of America.
What is the Federalist Party?
This sport features two players across a table delivering open-hand strikes.
What is slap fighting?
This "Honest" US President went by a shortening of his first name.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In this popular family game, players buy and trade various real estate properties on a board based on Atlantic City, New Jersey.
What is Monopoly?
This region in northern California is known world-wide as a hub for high-tech corporations including Apple, Google and Meta.
What is Silicon Valley?
The Emperor of this South Asian empire often held durbars at his imperial palaces at Agra.
What is the Mughal Empire?
You might have a skip as captain of your team in this icy sport featuring brooms.
What is curling?
The "Miracle on Ice" ice hockey game ended in an unlikely win for the USA over this country in the 1980 Olympic Games.
What is the USSR?
This tile-drawing game, often called "ancient" in marketing materials, was actually invented in the 19th century.
What is Mahjong?
Survey and communications satellites are often placed in this type of orbit around the Earth.
What is geostationary orbit?
Robert Walpole is often called the first of this British Cabinet position after his consolidation of power as Chancellor of the Exchequer following the South Sea Company financial crisis.
What is the Prime Minister?
Magnus Carlsen and Muhammed Ali might be champions of their sports, but each would have difficulty with this combination of the two.
What is chessboxing?
This Pennsylvania city is "The Sweetest Place on Earth."
What is Hershey, PA?
What is sports betting?
Minecraft developer Mojang is headquartered in this archipelago European city.
What is Stockholm?
These are powerful Japanese corporate conglomerates that have exerted political power for centuries.
What are Zaibatsus?
This Arctic people group names an annual sporting event held in Fairbanks, AK, where games such as Drop the Bomb, Stick Pull, and Nalukataq (blanket toss) are played in an effort to preserve local cultural practices.
Who are the Eskimos?
This famous Chicago sight is often called "The Bean."
What is "Cloud Gate?"
In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, Alexei Ivanovich falls into ruin playing this popular casino game.
What is Roulette?
The magazine 2600: The Hackers Quarterly, which had origins in the phone phreaking community and late 20th century counter-culture, was based in this U.S. state, the setting of the 1995 film Hackers.
What is New York?
This was the highest political position of honor in the Roman Republic in times of peace, held only by former Consuls.
What is the Censor?
This "legging" endurance sport popular in Yorkshire, England was likely invented when poachers in the King's Woods hid the namesake animal in their trousers to avoid gamekeepers.
What is Ferret-Legging?
This Holy Roman Emperor who drowned in the Saleph River during the Third Crusade was called "Barbarossa," or "Red Beard."
Who is Frederick I?
In this casino game, you might see a pass line, a field, and a don't come bar.
What is Craps?
Legendary computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth was born in this city.
What is Milwaukee?