Capitals (NO U.S.)
Songs by their First Word
The Meaning Behind It
Classic Movie Trivia
Word Origins and Language
400

This city is the capital of Australia.

What is Canberra?

400

“Hello” opens this Adele hit.

What is Hello?

400

This word means the study of the past.

What is history?

400

This 1975 film about a seaside threat was directed by Steven Spielberg.

What is Jaws?

400

This word comes from a Greek term meaning “fear.”

What is phobia?

800

This European capital sits on the River Vltava.

What is Prague?

800

“Is this the real life?” begins this song.

What is Bohemian Rhapsody.

800

This term refers to the fear of confined spaces.

What is claustrophobia?

800

This 1994 movie follows a man who unknowingly lives on a television set.

What is the Truman Show?

800

This English word comes from the Latin word meaning “to lead.”

What is conduct?

1200

This capital city is the highest in elevation in the world.

What is La Paz?

1200

“Buddy, you’re a boy…” opens this stadium anthem.

What is We Will Rock You?

1200

This word means the act of officially giving up power or responsibility.

What is abdication?

1200

This actor starred in both Forrest Gump and Cast Away.

Who is Tom Hanks?

1200

This word originally referred to a person who wrote with their left hand.

What is sinister?

1600

This Asian capital was formerly known as Edo.

What is Tokyo?
1600

“Just a small-town girl…” begins this song.

What is Don't Stop Believin?

1600

This word describes something open to more than one interpretation.

What is ambiguous?
1600

This Alfred Hitchcock film centers on a man with a fear of heights.

What is Vertigo?

1600

This word comes from French and means “to delay.”

What is procrastinate?

2000

This African capital shares its name with the country it governs.

What is Djibouti?

2000

“Sometimes I feel like I don’t have a partner…” opens this song.

What is Under the Bridge?

2000

This philosophical term means “the absence of meaning.”

What is nihilism?
2000

This 1968 film depicts a space mission guided by a sentient computer.

What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?

2000

This word meaning “careful use of resources” comes from a Greek term meaning “household management.”

What is economy?