Airports
90's - 00's
Geography
Words that end in "ism."
Ohio
100

This airport, just across the Potomac River, is named after the 40th U.S. President.

What is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)?

100

This rapper was also known by the stage names 2Pac and Makaveli.

Who is Tupac Shakur?

100

This Great Lake borders Ohio.

What is Lake Erie?

100

An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.

What is capitalism?

100

Known as “just a kid from Akron,” this NBA star bypassed college and entered the draft directly from high school.

Who is LeBron James?

200

This airport is widely known as the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic.

What is Hartsfield‑Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)?

200

 The Pear Company makes most of the electronics seen on this Nickelodeon show.

What is iCarly?

200

Despite being covered in ice, this region is classified as the largest desert on Earth due to extremely low precipitation.

What is Antarctica?

200

The general attitude or belief that good things are likely to happen in the future.

 What is optimism?

200

The Wright brothers, pioneers of controlled, powered flight, were from this Ohio city.

What is Dayton, Ohio?

300

Originally called Orchard Field, this Chicago airport kept the code ORD even after being renamed for a Medal of Honor recipient.

Chicago O'Hare

300

 These colorful silicone accessories snap back into shapes like animals or letters when taken off your wrist.

What are Silly Bandz?

300

This mountain range running through western Russia is traditionally used as the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia.

What are the Ural Mountains?

300

An art movement that focused on depicting everyday life truthfully, without idealization.

What is realism?

300

Nicknamed “The Jungle,” this Ohio football team uses Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” as a home‑game anthem.

Who are the Cincinnati Bengals?

400

This airport opened in 1995 and is the largest U.S. airport by land area — and it’s spawned sci‑fi‑style lore thanks to conspiracy theories around its murals and the 32‑foot blue mustang with glowing red eyes nicknamed “Blucifer.”

 What is Denver International (DEN)?

400

This Brooklyn rapper released his 1994 debut album featuring the hit single “Juicy,” which helped revive East Coast hip‑hop.

 Who is The Notorious B.I.G.?

400

This major African river is the only one in the world that crosses the Equator twice during its course.

What is the Congo River?

400

A literary and artistic movement that emphasized fragmented forms and multiple perspectives in the early 20th century.

What is modernism? 

400

In the early 20th century, booming steel, oil, and manufacturing helped this Lake Erie city grow to nearly 800,000 residents, making it the fifth‑largest city in the United States by 1920 and a symbol of American industrial power.

What is Cleveland?

500

UFO lore says alien spacecraft were hidden in a place nicknamed “Hangar 18” at this U.S. Air Force base, making it the Midwest’s answer to Area 51.

What is Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base?

500

Fear of this computer‑related event dominated headlines worldwide as the calendar approached January 1, 2000.

What is Y2K?

500

During the time of the supercontinent Pangaea, this mountainous region in northern Britain was geologically continuous with the Appalachian Mountains before the Atlantic Ocean opened.

What are the Scottish Highlands?

500

The philosophical position that only one’s own mind can be known to exist, casting doubt on the reality of the external world and other minds.

What is solipsism?

500

This program recruited Joe Burrow, who spent three seasons here before transferring and later winning the 2019 Heisman Trophy and national championship elsewhere.

Who are the Ohio State Buckeyes?