As a European Chancellor, she was named Time Magazine's Woman of The Year in 2015
Who is Angela Merkel?
100
This cooking device may have been made by accident when someone discovered a chocolate bar melted.
What is a microwave oven?
100
Our city had one of these disasters in 1871...it made a lot of ashes.
What is a fire?
100
This body of water won't be blue on St. Patrick's Day.
What is The Chicago River?
200
By September, Rio De Janeiro will have hosted this huge contest of athletic feats
What is The Summer Olympic Games?
200
He took tremendous risk to become the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
200
In 1957, Sputnik became the first of these in space.
What is a satellite?
200
In 1973, this building surpassed The World Trade Center as the tallest in the world.
What is The Sears (Willis) Tower
200
Under clear blue skies, you should have a nice trip to this landmark in Jordan. It has been featured in famous movies.
What is Petra?
300
This Kiev landmark was the first to be named a "World Heritage Site" in Ukraine.
What is St. Sophia's Cathedral?
300
She was Chicago's first female mayor
Who is Jane Byrne?
300
People sometimes think Chicago has only been famous for Al Capone selling this libation. It was illegal at the time. Obviously, this is misleading.
What is alcohol?
300
This river, often nicknamed as "blue" flows north of Belgrade. It is home to floating nightclubs.
What is The Danube River?
400
Last summer, California was suffering one of the worst of these ever recorded.
What is a drought?
400
He founded Apple, and was featured in an Oscar nominated movie.
Who is Steve Jobs?
400
This South American capital is one of Chicago's sister cities
What is Bogota?
400
This blue sea lies near the Indonesian island of Java
What is The Java Sea?
500
China has been home to this landmark for 9,000 years, one of the only man-made structures you can see from the moon.
What is The Great Wall?
500
He has been ruling Thailand for almost 70 years
Who is King Bhumibol Adulyadej?
500
Bishkek is connected to most of Asia by this train.
What is The Trans-Siberian Railway?
500
Chicago has been known as another nickname besides "The Windy City". In the Miami-Illinois Native American language, our city was named after this food.
What is an onion?
500
Chicago has hosted this festival 32 times. It's the largest in the world.