Facts about capital cities
World Music
Literary Classics
Boardgames
Kade's Opps
100

This Country's capital city was established as part of a compromise between two different linguistic groups in the country.

Where is Ottawa, Canada?

100

"Je remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit / Je danse avec le vent, la pluie" is a song lyric in this language.

What is French? (Derniere Danse)

100

This novelist of Jewish Austrian-Czech descent, burned an estimated 90% of his own work and died of tuberculosis on the 3rd of June 1924.

Who was Franz Kafka?

100

To expose something to danger, harm, or loss.

What is Risk?

100

This opp's name comes from Scots means "a person from Scotland."

Who is Scott?

200

This Country's capital city sits on the bank's of the Tiber River.

Where is Rome, Italy?

200

"Moskau, Moskau, wirf die Gläser an die Wand / Russland ist ein schönes Land" is a song lyric in this language.

What is German? (Moskau)

200

This book is believed to be the first modern novel, with over 500 million copies printed since 1605.

What is Don Quixote?

200

Words used for secrecy or convenience instead of the usual names.

What are Codenames?

200

This opp is named for a historical region of northern France; a type of soft cheese.

Who is Brie?

300

This Country's capital city serves as the de facto capital of the European Union.

Where is Brussels, Belgium?

300

"La pena y la que no es pena llorona / Todo es pena para mí" is a song lyric in this language.

What is Spanish? (La Llorona)

300

This novel is considered to be the first book in the Science-Fiction genre.

What is Frankenstein?

300

A board-and-tile game in which 2-4 players compete with lettered tiles on a 225-square board.

What is Scrabble?

300

This opp is named for the Greek "defender of men."

Who is Xander. (Alexander)

400

This Country's capital city is home to the world's first offshore oilrig.

Where is Baku, Azerbaijan?

400

"Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma nu ma iei / Nu ma nu ma iei, nu ma nu ma nu ma iei" is a song lyric in this language.

What is Romanian? (Dragostea Din Tea)

400

This 2 player game originated in India during the Gupta dynasty in the 6th century.

What is Chess?

400

This opp's masculine name comes from the Greek for "wreath" or "crown."

Who is Steven

500

This Country's capital city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. (Founded in 3000 BC)

Where is Damascus, Syria?

500

"Kamālen̄ kamālen̄ / Bawālen̄ bawālen̄ / Kashmiri seyben̄ too much lālen̄" is a song lyric in this language.

What is Punjabi? (Bijlee Bijlee)

500

This boardgame was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag.

What is The Settlers of Catan?

500

This Russian masculine name comes from Greek for "royal" or "kingly."

Who is Vasily?