Greek Mythology
The number of Olympian gods (gods which reside on Mount Olympus).
What is twelve?
Died captaining the ship that first circumnavigated the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Although the Mississippi River might be the most famous river in the US, this one is actually the longest.
What is the Missouri River?
Features the songs “Something Bad,” “A Sentimental Man,” and “No Good Deed.”
What is Wicked?
Although the pirate accent is fictitious, in popular culture pirates salute each other with this phrase rather than “hello.”
What is ahoy?
Diana, in Rome.
Who is Artemis?
A five time ballon d’or winner, widely considered to be the best player of all time, this Portuguese striker is known for his time in Real Madrid and insane vertical jump.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
The tallest peak of the Andes.
What is Aconcagua?
Opening on Broadway in 1988, this musical is the longest running musical on Broadway. It features a masquerade ball and a chandelier crash, and centers on themes like love, obsession, and isolation.
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
Widely adopted by pirates in the late 17th and early 18th century, Emanuel Wynn’s original version of this black flag featured a skull and crossbones with an hourglass underneath, symbolizing the two options to an opposing crew: surrender, or die.
What is The Jolly Roger?
When the brothers Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades split the three realms of the universe, each got a sacred object. Zeus, the Lightning Bolt. Poseidon, the Trident. Name the object Hades received.
What is the Helm of Darkness?
Some of this Brazilian singer’s most popular songs include “Alegria, Alegria,” “You Don’t Know Me,” and “O Quereres.”
Who is Caetano Veloso?
The largest desert in Asia.
What is the Arabian Desert?
Based on the 1800s opera La Bohéme, this musical is set in New York’s East Village during the 1990s, winning both a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize.
What is Rent?
Known for his attack on Portobello and burning of Panama City, this 1600s pirate captain was based in Port Royal, Jamaica. After piracy, he became a wealthy sugar planter and Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica; a current drink is named after him.
Who is Henry Morgan?
Father of Icarus; inventor of the Labyrinth.
Who is Daedalus?
The son of João I of Portugal, this famous prince is widely credited with initiating the Age of Discovery in the 1400s.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Although not as deep nor as long as its southern sibling, this river’s valley is widely considered to be the cradle of Chinese civilization.
What is the Yellow (Huang He) River?
Featuring music from Andrew Lloyd Webber, this musical adapted a 2003 movie and first debuted on Broadway on December 6, 2015.
What is School of Rock?
Known as “the successful pirate,” in 1695 this English captain famously navigated around the southern tip of Africa to the Red Sea, where he captured the Mughal ship Ganj-i-sawai along with members of Emperor Aurangzeb’s family.
Who is Henry Every?
On this island resided Calypso, who was banished for helping her father, Atlas, in the Olympian War against the Gods.
What is Ogygia?
The 1st Duke of Goa, he shares his name with a New Mexican city.
Who is Afonso de Albuquerque?
Sitting in the middle of Central Asia, this valley’s fertile soil and water reserves make it an historically important location along the Silk Road in the past, and a region of contention in the present.
What is the Fergana Valley?
Although this musical first debuted on Broadway in 2025, it premiered in Chicago in 2001, telling a relationship story fully through two intersecting solo narratives.
What is the Last Five Years?
A lieutenant in the Royal Navy, this man captained the two sloops Ranger and Jane when they confronted Blackbeard’s ship off the coast of North Carolina in 1718. After the Jane was boarded by pirates, he killed Blackbeard in hand-to-hand combat.
Who is Robert Maynard?