World Geography
This country is home to the Eiffel Tower and is known for its cuisine, including baguettes and croissants.
What is France?
This festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs, symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.
What is Diwali?
This document, signed in 1776, declared the American colonies' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This branch of science studies celestial objects such as stars, planets, and galaxies.
What is astronomy?
This country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles in men's soccer.
What is Brazil?
This river, the longest in the world, flows through 11 countries in northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile River?
This spring festival of colors involves throwing powdered dyes and celebrating the arrival of spring.
What is Holi?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing slaves in Confederate states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This scientist developed the theory of general relativity and is famous for the equation E = mc^2.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This basketball legend, known as "His Airness," won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, is located in this East African country.
What is Tanzania?
This festival, celebrated by Kashmiri Pandits, marks the New Year and the arrival of spring, with rituals involving walnuts and flowers.
What is Navreh?
This 1803 land acquisition doubled the size of the United States and was purchased from France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This technology company developed the first commercially successful graphical user interface computer, the Macintosh, in 1984.
What is Apple?
This iconic tennis player holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles for a male in the Open Era as of 2024.
Novak Djokovic?
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is primarily located in this South American country.
What is Chile?
This tribal festival of Nagaland celebrates the harvest and is marked by traditional dances, songs, and rituals.
What is the Hornbill Festival?
This Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A 20th-century discovery by Crick and Watson revealed the structure of this building block of life on Earth.
What is DNA?
This cricketer, known as "The Don," has the highest career batting average in Test cricket history, an astounding 99.94.
Who is Donald Bradman?
This landlocked country in Central Asia is home to the Aral Sea and was once a key region along the Silk Road.
What is Uzbekistan?
This Manipuri festival, celebrated with traditional dances and martial arts demonstrations, marks the birth of Lord Krishna.
What is Janmashtami (or Krishna Janmashtami)?
This rebellion in 1794 was the first major domestic challenge to the authority of the U.S. federal government, sparked by a tax on a popular distilled beverage.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This 20th-century physicist developed the first working model of the quantum theory of atomic structure, introducing the concept of electron energy levels.
Who is Niels Bohr?
This marathon, first held in 1897, is the oldest annual marathon in the world and requires qualifying times for entry.