Global Landmarks
This tower, located in Paris, was constructed for the 1889 world's fair.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This band produced such songs as "Penny Lane," "Hey Jude," and "Let it Be."
Who are The Beatles?
This molecule has the formula H2O and is a necessity for all currently understood life forms.
What is water?
This author wrote The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
Who is JRR Tolkien?
This Civil War general surrendered to Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
Who is Robert E Lee?
This set of waterfalls, located between the US and Canada, is famous for people going down them in barrels and being a tourist attraction.
What are Niagara Falls?
Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, and John Coltrane all make/made music in this genre.
What is jazz?
This psychologist famously used his dog to research classical conditioning.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
This series of books was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and features a detective and his sidekick as they solve mysteries in London and beyond.
What is Sherlock Holmes?
This archipelago nation's capital is Manila, and it was taken by the United States following the Spanish-American war.
What is the Philippines?
This former church in Istanbul is now a mosque, and was built after another church on that site burned down during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This duo wrote America, The Sound of Silence, and Mrs. Robinson.
Who are Simon & Garfunkel?
This form of atomic bond involves the sharing of electrons, as opposed to the outright taking of electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
This cursed play features a Scottish king and is famous for the line "Double, Double, toil and trouble."
What is Macbeth?
This purchase of this territory (now state) was called Seward's Folly because of its perceived worthlessness.
What is Alaska?
This mountain was in the background of The Great Wave and is the site of a scene from the folktale of Princess Kaguya.
What is Mt. Fuji?
This group sings sea shanties, and produced the albums Through Wind and Water and Bones in the Ocean.
Who are The Longest Johns?
This measurement of the movement of an object is the second derivative of displacement.
What is acceleration?
This Washington Irving story features a schoolteacher who comes to Tarry Town, but ends up being killed by a headless ghost.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
This US president's two terms in office were known as the "Era of Good Feelings," and saw the beginning of his namesake "Doctrine."
Who is James Monroe?
This is the German Parliament building.
What is the Reichstag?
The bands King Crimson and Pink Floyd make music in this genre.
What is Progressive (Prog) Rock?
These scientists discovered the double helix structure of DNA.
Who are Watson and Crick?
This Spanish novel features a delusional man who believes he is a knight, and was famously adapted into the musical Man of La Mancha.
What is Don Quixote?
This political machine controlled New York City during the Gilded Age.
What is Tammany Hall?