World Capitals
This Asian capital was known as Edo before 1868.
What is Tokyo, Japan?
He wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
This programming language is named after a type of coffee.
What is Java?
This Spanish dish features rice, saffron, and seafood or meat.
What is paella?
The fall of this in 1989 marked the end of the Cold War era.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This Greek Philosopher wrote The Republic.
Who is Plato?
The Guiding Light is the oldest soap opera in the US. It was started during this decoade.
What is the 1930s? It started in 1937 on the radio and migrated to radio in 1952.
This capital straddles two continents: Europe and Asia.
What is Istanbul, Turkey?
This epic poem by Dante explores Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
What is The Divine Comedy?
This programming language was named after a British comedy group.
What is Python?
This Middle Eastern dip is made from chickpeas, tahini, and lemon.
What is hummus?
This 1215 document limited the power of the English monarchy.
What is the Magna Carta?
Known as the father of modern physics, he developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Cheddar hear about this European country hosts the world’s largest cheese-rolling festival.
What is England?
This African capital is named after an American president.
What is Monrovia, Liberia?
This author created the detective Hercule Poirot.
Who is Agatha Christie?
This company created the first computer mouse and then it was copied.
What is Xerox?
This French delicacy is made of snails cooked in garlic butter.
What is escargot?
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This ancient Chinese philosopher emphasized harmony, virtue, and filial piety in society.
Who is Confucius?
This item unlocked the secrets of Greek and Demotic languages and Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Valletta is the capital of this Mediterranean island nation.
What is Malta?
Ulysses, a modernist classic, was written by this Irish author.
Who is James Joyce?
The first email was sent in this year (within 5).
What is 1971?
A popular Hawaiian dish combines sushi rice and this canned meat.
What is spam?
The Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated sparking this.
What is World War I?
This Enlightenment thinker with a one word name famously wrote Candide and advocated for freedom of speech and religion.
Who is Voltaire?
The city of Timbuktu, once a center of learning, is in this African country.
What is Mali?
This South American capital city is the highest in elevation in the world.
What is La Paz, Bolivia?
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird was friends with this author who wrote in Cold Blood.
Who is Truman Capote?
This country is home to the majority of the world’s semiconductor and chips manufacturing.
What is Taiwan?
This Canadian dish features fries, cheese curds, and gravy.
What is poutine?
This empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, spanned three continents at its height.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
He developed the concept of the "Übermensch" in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He also penned the famous proclamation "God is dead".
Who is Friedrich Nietzsche?
The first emoji was created in this country in 1999.
What is Japan?
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Get this "strait". This Portuguese-born navigator was one of the great explorers. He was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean and he also played a crucial role in the first circumnavigation of the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?