THE WORLD SERIES
WORLD MOVIES
AROUND THE WORLD
WORLD WARS
WORLD SONGS
100

In 1956 he pitched the only perfect game in a World Series, helping the Yankees win the title.

DON LARSEN

100

Pierce Brosnan played this character four times, including a film titled 'The World Is Not Enough'.

JAMES BOND

100

This city hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896

ATHENS

100

The US really got involved in WWI after the Germans sunk this British ocean liner.

LUSITANIA

100

I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you and I think to myself.....

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

200

An error by Bill Buckner on the Red Sox helped this team win its second World Series in 1986

NEW YORK METS

200

This H.G. Wells novel was made into films a few times, most recently in 2005 by Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise. Though it is most famous for a radio reading by Orson Welles that people thought was a real alien attack.

WAR OF THE WORLDS

200

Of Europe, Asia, and Africa, this is the continent that contains the most countries in the world.

AFRICA (54)

200

This football term for when the defense sends an extra attacker at the quarterback came from this German war term which means 'Lightning War'.

BLITZ or BLITZKRIEG

200

Don't know much about history, don't know much biology, don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took. But I do know that I love you, and I know that if you love me too ____ ___ ___ ___ __ __ ___

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD THIS WOULD BE

300

This team won the World Series in 1907 and 1908. Then not again until 2016.

CHICAGO CUBS

300

History of the World Part 1 was a film made by this writer, director who also made films like Blazing Saddles and The Producers.

MEL BROOKS

300

What country holds the city of Casablanca

MOROCCO

300

What was the ENOLA GAY?

The name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima

300

I can show you the _____, shining, shimmering, splendid, tell me Princess now when did you last let your heart decide? I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder, over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride, ___ __ __ ____, a new fantastic point of view, no one to tell us no, or where to go.

A WHOLE NEW WORLD

400

This Yankee holds the record for most Home Runs in a career in the World Series with 18.

MICKEY MANTLE

400

This 1963 film with a crazy title featured an insane amount of cameos to go along with a lead cast of Mickey Rooney, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, and Spencer Tracy. It is Jimmy Durante's death at the beginning that kicks this wild film off.

IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD

400

This is the Capital of New Zealand

WELLINGTON

400

This was the name of the conference that planned the reorganization of Europe after WWII

YALTA

400

__ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ __ sitting on a rainbow, got the string round my finger, what a ____ what a life I'm in love

I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING

500

In 1903 this team won the very first World Series.

The Boston Americans (Red Sox)

500

Before his insane success with Austin Powers, comic Mike Myers had a big hit with pal Dana Carvey in this early 90's film based on their SNL sketch of two heavy metal friends one named ____ the other named Garth.

WAYNE'S WORLD

500

This country invented paper, gunpowder and the compass

CHINA

500

The Battle of Somme was a major battle in WWI that introduced the first use of these land weapons by the British. 

TANKS

500

Glory Hallelujah I just told the Parson, Hey Par get ready to call, just like Humpty Dumpty, I'm going to fall, ____ ___ ___ __ __ __ ___ I'm rolling along, just rolling along.

I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD