Geography
What is the capital of Brazil?
What is Brasilia?
This composer's "Messiah," featuring the "Hallelujah" chorus, is a staple of holiday performances.
Who is George Frideric Handel?
Tom Hanks won his first Best Actor Oscar for playing a lawyer with AIDS in this 1993 film.
What is Philadelphia?
This mascot for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico was a jalapeño pepper wearing a sombrero.
Who is Pique?
This Victorian-era author wrote classics like Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities.
Who is Charles Dickens?
Flowing under 200 bridges, including Tower Bridge and Westminster Bridge, this 'liquid history' waterway bisects the heart of London.
What is the river Thames
This composer's Moonlight Sonata is one of the most recognizable piano pieces in history.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This 1994 film about a slow-witted man from Alabama won 6 Oscars, including Best Picture.
What is Forrest Gump?
Mexico was the first country to host the FIFA World Cup this many times.
What is twice? (During the present year it will become the third instance)
This mystery writer is the best-selling novelist of all time, famous for Hercule Poirot.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Sacred to Hindus who personify it as a goddess, this 1,500-mile (≈2,414 kilometers) waterway flows from the Himalayas through India and Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal.
What is river Ganges?
This blind Italian tenor brought "Nessun Dorma" to global fame during the 1990 World Cup.
Who is Andrea Bocelli?
This 1976 boxing drama starring Sylvester Stallone was the first sports film to win Best Picture.
What is Rocky?
This stadium in Guadalajara hosted several matches during both the 1970 and 1986 World Cups.
What is the Jalisco Stadium?
This American author’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, is often called "The Great American Novel."
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
What is Vaduz?
This Norwegian composer is best known for the Peer Gynt suite, featuring "In the Hall of the Mountain King."
Who is Edvard Grieg?
This 1991 thriller was the first horror-leaning film to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards.
What is The Silence of the Lambs?
This team, led by captain Lothar Matthäus, lost the 1986 final to Argentina in Mexico City.
What is West Germany?
Known for his "horror" and the macabre, he wrote The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
Located in the state of San Luis Potosí, this lush region is famous for the 105 meter Tamul Waterfall and the 'Sótano de las Golondrinas,' one of the world's deepest open-pit caves.
What is 'La Huasteca Potosina'?
He composed The Planets, a seven-movement orchestral suite where each movement is named after a planet.
Who is Gustav Holst?
This 1977 Woody Allen film beat Star Wars for Best Picture.
What is Annie Hall?
In 1986, this player won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals.
Who is Gary Lineker?
This Colombian author won the Nobel Prize for One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?