Past Names of World Cities
Inventors
Foreign Food
Poets and Poetry
Fruit
100
City formerly known as Leningrad
What is Saint Petersburg
100
This German blacksmith revolutionized the written word with the invention of movable type
Who is Johann Gutenberg
100
Ukrainian beet soup
What is Borscht
100
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou
100
This fuzzy fruit comes in clingstone and freestone varieties
What is a peach
200
City formerly known as Saigon
What is Ho Chi Minh City
200
Long distance train trips became more comfortable by the invention of railroad sleeping cars by this inventor
Who is George Pullman
200
German cabbage dish
What is sauerkraut
200
Leaves of Grass and Song of Myself
Who is Walt Whitman
200
This fruit native to Asia looks like a tiny orange
What is a kumquat
300
City formerly known as Edo
What is Tokyo
300
This doctor developed the chart with a large E which tests visual acuity
Who is Hermann Snellen
300
Italian “springtime” pasta
What is pasta primavera
300
Auld Lang Syne
Who is Robert Burns
300
This fruit is often measured in hands
What are bananas
400
City formerly known as Tenochtitlan
What is Mexico City
400
This seismologist developed the scale which measures earthquake intensity
Who is Charles Francis Richter
400
Mexican spicy chocolate sauce
What is Molé
400
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Who is Robert Frost
400
This fruit, consisting of red juicy seeds, is a symbol of fertility
What are pomegranates
500
City formerly known as Christiana
What is Oslo
500
This Italian physicist invented the barometer.
Who is Evangelista Torricelli
500
Polish or Yugoslavian sausage
What is Kielbasa
500
Little Boy Blue
Who is Eugene Field
500
This fragrant yellow fruit is a member of the rose family
What is a quince