World Countries
This European country’s capital is Rome, and it is shaped like a boot.
What ist Italy?
This German composer wrote the “Fifth Symphony,” famous for its “da-da-da-dum” opening.
Who is Beethoven?
This 1997 James Cameron epic about a "sinking" romance won 11 Oscars, tying the record for most wins.
What is Titanic?
Mexico hosted its first FIFA World Cup in this year.
What is 1970?
This English playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This iconic, vast desert in Africa is the world's largest hot desert.
What is the Sahara Desert?
“The Four Seasons” is a set of violin concertos by this Italian composer.
Who is Vivaldi?
Marlon Brando played Vito Corleone in this 1972 crime masterpiece directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
What is The Godfather?
In the 1986 tournament hosted by Mexico, this Argentine superstar scored the famous "Hand of God" goal and the "Goal of the Century" against England.
Who is Diego Armando Maradona?
This Colombian Nobel laureate wrote the masterpiece of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Who is Gabriel García Márquez?
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak, is located in this country.
→ What is Tanzania?
This dramatic opera by Georges Bizet, set in Spain, features the fiery "Habanera" and the "Toreador Song."
What is "Carmen"?
This 1994 film starring Tom Hanks won Best Picture and features the line “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
What is Forrest Gump?
This Brazilian player scored the winning goal in the 1970 final against Italy.
Who is Pelé?
This French author of "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" is a central figure of the Romantic movement in literature.
Who is Victor Hugo?
Located in Siberia, this is the world's deepest and oldest freshwater lake, containing 20% of the Earth's unfrozen surface water.
What is Lake Baikal?
This Russian composer’s "1812 Overture" famously features the firing of real cannons.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This 1939 film, a landmark in cinema, won an honorary Oscar for its young star and is famous for its transition from black-and-white to color.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This was the name of the official mascot for the 1986 World Cup: a jalapeño pepper wearing a sombrero.
Who is Pique?
In his famous novella The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find he has turned into a giant insect.
Who is Franz Kafka?
The capital of Kazakhstan, renamed in 2019, is this city.
What is Nur-Sultan (now Astana)?
This epic, 15-hour operatic cycle by Richard Wagner, consisting of four operas, tells a Germanic legend involving a ring, a curse, and gods.
What ist The Ring of the Nibelung ("Der Ring des Nibelungen")?
This 1954 film directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando, won Best Picture.
What is On the Waterfront?
The 1970 semi-final between Italy and West Germany at the Azteca is widely known by this "timeless" nickname.
What is the Game of the Century?
This Nigerian writer, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, is known for his critical plays and novels like "Death and the King's Horseman."
Who is Wole Soyinka?