World Countries
The Danube River flows through Budapest, the capital of this country.
What is Hungary?
This Polish composer is famous for his piano études, nocturnes, and polonaises.
Who is Frédéric Chopin?
This 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman, set in a psychiatric hospital, won Best Picture.
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?
In the 1970 World Cup final, Brazil defeated Italy with this score.
What is 4–1?
This Mexican poet and Nobel Prize winner wrote El Laberinto de la Soledad.
Who is Octavio Paz?
Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world, is found in this region of Russia.
What is Siberia?
“The Moldau” is a symphonic poem by this Czech composer.
Who is Bedřich Smetana?
Winner of 3 Oscars in 1976, this film is a sports drama about a poor club fighter and loanshark from Philadelphia.
What is "Rocky"?
In the 1986 World Cup, this team lost to Argentina in the final.
What is West Germany?
This American author wrote The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The world’s longest river delta, formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, lies mostly in this country.
What is Bangladesh?
The opera Aida was commissioned for the opening of the Suez Canal and composed by this Italian.
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
This 1957 war film directed by David Lean won Best Picture and is set in Burma.
What is The Bridge on the River Kwai?
The 1986 World Cup quarterfinal between Mexico and Germany was played in this stadium outside Monterrey.
What is Estadio Universitario?
This Czech-born writer of The Trial is considered one of the fathers of existential literature.
Who is Franz Kafka?
This capital city, located on the banks of the Mekong River, is the largest city in Laos.
What is Vientiane?
“Symphonie fantastique,” a groundbreaking Romantic work, was composed by this Frenchman.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
This 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock won Best Picture, his only film to do so.
What is Rebecca?
The 1970 World Cup official song was titled this.
What is “Fútbol México 70”?
This South African writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991.
Who is Nadine Gordimer?
The capital of Kyrgyzstan, located near the Tian Shan mountains, is this city.
What is Bishkek?
The opera Bluebeard’s Castle was composed by this Hungarian composer.
Who is Béla Bartók?
This 1950 film about an aging actress and her ambitious understudy won Best Picture and features the line “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
What is All About Eve?
In the 1986 tournament, this was the first and only time that two nations from this continent reached the World Cup quarter-finals (Brazil and Argentina).
What is South America?
This Japanese Nobel Prize winner wrote Snow Country.
Who is Yasunari Kawabata?