WRITERS
Born Theodor Geisel, this children's author used playful rhymes to write The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This famous piano piece by Beethoven was published after his death, its title dedicates it to a mysterious woman.
What is "Für Elise"? (For Elise)
Nicknamed "Der Kaiser," this legendary German sweeper famously played with a dislocated shoulder.
Who is Franz Beckenbauer?
This film made history as the first sequel to win Best Picture, alternating between the early life of Vito Corleone and his son Michael’s.
What is The Godfather II?
Located in a valley surrounded by mountains, translated from the indigenous Nahuatl language to mean "silver mountain," serves as the capital of Honduras.
What is Tegucigalpa?
Brilliant Irish writer and poet with flamboyant style, gave us The Canterville Ghost and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This 19th-century Austrian composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles, his most famous being "The Blue Danube."
Who is Johann Strauss?
Named after the host nation's ancient empire, this official Adidas match ball of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico was the first ever to be made of fully synthetic material.
What is The Azteca?
Set during the American Civil War, Scarlett O'Hara does whatever it takes to save her family’s plantation. Directed by Victor Fleeming
What is Gone With the Wind?
Standing at over 12,000 feet, this active stratovolcano and sacred cultural site is recognizable by its snow-capped cone. The highest mountain in Japan.
What is Mount Fuji?
This Scottish writer penned four novels and 56 short stories about the world's most famous consulting detective, who resided at 221B Baker Street.
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
Left incomplete at the time of Mozart's death in 1791, this mass for the dead, was famously finished by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr
What is the "Requiem"?
The 1986 third-place play-off match, which saw France defeat Belgium 4-2, was hosted in this Puebla stadium named after the last Aztec emperor.
What is Estadio Cuauhtémoc?
This actor played as the Scottish warrior William Wallace and also won the Best Director Academy Award for this 1995 historical epic, Braveheart.
Who is Mel Gibson?
Capital city of Ireland?
Where is Dublin?
Known for his dark tales this American writer wrote "The masque of red death" and a poem featuring a shadowy bird that repeatedly croaks, "Nevermore."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
With a dramatic, thundering organ opening, this Sebastian Bach piece has become a staple of Halloween culture, horror films, and haunted houses.
What is the "Toccata and Fugue in D minor"?
This European team won a grueling 1970 World Cup semifinal match against West Germany with a score of 4-3, earning their ticket to face Brazil in the final.
What is the Italian team?
Directed by Elia Kazan. Marlon Brando stars as a dockworker who delivers the famous line "I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody "
What is On the Waterfront?
Its short name "Tana," this city situated high up in the central highlands of the island is the capital and largest city of Madagascar.
What is Antananarivo?
This Nobel Prize-winning American author wrote masterpieces like The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Famous French composer who left behind his most universally recognized, moonlit piano masterpiece, "Clair de lune."
Who is Claude Debussy?
He captained Brazil's legendary 1970 World Cup-winning squad.
Who is Carlos Alberto (Torres)?
This Welsh actor played lead role as the brilliant but terrifying serial killer at the center of the 2001 thriller Hannibal.
Who is Anthony Hopkins?
This Mexican cinder cone volcano famously began erupting in 1943, growing directly out of a farmer's cornfield in the state of Michoacán.
What is Parícutin?