Capital Ideas (world capitals)
This city is the capital of Vietnam.
What is Hanoi?
What is a Margarita?
This tequila-based cocktail combines lime juice and orange liqueur, often served with a salted rim.
This NBA player, known as "The King," has played for the Cavaliers, Heat, and Lakers over his career.
Who is LeBron James?
This Journey song, a staple at karaoke bars, describes a small-town girl and city boy.
What is "Don't Stop Believin'"?
This 1999 sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves introduced the concept of a simulated reality controlling humanity. Complete this phrase: "A picture is worth a thousand ___."
What is The Matrix?
This city is the capital of Egypt.
What is Cairo?
This cocktail, made with bourbon, bitters, sugar, and a citrus twist, is considered one of the oldest known cocktails.
What is an Old Fashioned?
This NFL quarterback has won the most Super Bowl titles of any player, with seven championships.
Who is Tom Brady?
The song's famous extended ending — often called the "na na na" coda — stretches on for about four minutes, making the track over 7 minutes total, unusually long for a single at the time.
What is "Hey Jude"?
This 2008 superhero film features Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning posthumous performance as the Joker.
What is The Dark Knight?
This city is the capital of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
This rum-based cocktail combines mint, lime, sugar, and soda water, and originated in Cuba.
What is a Mojito?
This tennis Grand Slam tournament, held in London, is the oldest of the four majors and the only one played on grass.
What is Wimbledon?
This 1977 disco anthem by the Bee Gees was the theme song for "Saturday Night Fever."
What is "Stayin' Alive"?
This long-running animated sitcom follows a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Springfield, and has been on air since 1989.
What is The Simpsons?
This city served as the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires before Ankara became Turkey's capital.
What is Istanbul? (formerly Constantinople/Byzantium)
This coffee-and-liqueur cocktail traditionally includes vodka and coffee liqueur, popularized in the 1980s.
What is an Espresso Martini?
This cyclist won seven consecutive Tour de France titles before being stripped of all of them due to doping violations.
Who is Lance Armstrong?
This Toto song, referencing a continent, includes lyrics about blessing the rains.
What is "Africa"?
This HBO series, which first aired in 1999, follows a New Jersey mob boss balancing family life with organized crime.
What is The Sopranos?
This city is the capital of Switzerland.
What is Bern?
This drink combines Campari, sweet vermouth, and gin, and is named after an Italian count.
What is a Negroni?
This marathon world record holder, from Kenya, became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours (though not in an officially record-eligible race).
Who is Eliud Kipchoge?
This song by The Police, despite its lyrics describing obsessive surveillance, is often mistaken for a romantic anthem.
What is "Every Breath You Take"?
This dystopian series, based on Margaret Atwood's novel, follows a woman named Offred living under a totalitarian regime that has stripped women of their rights.
What is The Handmaid's Tale?