History
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
This South American landmark is known as “The Lost City of the Incas.”
Machu Picchu
This movie franchise features a character named Luke Skywalker.
Star Wars
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
Telephone
The event that is commonly believed to have sparked World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schlinders List
Located in Jordan, this ancient city is known for its rock-cut architecture
Petra
She is known for her hit song “Bad Guy.”
Billie Eilish
This man invented the first practical incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison
Henry the 8th fourth wife
Anne of Cleeves
In The Princess Diaries, Mia Thermopolis finds out that she is the crown princess of this (fictional) country
Genovia
This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles
Great Wall of China
This streaming service is known for “Stranger Things” and “The Crown.”
Netflix
Known as the father of the computer, he conceptualized the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.
Charles Babbage
The name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
Chernobyl
The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?
A Horse
This ancient temple complex in Cambodia is the largest religious monument in the world
Angkor Wat
He is a famous spy known as 007.
James Bond
This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
iPhone
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned the Queen of England?
27
1979 James Bond film where he travels to space
Moonraker
This tower in Italy is famous for its unintended tilt.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
This superhero is known as the “Dark Knight.”
Batman
This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery
X-Ray