Canada
Canada
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The world
The world
100

This physician from Ontario discovered insulin with his research team in 1921

Frederick Banting

100

He played Captain Kirk on the original Star Trek television series.

William Shatner

100

This river flows through Egypt and is often called the world's longest river.


Nile

100

This Dutch painter cut off part of his own ear and painted Starry Night.

Vincent van Gogh?

100

This Mexican artist is known for self-portraits depicting her physical pain and cultural identity.

Frida Kahlo

200

This Canadian pianist became famous worldwide for his recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Glenn Gould

200

This actress starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.

Ingrid Bergman

200

This city is home to the famous opera house with sail-shaped roofs.

Sydney

200

This Spanish artist painted the anti-war masterpiece Guernica after the bombing of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War.

Pablo Picasso

200

This Indian monument, built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, is considered one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces.

Taj Mahal

300

This Nova Scotia-born newspaper magnate founded a media empire that included newspapers across Canada and the UK

Roy Thomson

300

This Canadian province is the only officially bilingual province in the country.

New Brunswick

300

This mountain range separates much of Europe from Asia.

Ural Mountains

300

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by this Renaissance master.

Michelangelo

300

This painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicts a young woman and is often called the "Dutch Mona Lisa."

 The Treachery of Images

400

Canada's national flag featuring the maple leaf was officially adopted in this year.

1965

400

This Manitoba judge chaired the commission whose recommendations led to Canada's modern system of bilingualism and biculturalism.

André Laurendeau

400

This country was formerly known as Persia.

Iran

400

This Norwegian artist created The Scream, one of the most recognizable images in art history.

Edvard Munch

400

This painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the French Revolution of 1830 and features a woman holding the French flag while leading a crowd.

Liberty Leading the People

500

This Canadian province joined Confederation in 1949.

Newfoundland and Labrador

500

This Indigenous Cree leader from northern Quebec helped negotiate the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, one of Canada's most influential Indigenous-rights agreements.

Billy Diamond

500

Machu Picchu, built by the Incas, is located in this country.

Peru

500

This French Impressionist painted a series of water lilies at his garden in Giverny.

Claude Monet

500

Who painted The Night Watch, one of the most famous works of the Dutch Golden Age?

Rembrandt