CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES
Marie Curie & Robert Lewandowski
WHAT IS WARSAW?
In between bong hits, this American swimmer won 23 gold medals, an all-time record
WHO IS MICHAEL PHELPS?
Shio and tonkotsu are two popular styles of broth served with these Japanese noodles
WHAT ARE RAMEN?
Corsica
WHAT IS FRANCE?
The killing of this Austrian archduke in 1914 is said to have sparked World War I
WHO IS FRANZ FERDINAND?
Commonly used to fill balloons, it got its name because it was first discovered in the sun’s spectrum
WHAT IS HELIUM?
Hayao Miyazaki & Hirohito
WHAT IS TOKYO?
In 1976, this 14-year-old Romanian was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics
WHO IS NADIA COMANECI?
Named for the capital of Austria, it’s a thin veal cutlet breaded and pan-fried
WHAT IS WIENER SCHNITZEL?
Greenland
WHAT IS DENMARK?
He presided over the United States during their Civil War before being assassinated at a theater
WHO IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
Though it’s found in table salt and swimming pools, in its pure form this element is a poisonous gas
WHAT IS CHLORINE?
Fyodor Dostoevsky & Alexander Ovechkin
WHAT IS MOSCOW?
Fast as lightning, this Jamaican sprinter won eight gold medals from 2008 to 2016
WHO IS USAIN BOLT?
Baklava and burek are both made with this thin type of pastry dough
WHAT IS FILO (YUFKA)?
Isle of Man
WHAT IS THE UNITED KINGDOM?
This daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru is still the only female to have served as Prime Minister of India
WHO IS INDIRA GANDHI?
The most common element in the universe, its name comes from the Latin for “water forming”
WHAT IS HYDROGEN?
Greta Thunberg & Alfred Nobel
WHAT IS STOCKHOLM?
With Hitler in attendance, this African-American track star racked up four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Games
WHO IS JESSE OWENS?
Originating in Valencia, this Spanish rice dish gets traditionally gets its yellow color from saffron
WHAT IS PAELLA?
Luzon
WHAT IS THE PHILIPPINES?
This Egyptian president was assassinated by Islamists in 1981 shortly after negotiating peace accords with Israel
WHO IS ANWAR SADAT?
This element named for a planet was the first one known to be radioactive
WHAT IS URANIUM?
Franz Kafka & Martina Navratilova
WHAT IS PRAGUE?
Nicknamed the “Flying Finn”, he won nine gold medals in distance running during the 1920s
WHO IS PAAVO NURMI?
Bunny chow, curry served in a hollowed-out loaf of white bread, originated in the port city of Durban in this country
WHAT IS SOUTH AFRICA?
Zanzibar
WHAT IS TANZANIA?
In 1988, she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a Muslim-majority nation
WHO IS BENAZIR BHUTTO?
This element that makes steel into stainless steel gets its name from the Greek for “color” owing to its multicolored compounds
WHAT IS CHROMIUM?