Pop Culture
This artist holds the records for most Grammy wins and nominations - 32 and 88 respectively. [Full name]
Who is Beyoncé Knowles-Carter?
The Ides of March is associated with the assassination of this general whose rule devolved into dictatorship.
Who was Julius Caesar?
Also responsible for the largest river basin in the world, this is the largest river in the world by volume.
What is the Amazon River?
Hygge, a term in this language, is loosely defined as creating a warm atmosphere in life and enjoying the good things in life.
What is Danish?
Often called quicksilver, this metal is one of only two elements that are liquid at room temperature.
Having made his debut in the 1928 movie Steamboat Willie, this character recently made news for entering the public domain.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
In March 1872, then-President Ulysses S. Grant designated this as the first national park in the United States.
What is Yellowstone?
This was the largest country in Africa between 1962 and 2011, following which Algeria is now the largest one.
What is Sudan?
With 200,000+ speakers in the Southwestern part of the country, this is the most widely spoken indigenous American language in the United States.
What is Navajo?
These invertebrate creatures can become "bleached" due to ocean acidification.
What are corals?
The fifth studio album of a globally acclaimed pop singer, this numerically named 48-minute synth-pop record turns 10 years old this year. [Album name and artist]
What is 1989 by Taylor Swift?
The potato was cultivated 1,800 years ago by the people of this Andean civilization.
Who were the Inca?
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, this country holds the record for the most earthquakes per year (1500+) of magnitude 4 or higher.
What is Japan?
Derived from Greek uppercase letters, this writing system used across Eurasia is primarily associated with Slavic languages.
What is the Cyrillic script?
This physical process refers to the direct conversion of a substance from its solid state to its gaseous state.
What is sublimation?
With a spin-off known for its iconic opening narration and sound, this American television series that first aired in 1990 is one of the longest running shows of all time.
What is Law and Order?
This architectural style developed in the U.K. in the 1950s is associated with urban decay and totalitarianism and focuses on bare materials and textures.
What is Brutalism?
This important Eurasian city, now also known for an abundance of cats, has these two popular historical old names. Name either one.
What is Constantinople or Byzantium? [Now Istanbul]
In this indigenous language (of an eponymous people), this modern-day two-island nation is called Aotearoa.
What is Māori?
It is a cyclone when in the Indian ocean, a hurricane in the Atlantic and east Pacific, and this term when in the west Pacific.
What is a typhoon?
This 1970 bestseller by a prolific black woman author, that tells the story of a young black girl in post-Great Depression Ohio, faced 10 bans in U.S. states in 2022-23. [Book name]
What is the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison?
This historic period lasting from about 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE is characterized by the use of its namesake material and the beginnings of early civilizations.
What is the Bronze Age?
The prime meridian and equator intersect at Null Island (0°N, 0°E), which is closest to this country's borders.
What is Ghana?
What is Swahili (or Kiswahili)?
This four-letter prefix represents 1 billion.
What is giga-?