Foods of the World
This Italian dish consists of dough, sauce, cheese, and various toppings baked in an oven.
What is pizza?
This ancient tool, invented thousands of years ago, allowed humans to grind grains into flour.
What is the mortar and pestle?
This Dutch Post-Impressionist painted “Starry Night” while staying in a French asylum.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This smallest and lightest element is first on the periodic table.
What is hydrogen?
Rising 1,454 feet above Manhattan, this art deco skyscraper was the world’s tallest building when it was completed in 1931.
What is the Empire State Building?
This Middle Eastern dip is made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic.
What is hummus?
Invented in China during the Han Dynasty, this everyday material revolutionized record-keeping and eventually made books possible.
What is paper?
This Spanish artist co-founded Cubism and created the anti-war masterpiece “Guernica.”
Who is Pablo Picasso?
Table salt is primarily made of these two elements: sodium and this.
What is chlorine?
This ancient amphitheater in Rome could hold up to 50,000 spectators for gladiator contests.
What is the Colosseum?
This South American grain is considered a “superfood” and was once sacred to the Inca.
What is quinoa?
This 18th-century invention by James Watt powered factories and railroads.
What is the steam engine?
This Renaissance polymath painted the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.”
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This subatomic particle has a negative charge and orbits the nucleus of an atom.
What is an electron?
This famous clock tower is part of the Palace of Westminster in London.
What is Big Ben?
This traditional Indian dish features rice cooked with spices, meat, or vegetables.
What is biryani?
First used by sailors in the 12th century, this navigational device relying on magnetism revolutionized long-distance sea travel.
What is the compass?
Known for her self-portraits and bold eyebrows, this Mexican painter blended identity, pain, and surreal symbolism.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
In a chemical reaction, this type of substance speeds up the reaction without being consumed.
What is a catalyst?
This Japanese shrine in Kyoto is famous for thousands of vermillion torii gates lining the paths.
What is Fushimi Inari Taisha?
This Lebanese meat-and-grain dish is shaped like a lemon and often fried.
What is kibbeh?
Launched in 1998, this international project orbits Earth and represents one of humanity’s greatest engineering collaborations.
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
This Dutch Golden Age master became famous for his detailed group portrait “The Night Watch.”
Who is Rembrandt van Rijn?
The process by which a solid turns directly into a gas—like dry ice—is known as this.
What is sublimation?
This giant ancient stone statue in Easter Island has massive heads and was carved by the Rapa Nui people.
What are the Moai statues?