This tile-placement game is named after a fortified city in southern France. Players build a medieval landscape of cities, roads, monasteries, and fields, then place small followers to claim features and score points. What is the name of the game?

Published in Germany in the 1990s and designed by Klaus Teuber, this game helped introduce many families to modern Eurogames. Players settle an island made of hexagonal tiles, collect resources such as brick, wood, wheat, ore, and sheep, and trade with one another to build roads and settlements. What is the game?

Before it became one of the world’s best-known war-themed board games, this game began as La Conquête du Monde, designed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. Players fight over territories on a world map, roll dice for battles, and often rely on temporary alliances that rarely last. What is the game called?

One of the oldest and most complex board games in the world is played with black and white stones on a grid. Unlike chess, the goal is not to capture a king, but to control territory through placement, influence, and strategic balance. What is this game called?

Although only fragments of her poetry survive, this archaic Greek poet remains one of the most important names in lyric literature. She wrote with emotional intensity about love, beauty, longing, and personal feeling. What was her name?

In cinema history, one Soviet director became closely associated with montage theory, the idea that the meaning of a film can be powerfully shaped by the collision and arrangement of edited images. His film Battleship Potemkin became especially famous for the Odessa Steps sequence. Who was this director?

One of the most influential design schools of the 20th century was founded in Germany in 1919. It aimed to unite art, craft, architecture, and industrial design, and its ideas strongly shaped modern furniture, buildings, typography, and visual culture. What was the name of this school?

In the early 20th century, an artistic and literary movement became fascinated with dreams, the unconscious mind, unexpected juxtapositions, and images that seemed to break the rules of ordinary reality. It was connected with figures such as André Breton, Salvador Dalí, and Luis Buñuel. What movement was this?

In medieval Europe, some of the most spectacular cathedrals were built with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, tall windows, and a strong sense of vertical movement toward the sky. What architectural style is most associated with these features?

In Renaissance Italy, a popular theatrical tradition developed around improvised performances, masked characters, comic misunderstandings, servants, lovers, old men, and stock figures such as Harlequin and Pantalone. What is this form of theatre called?

A major form of classical Japanese drama combines masks, chanting, dance, and symbolic movement rather than realistic acting. Its plays often deal with ghosts, legends, religious ideas, and emotional states hidden beneath a calm surface. What is the name of this theatre tradition?

He was never the loudest superstar in the league, but his bank shots, defense, rebounding, and calm leadership made him the foundation of the San Antonio Spurs for nearly two decades. Which player was famously known as “The Big Fundamental”?

Long before the modern superstar era, one Boston Celtics center became the ultimate symbol of team success. His shot-blocking, rebounding, leadership, and defensive intelligence helped turn Boston into the league’s dominant force. Who was this 11-time NBA champion?

In 2006, one of the most famous individual scoring performances in NBA history took place in Los Angeles. A Lakers guard erupted for 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, creating a performance still remembered as one of the greatest scoring nights ever. Who scored those 81 points?

The NBA’s all-time scoring record was long associated with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whose skyhook helped him stay on top for decades. In 2023, that record was broken by a player who had already won titles with Miami, Cleveland, and Los Angeles. Who became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer?

A famous Venezuelan lightning phenomenon is named after a river that flows into Lake Maracaibo, where storms can occur on an extraordinary number of days each year. What is the name of that river?

Which feature-length directorial debut was inspired by the true story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate?

A mountain system in Asia, on the northern edge of Tibet. It stretches from the Pamirs in Tajikistan to central China, over a length of about 2,500 kilometres, with an average width of around 200 kilometres. Its highest peak is Ulugh Muz Tagh, at about 7,720 metres. Which mountain system is this?

Which tragedy by Shakespeare takes place in Rome in 44 BC?

What surname connects the forty-first president of the United States with the forty-third, if the former was the father of the latter?

What physical quantity is defined as mass divided by volume?

Which company began in 1889 by producing hanafuda playing cards, and later became a global gaming giant behind characters and franchises such as Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon?

This legendary director worked with Hollywood greats such as Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, and Humphrey Bogart. Born in Sucha, in today’s Poland, he won Oscars in several categories, including Best Director for The Apartment and The Lost Weekend. Who was he?

Which working hours appear in the title of the famous film and song associated with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton?

What is the name of the neurological condition in which certain everyday sounds, such as someone eating or breathing, cause irritation, nervousness, or anxiety?

If the sons in question were Hipparchus, the more serious and politically capable one, and Hippias, described as more pleasure-seeking and loose in character, then their father must have been which tyrant?

Which Austrian psychiatrist founded logotherapy, a form of psychotherapy centered on helping people find meaning in human existence?

Which director boycotted the 2017 Oscars in protest against Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13769, known to critics as the “Muslim ban,” leaving Anousheh Ansari and Firouz Naderi to accept the award for The Salesman on his behalf?

Russia’s most famous museum, and one of the great museums of the world, is located in St. Petersburg. What is it called?

Madrid is home to a world-famous museum known for an extraordinary collection of painting and sculpture. What is this museum called?