Before He Was President
4-Syllable Words
Poets & Poetry
Let's Visit D.C.
Chemical Elements
Summer Olympic Sports
200
He accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
The proverbially soft or vulnerable part of the exposed body.
What is the underbelly?
200
The first stanza of this poem mentions "Some visitor...tapping at my chamber door - only this and nothing more"
What is The Raven?
200
The memorial to this man was dedicated on April 13, 1943, the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
No. 8; It is the most abundant element in the human body by weight, accounting for 65% of a person's body mass.
What is Oxygen?
200
This new dance sport for the 2024 Paris games will consist of 16 B-Boys and 16 B-girls going head to head in solo battles.
What is Breaking?
400
He was a law professor at the University of Arkansas.
Who is Bill Clinton?
400
A verb meaning to transform from liquid to gas.
What is evaporate?
400
Her poem No. 288 asks, "I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you--Nobody--too?"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
What is the White House?
400
No. 12; It's the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust.
What is aluminum?
400
Events at the 2024 Paris games will take place in iconic places including beach volleyball at the Champ de Mars, by this famous landmark.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
800
He commanded PT-109.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
800
The "S" in ASPCA
What is society?
800
"The Weary Blues" was the first volume of poetry by this leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
800
There are eight women’s names included in the memorial for this war; all were nurses.
What is the Vietnam War?
800
It's the lightest of all the elements, with an atomic number and weight of 1.
What is Hydrogen?
800
For the first time ever, the 2024 Games will also take place in this French territory, where the surfing competition will be held on the Pacific island’s legendary Teahupoo wave, located about 15 000km from Paris.
What is Tahiti?
1200
He was Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State.
Who is James Madison?
1200
This adjective means pertaining to the Earth.
What is terrestrial?
1200
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He began a famous poem, "I celebrate myself, and sing myself."
Who is Walt Whitman?
1200
What is the Washington Monument?
1200
No. 31; this metal is so soft at room temperature that you could cut it with a knife.
What is Gallium?
1200
This sport, introduced at the Tokyo games in 2021, will now have two different medal events for each gender: a combined event which includes only bouldering and lead, and a separate speed event.
What is Sport Climbing?
1600
He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
1600
Territory over which a court's authority is exercised.
What is jurisdiction?
1600
This "Death Be Not Proud" poet was considered the greatest of England's metaphysical poets.
Who is John Donne?
1600
Though he didn't live to see 1777, he is honored with a statue for his contribution to the American Revolution.
Who is Nathan Hale?
1600
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No. 80; at room temperature, this metal is in a liquid state making it easy to use in thermometers.
What is Mercury?
1600
Two Japanese athletes tied for second place in this track and field event at the 1936 Olympic games, however they refused to participate in a tiebreaker. Instead, they cut their medals in half and they fused them together so they were half silver, half bronze
What is Pole Vaulting?
2000
He owned and edited The Marion Star.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
2000
The world's largest rodent.
What is capybara?
2000
She became the youngest poet ever to recite poetry at a presidential inauguration when she read her poem "The Hill We Climb" on January 20, 2021.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
2000
A pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers and the original Kermit the Frog puppet are just some exhibits you'll see at Entertainment Nation, part of this Smithsonian museum.
What is the National Museum of American History?
2000
No. 4; Because of its low density and atomic mass, this metal is relatively transparent to X-rays, making it profoundly useful in radiation windows and particle detectors.
What is Beryllium?
2000
In 2004, Argentina's men's team for this sport didn't give up a single goal to their opponents.
What is Soccer?