American Landmarks
This French gift is a symbol of freedom. This statue holds a torch in one hand and a tablet in the other. What is this statue located on Liberty Island?
STATUE OF LIBERTY
This is the largest class of animals. These arthropods usually have wings. What invertebrates have six legs?
INSECTS
This historical event arose from overgrazing, plowing land for wheat, and a severe drought. It coincided with the Great Depression and affected all of the Midwest and parts of the South and Southwest. What was this 1930s period during which wind blew loose soil far and wide?
DUST BOWL
This economic system relies on the so-called "double coincidence of wants." It can be handy when money isn't readily available. What is this system of trading goods or services directly for other goods or services?
BARTER
These objects are practical uses of art. It includes earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. What objects are made from fired clay?
POTTERY
These cell organelles require food and oxygen. This organelle produces energy for the cell. What cell organelle is called the "powerhouse" of the cell?
MITOCHONDRIA
This natural landform's counterparts include Daisy, Riverside, Grand, and Castle. Its name comes from the regularity with which it erupts. What is this most famous of Yellowstone's geysers?
OLD FAITHFUL
These animals have a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. Types of these fish include the lemon, basking, and hammerhead varieties. What are these ocean superpredators known for their large jaws?
SHARK(S)
This colony was the birthplace of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the Americas. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site has restored this settlement nicknamed the "Lost Colony." Sir Walter Raleigh founded what colony that mysteriously vanished off the coast of present-day North Carolina?
ROANOKE
This four-word English phrase is sometimes paired with the Latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum." State this phrase that, since 1956, has been the U.S.'s national motto.
IN GOD WE TRUST
An alternate name for this Native American people means "people of the longhouse." They formed a grouping of six tribes that included the Oneida, Mohawk, and Seneca. Identify this Indigenous group, whose namesake confederacy resided in New York State and Ontario.
IROQUOIS
This is the shape of many cells. Cocci bacteria have this shape. What cell shape is round like a ball?
SPHEROID
Each May this site hosts a sporting event known by such nicknames as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” and “The Run for the Roses”. What horse track, known for its recognizable twin spires, annually hosts the Kentucky Derby?
CHURCHILL DOWNS
The name of these vertebrates means "living a double life." These vertebrates can live on land and in water and they often undergo metamorphosis. What vertebrates include salamanders, toads, and frogs?
AMPHIBIANS
This transportation achievement stretched from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California. It was completed when the Golden Spike was hammered at Promontory, Utah. Identify this transportation marvel built by the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.
(THE) TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
This technology links computers all around the world. It is often confused with the World Wide Web. What is this system of computer networks that serves as an information superhighway?
INTERNET
This Native American word referred to a rare, valuable commodity among Eastern Woodland tribes. They helped tell stories, served as ceremonial gifts, and commemorated treaties and historical events. What were these purple or white beads made from marine shells?
WAMPUM [WAHM-puhm]
All cells have this thin, flexible structure. Substances that the cell needs to survive must pass through this cell part. What structure surrounds a cell?
CELL MEMBRANE
Two-word answer, please. Designed by Henry Bacon, this monument includes a 19-foot-tall marble statue sculpted by Daniel Chester French. Modeled on the Parthenon, it features carvings of it subject's Second Inaugural and Gettysburg Addresses. Give the name of this Washington, D.C. landmark dedicated to our 16th president.
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
These arthropods mostly live in the oceans but a few may live in freshwater. They have three body segments and five pairs of legs. What group of arthropods include shrimp, crabs, and lobsters?
CRUSTACEAN(S)
Name this January 1, 1863 decree that slaves in Southern U.S. states were free.
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
This Tennessee-native was given the title of Kentucky Colonel in 2024 to celebrate the expansion of her Imagination Library program in Kentucky. Name this iconic country music star, the singer of such hits as “9 to 5”, “Coat of Many Colors”, and “Jolene”.
DOLLY PARTON
This dance is a Native American Dance. It is held once a year in late spring or early summer. What is this dance around a single pole that is also called the Rainmaking Dance?
SUN DANCE
This part of a cell is mainly composed of water. This substance is often described as jelly-like. What substance is made of a cell's cytosol and organelles?
CYTOPLASM
In 2019, Louisville renamed its international airport in honor of this iconic athlete who was born in Louisville in 1942. Name the Kentucky-born boxing champion who earned the nickname “The Greatest”.
MUHAMMAD ALI
This invertebrate is an Echinoderm [EE KI nuh durm]. It is called a fish, but it is not one. What animal can regrow one of its five arms if it breaks off?
STARFISH
This colonial city's inhabitants included Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, and the enslaved Tituba [TITCH-oo-buh]. During its most infamous period, 19 people were executed, while others died in jail. Give the name of this Massachusetts town remembered for its witch trials.
SALEM
When burned, this mineral gives off carbon dioxide and sulfur pollutants. This mineral is mined throughout the Appalachian area. What black mineral can be burned for energy?
COAL
Native Americans that lived on the grassy plains lived in these structures so that they could break them down and carry them long distances to relocate.
Teepees
These scientific instruments usually have two lenses--an objective and an eyepiece. These instruments may magnify images up to about 1000 times. What instruments allow a biologist to observe cells?
MICROSCOPES
A nearly 555-feet tall obelisk, it is among the most recognizable structures in Washington D.C. What iconic marble structure was built to honor, and is named for, the United States’ first president?
WASHINGTON MONUMENT
These vertebrates breathe air and have scales instead of hair. Dinosaurs are extinct versions of these animals. What animals include snakes, lizards, and turtles?
REPTILES
From 1790 to 1800, this city was the United States' national capital. Both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were written inside its Independence Hall. The Liberty Bell is found in what largest Pennsylvania city?
PHILIDELPHIA
A fort, now named for this man, was constructed in 1775 in present-day Madison County, Kentucky. What legendary figure of the American frontier is remembered for helping blaze the Wilderness Road into Kentucky?
DANIEL BOONE
Was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
SACAJAWEA
The central, membrane-enclosed organelle in cells that stores genetic material (DNA) and acts as the cell's master control center.
Nucleus
This group's official name was the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. Colonel Leonard Wood led the regiment, which helped capture Kettle and San Juan Hills. Identify this group from the Spanish-American War, whose second-in-command was Teddy Roosevelt.
THE ROUGH RIDERS
This is the first stage in the life cycles of amphibians, reptiles, and birds. These structures hold food to help nourish the developing embryo. What are these structures that require hatching?
EGGS
Nicknamed "America's Mountain," this landmark rises in Colorado Springs. Katherine Lee Bates imagined the opening lines of "America the Beautiful" while standing atop it. Give the alliterative title of this Rocky Mountain summit, which was named for explorer Zebulon.
PIKES PEAK
This force increases as the mass of an object increases. This force of the sun helps keep the planets in orbit around it. What force pulls objects towards one another?
GRAVITY
Native Americans used this for thousands of years to craft sharp, durable tools essential for survival, trade, and culture.
Flint
The biological process by which plants, algae, and cyanobacteria convert sunlight energy into chemical energy to fuel their growth and metabolism.
Photosynthesis