SCIENCE FACTS
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
Capital of Japan
What is Tokyo?
A word that reads the same forwards and backwards
What is a palindrome?
This 1994 film features Forrest Gump running across America
What is "Forrest Gump"?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776?
This author wrote under a pen name and published "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in 1884.
Who is Mark Twain? (real name Samuel Clemens)
The powerhouse of the cell
What is the mitochondria?
Capital of Canada
What is Ottawa?
Words that sound the same but have different meanings, like "knight" and "night"
What are homophones?
This director made "Jaws," "E.T.," and "Jurassic Park"
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War divide
What is the Berlin Wall?
This president was the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This planet has the most moons in our solar system
What is Saturn?
Capital of Australia
What is Canberra?
A figure of speech comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This 1997 film about a sinking ship starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
What is "Titanic"?
This Egyptian queen was known for her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
Who is Cleopatra?
This is the only country that borders both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans on the African continent.
What is South Africa?
The chemical symbol Au represents this metal
What is gold?
Capital of Egypt
What is Cairo?
The literary device where the first letters of lines spell a word
What is an acrostic?
This studio created Buzz Lightyear and Woody
What is Pixar?
This ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912
What is the Titanic?
This device, patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, revolutionized long-distance communication.
What is the telephone?
This scientist developed the theory of general relativity
Who is Einstein?
Capital of Brazil
What is BrasÃlia?
A word formed by rearranging the letters of another word
What is an anagram?
This 2010 film explores dreams within dreams, starring Leonardo DiCaprio
What is "Inception"?
This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of English monarchs
What is the Magna Carta?
In Greek mythology, this Titan was condemned to hold up the sky for eternity.
Who is Atlas?