Famous
Interesting
Overcoming
Famous
100

Messi holds the title for the most goals scored in what sport? 

Soccer/Football

100

Nicknamed "the flea"

Lionel Messi

100

On a Trans-Antarctic expedition, Sir Ernest Shakleton's boat was crushed by what?

Ice

100

He said "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." when stepping on the moon. 

Neil Armstrong

200

Co-founded Apple (ipods, iphone, Mac computers)

Steve Jobs

200

Changed name from Michael to ________

Martin

200

Trained as a pilot in the Navy and served in the Korean War

Neil Armstrong

200

Mae Jemison spent 8 days in _______ conducting experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness. 

space

300

Wrote the famous "I have a dream" speech. 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

300

Sotomayor first wanted to be a ________, just like Nancy Drew. 

Detective

300

Picked up English after her father passed away. What was Sonia Sotomayor's language spoken at home?

Spanish

300

Endured a difficult home life to find her way to dance, becoming the first African-American dancer in the American Ballet Theater

Misty Copeland

400

First Hispanic justice to the supreme court

Sonia Sotomayor

400

Steve Jobs helped to invest and bring to life a movie company called ________

Pixar

400

Worked to overcome racism by leading peaceful protests and boycotts. What mode of transportation did Martin Luther King, Jr. first boycott? 

Bus system

400

Your favorite social studies teacher, whose class you are sitting in

Mrs. Hintze

500

First African American woman in Space 

Mae Jemison

500

This woman completed the 8th grade by the time she was 10

Katherine Johnson

500

Messi's country rejected him as a soccer player because of his hormone deficiency. What country was he from? 

Argentina

500

Movie and book based off of Katherine Johnson's ability to calculate space flight. 

Hidden Figures

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