States and Capitals
What state is the smallest in size?
Rhode Island
This author wrote The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kiney
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, what do we do? We swim, swim, swim! What movie is this a phrase from?
Finding Nemo
This famous tennis player from Richmond was the first African American player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon.
Arthur Ashe
These two American aviation pioneers from Dayton, Ohio are credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first flight south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The Wright Brothers
Which five states border Virginia?
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland
British novelist that wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Roald Dahl
Love is an open door! Love is an open door! What movie is this song from?
Frozen
This person was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation.
George Washington
An American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he was a leading writer, printer, political philosopher, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and a stove.
Benjamin Franklin
What is the capital of Massachusetts?
Boston
This author took 17 years to write The Lord of the Rings.
J.R.R. Tolkien
A wonderful phrase from this movie might be Hakuna Matata?
The Lion King
This person was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He previously served as the second vice president of the United States from 1797 to 1801 and was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
An American industrialist and business magnate, chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.
Henry Ford
What is the capital of Alaska?
Juno
Not only did this author write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but poems like Jabberwocky.
Lewis Carroll
The following quote from Gru comes from what movie? "I said DART gun, not FART gun."
Despicable Me
This person was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he was the last president of the Virginia dynasty. He was known for a policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas.
James Monroe
An Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography. He has been called the father of paleontology and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time.
Leonardo da Vinci
What state is named after a president?
Washington
This author began her career in the early 1990's, writing on restaurant napkins and drinking cups of espresso and has a net worth of around 700 million. Famous quote "We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already."
JK Rowling
In the animated action adventure sequel, It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Lego Movie 2
This author lived in Richmond and wrote works such as The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher.
Edgar Allen Poe
An American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South and made upland short cotton into a profitable crop.
Eli Whitney