The World Cup
The current World Cup trophy is named after this governing body that organizes international soccer.
What is FIFA?
This process describes water vapor turning into liquid water, forming clouds in the atmosphere.
What is condensation?
This document, adopted in 1776, declared the American colonies independent from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This 1977 space adventure became a cultural phenomenon almost overnight, introducing audiences to a galaxy far, far away and launching one of the biggest franchises in film history.
What is Star Wars?
This South American country has won the World Cup five times, the most men’s FIFA World Cup titles in history.
What is Brazil?
This thick layer of Earth lies beneath the crust and slowly flows over time, driving plate movement.
What is the mantle?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution guarantee basic rights such as freedom of speech and religion.
What is the Bill of Rights?
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Released in 1975, this film is often credited with creating the modern “summer blockbuster” model after audiences flocked to see a giant shark terrorize a beach town.
What is Jaws?
This country’s national team, known as “La Albiceleste,” has won the World Cup three times (most recently in 2022).
What is Argentina?
This type of rock forms when molten material cools and hardens, either beneath Earth’s surface or after a volcanic eruption.
What is igneous rock?
This 1787 meeting produced the framework for the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Who is Muhammed Ali?
I'll be back, and now I am! This 1991 sequel about a liquid metal assassin sent from the future is widely considered one of the greatest action films ever made and pushed CGI technology forward dramatically.
What is Terminator 2: Judgement Day?
This award is given to the top goal scorer of the World Cup tournament.
What is the Golden Boot?
This process describes water changing from a liquid into a gas and entering the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
This first secretary of the Treasury shaped early U.S. financial policy and advocated for a strong central government. If that wasn't enough, he has his own popular musical.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Who Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This 2009 science fiction film set on the moon Pandora became the first film to cross the $2 billion mark globally, driven by immersive 3D technology and visual innovation.
What is Avatar?
Every World Cup championship has been won by a country from one of these two continents.
What is South America and Europe?
This long-term movement of continents across Earth’s surface is explained by the theory of shifting plates.
What is continental drift?
This founding figure wrote most of the Federalist Papers and later became the fourth U.S. president.
Who is James Madison?
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
Who is Oscar Wilde?
If you were to adjust for inflation, this 1939 classic that won 8 Oscars would be (domestically) the most financially successful movie of all time.
What is Gone With the Wind?