Movie Musicals
I feel pretty! This musical is a timeless, dramatic retelling of Romeo and Juliet set among rival New York street gangs. Duck, Tony!
What is West Side Story?
Oh rats! This terrible pandemic, believed to be caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, spread throughout Europe between 1347 and 1351, causing the death of roughly 30% to 60% of the population.
What is The Black Death? (Or Bubonic Plague)
Set in the town of Maycomb, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel features the fictional trial of Tom Robinson and is narrated by a young girl with an unconventional nickname. Boo!
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Write that down! This element is used in pencils and is a form of pure carbon.
What is Graphite (C)?
Come on, Barbie! Let's go party! Mattel released the iconic first Barbie doll on March 9th, 1959... but what year did her boyfriend Ken come into the picture?
What is 1961?
A strict captain, a lively governess and seven children under one roof. Do-Re-Mi isn't just a song, it's the beginning of a family's transformation in a time of unrest and uncertainty.
What is The Sound of Music?
Discovered in 1799, this inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, provided the key to modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics because it contained the same text in three different scripts. It definitely rocks!
What is The Rosetta Stone?
This 1925 novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, features a symbolic green light across the bay, and critiques the illusion of the American Dream during the Roaring 20's.
What is The Great Gatsby?
We're all mad here, hat or not! This element is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is Mercury (Hg)?
Come sit round and you'll hear a tale! In the show Gilligan’s Island, what was the name of the boat?
What is The S.S. Minnow?
A flower girl with a thick and almost incomprehensible accent gets a high-class makeover. Can learning how to speak properly truly transform her life? Or just the way others perceive her?
What is My Fair Lady?
Regarded as the "Maid of Orléans," this French peasant girl believed she was acting under divine guidance to aid Charles VII in the Hundred Years' War before being burned at the stake.
Who is Joan of Arc?
This Gothic novel unfolds through nested narratives recounted to a tenant of Thrushcross Grange, features a vengeful orphan brought to the Yorkshire moors, and was the only novel ever written by Emily Bronte.
What is Wuthering Heights?
It's heating up! Helium was discovered in the spectrum of which celestial body before it was found on Earth?
What is the Sun?
Tiny dancers unite! Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote the song “Candle In The Wind” about which famous actress?
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
Pop! Six! Squish! The merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail love performing their rendition of the Cell Block Tango using the iconic dance style created by Bob Fosse in this movie musical.
What is Chicago?
Starting in the 14th century, this period of intense artistic, cultural, and intellectual "rebirth" in Europe saw figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo shift focus toward humanism.
What is The Renaissance?
Published by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this 1850 novel set in Puritan New England features a scaffold as a recurring symbol, a minister named Arthur Dimmesdale, and a chilling figure known as Roger Chillingsworth.
What is The Scarlet Letter?
Now it's getting heavy! Mendeleev’s original periodic table organized elements by increasing what?
What is Atomic Weight?
Beautiful from afar but up close it's a mess! Who is known as the Father of Impressionism?
Who is Claude Monet?
A modern, high-energy biographical musical featuring original songs and circus spectacles. P.T. Barnum finds that while the acts he puts on may be hoaxes, the smiles they create are very real.
What is The Greatest Showman?
This Portuguese-born explorer, while serving the Spanish crown, organized the expedition that achieved the first successful circumnavigation of the Earth, although he died in the Philippines before its completion.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This novel is set in the super state of Oceania, where history is constantly rewritten, the slogan "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength" prevails, and rebellion begins with a forbidden diary?
What is 1984?
Time to Tango! What is the only element that a country was named after?
What is Argentum (Ag) for Argentina? (Derived from the Latin for Silver)
"The course of true love never did run smooth!" In what Shakespeare play would you find the characters Oberon and Titania?
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?