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Elements of Dance
Women in Literature
Nobel Prizes in Science
Famous U.S. Presidents
100

(x+5)(x+9)

x^2+14x+45

100

This dance element includes focus and orientation. Dancers move in levels, pathways, and directions

thanks to this element. Identify this element, which can be general or personal.

Space

100

Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

Maya Angelou

100

This woman won two nobel prizes. One in physics in 1903 and one in chemistry in 1911.

Marie Curie

100

This 16th president of the United States issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Abraham Lincoln

200

(x-1)(x+7)

x^2+6x-7

200

This element of dance can be simultaneous or sequential, and may be felt by performers. It can be metered or free rhythm, and often relies on rhythmic patterns in the West. Name this element encompassing pulse, tempo, and duration.

Action

200

This British novelist is known for her works such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

Jane Austen

200

This man won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.

Albert Einstein

200

Which U.S. president is known for the Watergate Scandal?

Richard Nixon

300

(x-8)(x-2)

x^2-10x+16

300

This element of dance can be simultaneous or sequential, and may be felt by performers. It can be metered or free rhythm, and often relies on rhythmic patterns in the West. Name this element encompassing pulse, tempo, and duration.

Energy

300

This American poet, born in 1830, is best known for her use of slant-rhyme, conceits, and unconventional punctuation, as well as her near-legendary reclusive habits 

Emily Dickinson

300

Although her research was crucial in discovering the double helix of DNA, Rosalind Franklin was excluded from the Nobel Prize for it. Which two scientists won the Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix?

James Watson and Francis Crick

300

Daily

Double

This 34th president of the United States is credited with creating our interstate road system.

400

Daily

Double

(x+7)^2

400

Identify the element of dance that focuses on the dancer’s physical instrument and how it moves.

Body

400

This American Nobel Prize-winning novelist is known for Beloved, Song of Solomon, and The Bluest Eye.

Toni Morrison

400

This man won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his work in chemical bonds.

Linus Pauling

400

Which U.S. president is known for handling the Cuban Missile Crisis?

John F. Kennedy

500

(x-1)^2

x^2-2x+1

500

Identify the element of dance that refers to rhythm, speed, and duration of movement.


Time

500

This British author, known for her stream-of-consciousness writing, wrote Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and A Room of One's Own.

Virginia Woolf

500

This man won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2020 for his work with black hole formation.

Roger Penrose

500

This 29th president of the United States is known for the Teapot Dome Scandal.

Warren G. Harding

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