Famous People or characters
A British journalist and author who wrote 1984 (in 1948) or Animal Farm, dystopian stories or speculative fiction.
Who was George Orwell? (1903-1950)
That's the name of the king whose nursery rhyme "divorced, beheaded and died, divorced, beheaded, survived" is referring to. He also broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is King Henry VIII ?
Iceland, Greenland (Denmark), Canada, Russia, Norway, and the United States all have that in common.
Which countries are bordering the Arctic Sea?
A squatter settlement in densely populated urban area characterized by substandard housing often built from makeshift materials. It lacks basic infrastructure like water, sanitation, electricity, and proper roads.
What is a slum or shanty town ?
It is the type of shot that will focus on the landscape, framing the subject from a very long distance.
What is an extreme long shot ?
A Canadian author who wrote The Handmaid's Tale, a dystopian story or speculative fiction.
Who is Margaret Atwood ?
He used to be a Senator from Ohio and he is now the 50th Vice President of the USA.
Who is J.D. Vance ?
A treaty that defines the rights and responsibilities of nations in their use of the world's oceans.
What is the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea?
A workplace, often a factory making garments, characterized by extremely poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours, in violations of international labor laws.
What is a sweatshop ?
The process of arranging shots and scenes to create a cohesive narrative and emotional impact in a movie. It involves selecting, cutting, and arranging footage, as well as adding transitions and special effects.
What does "editing" mean ?
An American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. She made her solo directorial debut with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017) and became famous with the fantasy-comedy Barbie in 2023.
Who is Greta Gerwig ?
The US Senator of Wisconsin who launched and gave his name to a "witch-hunt" against communists in the US government and other institutions between 1950 and 1954.
Who was Joseph McCarthy? (McCarthyism)
The founding members are the countries that were invited to participate in the 1945 San Francisco Conference, among them (50 in all) China, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , United States of America, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, New Zealand, Australia, Canada...
Which countries founded the United Nations?
That's the term representing a stereotype in a story or in a movie.
What's a trope ?
The circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event. A person's education, training, experience, social or cultural heritage. The scenery behind a main object in a picture, etc...
How can one define the word "background" ?
A South African Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid activist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his non-violent opposition to South Africa's apartheid regime and who headed the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" after apartheid to address human rights abuses.
Who was Desmond Tutu? (1931-2021)
The Tory (or conservative Party) Leader and UK Prime Minister nicknamed 'The Iron Lady' who served from 1979 to 1990.
Who was Margaret Thatcher ?
It is the second largest English-speaking country in the world. It balances British institutional legacies with vibrant local cultures, and represents the world's largest functioning democracy.
What is India?
A theory first coined by Laura Mulvey, a professor of media studies: female characters in mainstream media are often overtly sexualized and objectified to please the male characters and viewers.
What is "the male gaze" ?
The way a growing city spreads, in an uncontrolled and unplanned manner, over a large area.
What is urban sprawling ?
That's the character the segregation laws were named after.
Who was Jim Crow ?
A former high-ranking cabinet minister and Mayor of Greater Manchester, he built a distinct political identity championing Northern England before returning to Westminster. He has served as the British Prime Minister since 20th July 2026.
Who is Andrew Murray (Andy) Burnham ?
If the "sun belt" is the southern tier from Florida to California known for warm weather and fast-growing populations; the "Bible belt" the American South, for high rates of conservative Protestant church attendance, what is refered to as the "rust belt"?
Parts of the Northeast and Midwest like Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, formerly renowned for past heavy manufacturing and steel.
A long-term spy who infiltrates an organization to gather information or cause disruption. They are typically recruited before having access to sensitive information and then work to gain a position of trust within the target organization.
What is "a mole" ?
The name of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion all over the USA in 1973. It was overturned in 2022, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion and allowed individual states to regulate or ban it.
What is Roe v Wade ?