Books into movies (Mia)
This book was made into a movie named for the main character. The book is told in both words and pictures, but unlike most books, the pictures don't just help illustrate the story, but they help tell it. What is the name of this book by Brian Selznick?
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Use all seven of your tiles on one turn and get a 50-point bonus
What is Scrabble?
The oldest tennis tournament in the world
What is The Championships, Wimbledon (commonly known as Wimbledon, it was started in 1877)
"That's no blizzard. That's my sister"
What is Frozen?
This geologic formation may be found overhead if you are in a cave
What are Stalactites? (formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate and other minerals, precipitated from mineralized water solutions)
This comedy movie is based on a book by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater. The main character receives a gift from his late father-a penguin! He soon gets more and more badly behaved penguins. The penguins help him win over his ex-wife and kids once again. What is the name of the movie?
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
It has been called the sport of kings queens & pawns
What is Chess?
The height of a basketball hoop in feet
What is 10 ft?
"Now I see that if I were truly to be myself, I would break my family's heart"
What is Mulan?
This living animal has the heaviest brain
What is the Sperm Whale? The average Sperm Whale's brain weighs more than 20 pounds (9 kilograms) which is about 4 times heavier than the average human brain
This book was made into a movie in 2017. The author was inspired to write the book after a trip to an ice cream store. It is about a boy with Treacher-Collins Syndrome. What is the name of the book that shares its name with the movie?
Wonder
A game where you climb up or slide down
What is Chutes and Ladders?
The number of players in an ice hockey team
What is 6?
"Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now...release your anger"
What is Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back?
This variation in the level of the ocean is maximal during the new moon
What is Tide?
In both the animated movie that was made in 2008, after the book won the Newbery Medal in 2004, and in the book, what is strange about Despereaux’s anatomy?
His ears were extremely oversized
The game of quick sketches and crazy guesses
What is Pictionary?
The beach version of this has been an Olympic sport since 1996
What is Volleyball?
"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or… learn from it"
What is The Lion King?
The only two planets in our solar system without moons
What are Mercury and Venus?
When was the movie "Harriet the Spy" released? (Hint: It was before 2000)
1996
Real estate game in which you can end up in jail for no good reason
What is Monopoly?
He ran the first Marathon
Who is Pheidippides (This ancient Greek soldier is said to have run from Marathon to Athens in 490BC, to deliver the victory news in a battle against the Persians)
"I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far. I can't go back to where I used to be"
What is Aladdin?
The first woman in space
Who is Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova in Vostok 6 (U.S.S.R.) in 1963