Recognized World Geniuses
This Italian engineer's work has helped build airplanes, helicopters, and robotics. He also painted one of the most well-known portraits in the history of the world: Mona Lisa.
Leonardo Da Vinci
This 2022 movie features Mei Lee, a 13-year-old girl who transforms into a red panda when overly excited.
Turning Red
This flying mammal has an internal navigation system called echolocation to "see" what is around them.
Bat
What famous book franchise by UK author J.K. Rowling follows a teen wizard at his school called Hogwarts?
Harry Potter
Sharks are mammals.
False—sharks are a type of fish.
This genius informed us that the Earth revolves around the sun rather than the sun revolving around the Earth.
Galileo
This DreamWorks movie franchise made three movies from 2010 to 2019 and released the first live-action version this past Friday.
How to Train Your Dragon
With almost 50,000 species in the world (4,000 in North America), you're always within ten feet of this insect.
Spider
What is the capital city of England?
London
The human eye can distinguish about a million different colors.
True—the human eye can distinguish roughly one million colors.
This English cosmologist was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 21, with doctors predicting that he would live a few more years at most.
Stephen Hawking
This Summer 1994 blockbuster opened with the song "The Circle of Life."
The Lion King
This predator accounts for about a third of all the reptile species on the planet due to living on every continent except Antarctica.
Snake
This fictional English detective had a partner he called Watson.
Sherlock Holmes
The Great Wall of China can be seen from space.
False—this is a common myth; the Great Wall is not visible from space with the naked eye.
This Serbian inventor established A/C electricity, wireless transmission of energy, remote control, and wireless telegraphy, envisioning what tomorrow’s world would be like over the next century.
Nikola Tesla
This Japanese manga series is set in a world where about 80% of the human population has gained superpowers called "Quirks".
My Hero Academia
Traditionally, this figure is depicted as a skeletal figure dressed in a long, black cloak, carrying a scythe to separate souls from bodies.
The Grim Reaper
Which English football club is nicknamed “The Red Devils”?
Manchester United
Sound travels faster in air than in water.
False—sound travels faster in water than in air.
This woman pioneered cancer research and surgery and contributed extensively to chemotherapy.
Jane Cooke Wright
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City and explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks.
West Side Story
This part of the body has 22 bones, but only ONE can move.
Skull
What is the name of King Charles's official residence in London?
Buckingham Palace
Humans have more than five senses.
True—in addition to the traditional five, humans have senses like balance and a sense of space.