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)
Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Turkey, Cyprus are all in that region.
Which countries are part of "the Middle East" ?
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 Conservative Leader and UK Prime Minister nicknamed 'The Iron Lady' who served from 1979 to 1990.
Who was Margaret Thatcher ?
A city in India where lush farmlands have been replaced with buildings for new firms and engineering companies ever since the 1980s, now considered the Indian Silicon Valley.
What is Bangalore ?
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 British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.
Who is Sir Keir Rodney Starmer ?
A US southern region characterized by strong religious beliefs, high church attendance, and a significant influence of religious values on politics and culture, where socially conservative evangelical Protestantism is prevalent.
What is the Bible Belt ?
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 ?