Four Syllable Words
Schools, teachers, and textbooks all serve this process of gaining knowledge and skills.
What is Education?
Fought from 1775 to 1783, this conflict saw thirteen colonies break away from Great Britain, with help from France late in the war.
What is the American Revolutionary War?
Judy Garland starred as Dorothy in this 1939 film, in which a Kansas tornado sweeps her away to a land where she follows a yellow brick road.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
Knights wore this protective metal covering into battle.
What is armor?
This American classic pairs a grilled beef patty with a slice of melted cheddar, American, or Swiss on a bun.
What is a cheeseburger?
From the Greek words for "people" and "rule," this form of government puts power in the hands of the citizens.
What is Democracy?
In 1620, this ship carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic to what is now Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
Marty McFly travels back to 1955 in a DeLorean that must reach 88 miles per hour to make the jump.
What is Back to the Future?
Once thought to be the smallest indivisible unit of matter, it's made of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is an Atom?
In 2010, UNESCO added the traditional cuisine of this country, built on corn, beans, and chiles, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
What is Mexico (Mexican food)?
In 1854, Elisha Otis dramatically demonstrated a safety brake for this device, which helped make skyscrapers practical.
What is an Elevator?
This 1215 document, sealed by King John at Runnymede, limited the power of the English monarch and is seen as an early step toward constitutional government.
What is the Magna Carta?
George Lucas's 1977 space adventure opens with a scrolling text crawl and follows Luke Skywalker as he joins the fight against the Empire and its Death Star.
What is Star Wars?
These colorful ornamental carp, popular in Japanese garden ponds, are symbols of good fortune and perseverance.
What is Koi?
This Vietnamese noodle soup gets its aroma from broth simmered with charred ginger, star anise, and cinnamon, then topped with herbs and lime.
What is pho?
The name of this aircraft comes from Greek words meaning "spiral" and "wing," and its rotor blades let it hover in place.
What is a Helicopter?
Spread by fleas carried on rats, this pandemic killed a huge share of Europe's population between 1347 and 1351.
What is the Black Death (or Black Plague)?
Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller is set on Amity Island, where a police chief, a marine biologist, and a fisherman hunt a great white shark.
What is Jaws?
Expressed as 3:2 or 3 to 2, this comparison of two quantities gives us the word for a relationship like the one between a circle's circumference and its diameter, pi.
What is a ratio?
This Jamaican style of seasoning and slow-cooking chicken or pork relies on allspice and Scotch bonnet peppers.
What is jerk?
From a Greek word meaning "overturning," this term refers to a sudden disaster, and in ancient drama it was the final turn of the plot.
What is a Catastrophe?
Published in 1687, this landmark work by Isaac Newton laid out the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation.
What is the Principia (Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica)?
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller follows a woman who checks into the Bates Motel, and its famous shower scene is one of the most analyzed in film history.
What is Psycho?
Bricklayers spread this paste of sand, water, and cement between bricks, and a pestle is often paired with a bowl of the same name.
What is mortar?
Meaning "hot mixture" in Hindi, this ground spice blend is added near the end of cooking in many North Indian dishes.
What is garam masala?