STORY AUTHOR AND MOVIE DIRECTOR
Author: Suzanne Collins
Director: Gary Ross
What is the Hunger Games?
This 20th c. British physicist said, "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can & will create itself from nothing"
Who is Hawking?
The speedy dog breed the Whippet may have developed from this even faster breed
What is a greyhound?
In the "Odyssey" Odysseus has a brief but memorable reunion with Argus, one of these, as he returns to Ithaca
What is his dog?
Heard here, it's the smallest & highest-pitched woodwind instrument in an orchestra
What is a piccolo?
Author: J.K. Rowling
Director: Chris Columbus
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
Seen here, this American advised President Theodore Roosevelt & Mahatma Gandhi about agriculture
Who is George Washington Carver?
This word now meaning sociable & outgoing comes from the Latin for flock
What is gregarious?
Anne Sexton's poem about this "Eve" mentions 12 grandchildren at the family reunion & "the bulbs of the tree"
What is Christmas?
Pesto sauce makes a tasty topping for these small potato dumplings
What is gnocchi?
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HEALTH MATTERS
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Director: Greta Gerwig
What is Little Women?
In 1957, long before she had her own institute, she met Louis Leakey, who guided her to Gombe Stream to study chimps
Who is Jane Goodall?
This symbol of the U.S. has an eagle on the front & an unfinished pyramid on the reverse
What is the Great Seal?
This title woman finally returns to Rochester, blinded after a fire; but fear not! He regains some sight after they marry
Who is Jane Eyre?
The sword-billed species of this tiny bird has the longest bill in relation to its body size of any bird in the world
What is a hummingbird?
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This term for sudden severe head pain that typically lasts only a few minutes was trademarked by 7-Eleven in 1994
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Director: Peter Jackson
What is the Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (take any book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy)?
Once a resident of Smiljan, he immigrated to the U.S. with 4 cents & later patented a polyphase system of A.C. dynamos
What is Tesla?
Traditionally made from pomegranates, this red syrup is an ingredient in Shirley Temples
What is grenadine?
In her 2018 novel "Normal People", Connell & Marianne meet up again at university in Dublin & resume their situationship
Who is Sally Rooney?
This tiny & remote kingdom has the smallest population of any country in mainland Asia
What is Bhutan?
What is brain freeze?
Author: Jane Austen
Director: Joe Wright
What is Pride and Prejudice?
He had a pretty good 19th century run, including saving France's beer, wine & silk industries
Who is Pasteur?
John Gardner wrote a novel from the point of view of this monster from an Old English epic
Who is Grendel?
Some 20 books in, he won a Pulitzer for "American Pastoral", which delves deep into the psyche at a 45th high school reunion
Who is Philip Roth?
Lasting a mere 2 months, 17 days in 1483, the fifth king of this name was the shortest-reigning male monarch of England
Who is Edward V?