Ms. Heriford
Ms. Heriford's favorite drink
What is Diet Coke?
Kansas City is known for this style of food
What is BBQ? Fun fact: The KC area has over 100 BBQ restaurants.
This board game is the best-seller of all time
What is Monopoly?
The Iliad and The Odyssey were written by this famous poet
Who is Homer?
This word for a government ruled by the people comes from the Greek roots demos (people) and kratos (power).
What is democracy?
The college Ms. Heriford attended
What is Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO)?
This famous animator opened his first animation studio in Kansas City
Who is Walt Disney?
This board game is played by the main characters in Stranger Things
What is Dungeons and Dragons?
Odysseus escapes the Cyclops by lying and saying his name is this
What is "Nobody"?
The word aquarium comes from the Latin word aqua, which means this.
What is water?
Ms. Heriford's favorite movie
What is School of Rock OR 10 Things I Hate About You?
In the 1930s, Kansas City became famous for this style of music
What is Jazz?
The earliest known board games come from this ancient civilization
What is ancient Egypt?
This monster had the body of a man and the head of a bull and lived in the Labyrinth.
What is the Minotaur?
This word for a star group in the sky comes from the Latin constellatio, meaning “set of stars.”
What is constellation?
The language Ms. Heriford is learning on Duolingo
In 1963, Lamar Hunt moved the football team now known as the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas. Before moving to Kansas City, this is the city the football team inhabited
What is Dallas? (Fun Fact: They were originally named the Dallas Texans)
Chess was created in this country
What is India?
This nearly invincible Greek warrior of the Trojan War was vulnerable only at his heel.
Who is Achilles?
The word museum comes from the Greek Mouseion, which was originally a temple dedicated to these goddesses of the arts.
Who are the Muses?
Ms. Heriford originally majored in this in college
What is journalism?
Harry S. Truman (the first and only president from Missouri) was from this Kansas City suburb
What is Independence?
The board game Jenga takes its name from the Swahili word "kujenga," which means this
What is "to build"?
This inventor crafted wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son, Icarus.
Who is Daedalus?
The English word alphabet comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. Name them.
What are alpha and beta?