To a T
Famous Smart People
State Capitals
Inventions of the 1960s
Folklore & Fairytales
100

A piece of furniture with a flat top and 1 or more legs.

What is a table?

100

German theoretical physicist known for developing the theory of relativity and E=mc2.

Who is Albert Einstein?

100

Indianapolis is the capital city of this state.

What is Indiana?

100

This 3-digit number is still used by Americans today to contact emergency services such as law enforcement.

What is 911?

100

All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put this egg back together again.

Who is Humpty-Dumpty?

200

A long essay or dissertation involving personal research.

What is a thesis?

200

Polish chemist known for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity.

Who is Marie Curie?

200

This city is the capital of California.

What is Sacramento?

200

Kids (and adults) enjoy popping this material; it is typically used for wrapping fragile items in order to ship them.

What is bubble wrap?

200

After the queen correctly guesses his name, this little man angrily tears himself in two.

Who is Rumpelstiltskin?

300

A flexible cord of collagen tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.

What is a tendon?

300

English biologist whose studies of birds in the Galapagos Islands contributed to the study of evolution.

Who is Charles Darwin?

300

Santa Fe is the capital city of this state.

What is New Mexico?

300

Felt-tipped markers had been around for years by 1964, but this invention was the very first pen-style permanent marker.

What is the Sharpie?

300

Although modern adaptations of this tale are less morbid, the original story saw the protagonist's evil step-sisters get their eyes pecked out by birds.

What is Cinderella?

400

A subject or practice that is prohibited or restricted by social custom.

What is a taboo?

400

Italian astronomer who invented the telescope, changing the study of astronomy forever.

Who is Galileo Galilei?

400

This city is the capital of Montana.

What is Helena?

400

Hippies around the world rejoiced when Edward Craven Walker invented these lamps filled with colored wax in 1963.

What is the lava lamp?

400

In the fairytale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora is cursed to fall into eternal slumber after pricking her finger on this.

What is a spindle?

500

Violent and unsteady movement of air, water, or another substance.

What is turbulence?

500

English mathematician who worked with Charles Babbage on the world's first computer; often referred to as the first computer programmer.

Who is Ada Lovelace?

500

Annapolis is the capital city of this state.

What is Maryland?

500

Though not approved by the FDA until 1981, this sweetener was discovered by chemist James M. Schlatter in 1965 and given commercial names like NutraSweet and Equal.

What is aspartame?

500

In this Chinese folk tale, a young girl disguises herself as a man to keep her aging father from having to serve in the military again.

What is Hua Mulan?

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