Writing and Literature
This is a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract-- often used by authors to give deeper meaning to their works
What are symbols?
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion was the theme song for this 1997 blockbuster film
What is Titanic?
On February 15, 1933, an assassination attempt on this newly elected U.S. President occurred in Miami, Florida.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
In this sport, “Game, set, match” is an expression used to indicate a competitor has won the game
What is tennis?
This is the third planet from the Sun
What is the Earth?
This gothic/ macabre author died a mysterious death in Baltimore on October 7th, 1849-- his last words were "Lord, help my poor soul."
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Located in Lake Huron, Mackinac Island is part of this U.S. state
What is Michigan?
February 14, 1929, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre occurred in Chicago as seven members of the Bugs Moran gang were gunned down by five of this crime bosses mobsters posing as the police
Who is Al Capone?
MMA is the acronym for this full-contact combat sport
What is mixed martial arts?
This is a scientist who studies rocks and other matter that makes up the Earth
What is a geologist?
This is a genre of literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
What is fiction?
The highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, is located in this mountain range
What are the Himalayas?
February 11, 1929, this Italian dictator granted political independence to Vatican City and recognized the sovereignty of the Pope over the area
Who is Benito Mussolini?
In a full round of golf, there are this many holes
What is eighteen?
This is the spectrum of light that appears when the sun shines onto water droplets in the air
What is a rainbow?
A description of a person's life written by that person is known as this
What is an autobiography/ personal memoirs?
The mojito is a traditional rum cocktail from this country in the northern Caribbean
What is Cuba?
On February 17, 1865 during the Civil War, this fort in South Carolina was returned to the Union after nearly a year and a half under Confederate control-- the fort had been the scene of the first shots of the war
What is Fort Sumter?
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This man is the only professional athlete in history to have been named an All-Star in both baseball and football
Who is Bo Jackson?
Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into this precious mineral
What is diamond?
This man was an American novelist and short-story writer with an iconic understated style—which he termed the "iceberg theory" of writing; he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 and published such works as The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms
Who is Ernest Hemmingway?
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Introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796, the first successful vaccine to be developed was for this disease
What is smallpox?
In South Africa on February 11, 1990, this man, at 71 years old, was released from prison after serving 27 years on charges of attempting to overthrow the apartheid government
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The American National Football League is comprised of this many teams
What is 32?
This is the term for the colored part of the eye
What is the iris?