A Real Renaissance Man
Michelangelo is best known for his masterful works of art from the High Renaissance. Particularly for his painting of the Pietà, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, including The Creation of Adam and this notable sculpture of a man.
What is his sculpture of David?
Commonly made of stone, but also found in ceramic and wood. This kitchen duo is handy for grinding both wet and dry ingredients into a fine powder or paste.
What is a Mortar & Pestle?
Known for his impact on the Horror/Thriller movie genre, This director made his biggest success with the famous movie "Psycho" in 1960.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
He is the Roman mythology counterpart to the Greek God, Zeus.
Who is Jupiter?
X is a commonly used example of one of THESE in math equations like 10=2x. No You don't have to solve the equation.
What is a variable?
This Renaissance man was famous for his art and inventions, including "The Last Supper" or his drawings for a flying machine labeled a flapping ornithopter.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This kitchen gadget is perfect for mincing bulbs of the Italian spice known to cause bad breath.
What is a Garlic Press?
He directed such classics as "Goodfellas", "Taxi Driver", & "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Who is Martin Scorsese?
These Greek mythological creature were said to lure sailors to their deaths by their beautiful songs.
What are Sirens?
A number that includes a whole part and a fractional part is commonly written with this in the middle. It's also used in our library systems.
What is a Decimal Point?
Johannes Gutenberg developed THIS machine that revolutionized the Renaissance Era by making books and knowledge more accessible and affordable.
What is the Printing Press?
This is a perforated bowl-shaped kitchen utensil used to separate solids from liquids, primarily for draining cooked pasta, washing fruits and vegetables, and rinsing grains. NOT to be confused with a strainer.
What is a Colander?
He directed the cult favorite :Pulp Fiction".
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
This Egyptian God of the Afterlife is depicted with a jackal head.
Who is Anubis?
This is the term used for the constant that describes the ration of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
What is Pi or 3.14159...?
He was the first known person to use telescopes for astronomy, and for his findings on planetary bodies like Jupiter, the moon, & the great evidence that our Solar System revolved around the Sun and not the Earth as previously believed.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This kitchen gadget isn't good for building things, but IS good for making food thinner and easier to chew. It generally comes with a flat side and a spikey side.
What is a Meat Hammer or Tenderizer?
This aging cowboy won 2 Academy awards for his Western film "Unforgiven" in 1992, both Best Picture and Best Director.
Who is Clint Eastwood?
Who is Hercules/Heracles?
When learning the Order of Operations, students are taught to remember PEMDAS to tell them what should be done first in a math equation. The "E" meaning this part of a math problem.
What are the Exponents?
Like in 102+100=?
The "2" needs to be solved first before you can add.
This family was famous for their investing in the Renaissance. They invested heavily in art and artists, and appear in many Renaissance era works because of it. They were a prominent Italian family known for their power in banking.
Who was the Medici Family?
This kitchen gadget is the tried and true way to make your mashed potatoes come out without any lumps unlike the traditional potato masher. Patented in 1887 by Jacob Fitzgerald and William H. Silver.
What is the Potato Ricer?
This Director made history in 2010 when she became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director for her movie "The Hurt Locker".
Who is Kathryn Bigelow?
This is the dwelling place of the Norse gods, comparable to the Greek gods’ Mount Olympus.
What is Asgard?
The equation of ax2+bx+c=0 is the common structure of this type of math equation.
What is a Quadratic Equation?