Famous Structures
This Japanese structure gets a fresh coat of paint every five years and it takes a full year to repaint- that's a lot of white and orange!
What is the Tokyo Tower?
Swedish: "Flappy Mouse"
What is "bat"?
Reigning for over twenty years, she was the only female pharaoh in recorded history.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Director Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor (1963).
What is The Birds?
Her real name is Melissa Jefferson...sometimes the "Truth Hurts"!
Who is Lizzo?
This popular dystopian trilogy has been challenged in schools for its depiction of the young characters in violent situations of government oppression.
What is The Hunger Games?
While this Russian structure is now known for its vibrant colors, it originally was painted a plain white and gold.
What is St. Basil's Cathedral?
German: "Threatening Chicken"
What is "turkey"?
Watson and Crick may have stolen the glory at the time, but this chemist was integral to the understanding of the molecular structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Director Paul Verhoeven, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone (1992).
What is Basic Instinct?
While she did sing many of her own songs, she also wrote "The Locomotion", "You've Got a Friend", and "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman".
Who is Carole King?
This Jay Asher novel has been banned by numerous high schools- its Netflix adaptation has also seen similar controversy.
What is Thirteen Reasons Why?
Four millennia of erosion have sliced 25 feet off the bottom of this large stone structure, the largest structure for thousands of years.
What is the Pyramid of Giza?
Japanese: "Needle Mouse"
What is "hedgehog"?
This woman's resumé not only includes being a world-renowned performer, she was also a spy for the French Resistance in WWII.
Who is Josephine Baker?
Director Baz Lurhmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGreggor (2001).
What is Moulin Rouge!?
This singer led a crowd of 300,000 in "We Shall Overcome" in the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Joan Baez?
This book was challenged for being too frightening for middle schoolers because of the Chapter One murder of its fourteen-year-old protagonist.
What is The Lovely Bones?