Famous Structures
Animal Mistranslations
Historical Women
Cannes Openers
Music to my Ears
I'm With the Banned (Books)
Colorful Science
100

It's hard to imagine Paris without THIS structure, but the original plan was to only have it in place for 20 years.

What is the Eiffel Tower?

100

Afrikaans: "Stinking Mouse Dog"

What is "skunk"?

100

SHE was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. 

Who is Marie Curie?

100

Director Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou (2006).

What is The Da Vinci Code?

100

SHE and Charlie Puth sang about how "We Don't Talk Anymore"

Who is Selena Gomez?

100

For the 2024-2025 school year, THIS horror master was the most banned author in the United States.

Who is Stephen King?

100

The color of the iris comes from THIS brownish-black pigment--the more there is, the darker the iris' color.

What is melanin?

200

THIS NYC building was the world's tallest building for 11 months...until it was surpassed by the Empire State Building.

What is the Chrysler Building?

200

Mandarin: "Business Goose"

What is "penguin"?

200

With the first in 1933, THIS First Lady held 348 women-only press conferences.

Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?

200

Director Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan (2013).  

What is The Great Gatsby?

200

In the movie "Cadillac Records", Beyoncé played THIS R&B legend and sang "At Last" on the soundtrack.

Who is Etta James?

200

School boards have repeatedly tried to ban THIS book since the 1960s, often citing its racial overtones relating to the narrative's court case.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

200

Neutrophils are the most plentiful type of THESE colorless components in the body that fight infections.

What are white blood cells?

300

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?

300

Swedish: "Flappy Mouse"

 What is "bat"?

300

Reigning for over twenty years, SHE was the only female pharaoh in recorded history.

Who is Hatshepsut?

300

Director Alfred Hitchcock, starring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor (1963).

What is The Birds?

300

HER real name is Melissa Jefferson...sometimes the "Truth Hurts"!

Who is Lizzo?

300

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?

300

Don't heat up amethysts too much or they turn THIS color and become citrines.

What is orange?

400

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?

400

German: "Threatening Chicken"

What is "turkey"?

400

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?

400

Director Paul Verhoeven, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone (1992).

What is Basic Instinct?

400

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?

400

THIS Jay Asher novel has been banned by numerous high schools- its Netflix adaptation has also seen similar controversy.

What is Thirteen Reasons Why?

400

An experimental tattoo ink developed in Germany for diabetics changes color in response to the levels of THIS sugar.

What is glucose?

500

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?

500

Japanese: "Needle Mouse"

What is "hedgehog"?

500

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?

500

Director Baz Lurhmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGreggor (2001).

What is Moulin Rouge!?

500

THIS singer led a crowd of 300,000 in "We Shall Overcome" in the 1963 March on Washington.

Who is Joan Baez?

500

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?

500

When dipped in a solution with pH above 8.3. litmus paper turns THIS color.

What is Blue?

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