Hidden Histories
This U.S. founding father is famous for flying a kite in a lightning experiment.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This British band released the album Abbey Road.
Who are The Beatles?
This fictional detective lives at 221B Baker Street.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
This tool uses a bubble between two lines to show whether something is perfectly horizontal or vertical.
What is a level?
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
Who is Doc Brown?
Before becoming president, this man was a famous Union general during the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This instrument has 88 keys.
What is a piano?
This real scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This small test button is found on many bathroom and kitchen outlets to help protect against electric shock.
What is a GFCI outlet?
DAILY DOUBLE
“I looked into the TARDIS. And the TARDIS looked into me.”
Who is Rose Tyler?
DAILY DOUBLE
This ancient library in Egypt was one of the most famous centers of learning in the ancient world.
What is the Library of Alexandria?
This singer is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This fictional land is reached through a wardrobe in a C.S. Lewis novel.
What is Narnia?
This household item is used to cover small holes or cracks in walls before painting.
What is spackle?
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Her 1955 arrest in Montgomery became a major turning point in the civil rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This musical term means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
This ship’s disaster led to major changes in maritime safety rules, including lifeboat requirements.
What is the Titanic?
This common bathroom problem happens when moisture allows dark spots to grow on tile, grout, or ceilings.
What is mold?
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
Who is Hamlet?
This writing system, used in ancient Egypt, was partly decoded using the Rosetta Stone.
What are hieroglyphics?
This German composer continued writing music even after losing much of his hearing.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This fictional city is Batman’s home.
What is Gotham City?
This main valve can be turned off to stop water from flowing into the entire house during a plumbing emergency.
What is the main water shutoff valve?
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?