Astronomy Facts
The sun, and all bodies that orbit around it form this.
What is the solar system?
this woman is known as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". The group outkast has a song written after her. She made a way for us to sit wherever we want.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This mountain range runs along much of South America's western coast.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The national flower of Japan is this famous pink blossom.
What is the Cherry Blossom?
What famous detective lives at 221B Baker Street?
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
A polite and formal title used to address a woman.
What is madam?
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This famous pioneer mother wrote the “Little House” books.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
This is the largest country in South America by both area and population.
What is Brazil?
The tropical flower is commonly used in Hawaiian leis.
What is a Hibiscus?
This teen detective drove a blue roadster and solved mysteries with her friends.
Who is Nancy Drew?
Violent or damaging disorder; chaos.
What is mayhem?
This fortress orbiting the earth is where many astronauts and researchers live. It was built by the efforts combined by many countries around the world and often has space shuttles dock with it to drop off supplies and exchange crew members.
What is the International Space Station?
She was the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry.
Who is Princess Diana?
This rainforest, the world's largest tropical rainforest, spans several South American countries.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
The Dutch became famous in the 1600s for speculation involving this bulb flower.
What is a Tulip?
A detective who follows a trail.
What is a sleuth?
A short, memorable statement that expresses a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct.
This is a HUGE system of gas, dust, and stars. Our solar system is found at one of the far edges of it.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
This Nobel Prize-winning scientist was the mother of two daughters and discovered radium.
Who is Marie Curie?
This capital city of Peru sits high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Lima?
This flower, also called narcissus, is often associated with springtime.
What is a Daffodil?
In mystery stories, the misleading clue meant to distract readers is called this.
What is a red herring?
The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
What is metabolism?
This is the 8th planet from the Sun, and is made of mostly hyrdrogen, helium, and methane gas.
What is Neptune?
This woman was a mathematician who calculated orbital mechanics for NASA. She was a freshman in high school at the age of 10, and graduated from college at just 18.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
These islands, belonging to Ecuador, helped inspire Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
Associated with remembrance, this red flower famously grew on World War I battlefields.
What is a Poppy?
Worked in a hospital before she had the idea to write a novel.
Who is Agatha Christie?
A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving.
What is mannerism?