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Falling into Fall
People as Places
Summer Time
100
Teachers used this device to display handwritten notes or transparencies on a screen at the front of the classroom.
What is an overhead Projector
100
This underground transportation system, opened in 1863, is the world's oldest underground railway.
What is the London Underground?
100
The first U.S. president to issue a national Thanksgiving proclamation was this Founding Father in 1789.
Who is George Washington?
100
This Actor shares a name with a vibrant Latin American country that is famous for dishes like ropa vieja and guava and cheese pastries
Who is Cuba Gooding Jr
100
This holiday is considered the unofficial end of summer in the United States
What is Labor Day
200
This handheld virtual pet became a massive schoolyard craze after its introduction in Japan in 1996.
What is Tamagotchi?
200
This supersonic passenger aircraft operated commercially from 1976 until 2003.
What is Concorde?
200
Oktoberfest originated in this German city.
What is Munich?
200
This celebrity British chef and baker shares his last name with this iconic Californian City
Who is Paul Hollywood
200
This pop artist released the 2012 hit song: Summertime Sadness
Who is Lana Del Rey?
300
This 1954 Supreme Court decision declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown V Board of Education?
300
This unit of measurement represents one nautical mile per hour.
What is a knot
300
Although associated with pumpkin pie, this spice is actually the dried seed of a tropical evergreen tree.
What is Nutmeg?
300
This actor who has played a pirate and an elf is named after this city in the sunshine state
Who is Orlando Bloom
300
This Summer Olympic event combines a 10-kilometer run with four shooting stages
What is the Modern Pentathlon?
400
This word means a word that has the same spelling and pronunciation as another word but a different meaning.
What is a homonym?
400
The first generation of bike share is often associated with this European city, where a free "White Bicycle" program began in 1965.
What is Amsterdam?
400
Before pumpkins became the quintessential Halloween lantern, people in Ireland and Scotland commonly carved this root vegetable.
What is a Turnip?
400
Her last name meaning a place to worship. This child actress stared in the film Curly Top
Who is Shirley Temple
400
This Summer Month name honors the Roman Emperor Julius Ceaser who was born in the month originally known as Quintilis
What is July?
500
Solve: 18 ÷ 3 × (4 + 2) − 5²
11
500
This Swiss railway climbs to an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, making it one of Europe's highest railways.
What is the What is the Jungfrau Railway?
500
This English Romantic poet wrote the famous 1819 poem “To Autumn.”
Who is John Keats
500
The Oscar-winning actor shares his last name with the capital of the state of Arizona, because his parents changed the family name in 1978.
who is Joaquin Phoenix
500
In July 1945, leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union met in this German City to determine the postwar order of Europe and to Discuss the Fate of defeated Germany
What is Potsdam?