Movies
Tara's Lab
Susie's Lab
Sudha's Lab
Broadway
100
These Marvel movies tell the story of a nerdy high school student who gains superhero abilities after being bitten by a genetically modified insect.
What is "Spiderman"?
100
This term refers to the rate of vibration of the vocal folds and is often associated with perceived speaker gender.
What is fundamental frequency (f₀)?
100
This hormone causes the vocal cords to lengthen and thicken.
What is Testosterone?
100
Children usually say their first word at this age.
What is 10-12 months?
100
This musical is based on an animated Disney movie that taught us about the circle of life.
What is the "The Lion King"?
200
Adapted from the 1925 book of the same name, this film follows the life of a millionaire and his neighbor during the Jazz Age.
What is "The Great Gatsby"?
200
This acoustic property reflects how the shape and length of the vocal tract amplify certain frequencies, helping distinguish sounds like /i/ and /u/.
What is resonance?
200
This physics principle explains how airplanes fly and also helps the vocal folds close during voicing.
What is the Bernoulli Effect or Bernoulli's principle?
200
Eye-tracking experiments show that infants at this age show some understanding of what words mean, even though they are not talking yet.
What is 6-9 months?
200
This 20-year-old musical is the untold story of the witches of Oz.
What is "Wicked"?
300
This movie is a comedic biographical retelling of Jordan Belfort's career as a stockbroker in NYC and his firm's corruption and fraud.
What is "The Wolf of Wall Street"?
300
Because gender-affirming hormone therapy or surgery may not yield satisfactory voice outcomes, many trans people pursue this type of behavioral intervention.
What is gender-affirming voice training?
300
When you breathe helium, your voice sounds different because of this.
What is Resonance?
300
Elmo refers to himself as "Elmo" instead of using this type of grammatical word.
What is a pronoun?
300
This hit musical sings and raps about the life of this American Founding Father and his involvement in the American Revolution.
What is Hamilton?
400
This 2010 American psychological horror film follows a young dancer's experience preparing for a production of the New York City Ballet.
What is "Black Swan"?
400
This method gives learners a real-time visual display of their speech signal—such as pitch or resonance—to support motor learning.
What is biofeedback?
400
This type of pressure is needed below the vocal folds to help them blow apart.
What is high pressure (or high subglottal pressure)?
400
The fact that some language disorders can be inherited is evidence for the role of this in human development.
What is nature? [or innateness]
400
Named after the windy city, this musical is the story of two death-row murderesses as they compete for publicity, fame, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
What is "Chicago"?
500
Starring Audrey Hepburn, this movie's opening scene features the main character sipping her coffee and eating a croissant while looking at the blue box jewelry store's window display.
What is "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
500
In this research paradigm, software is used to shift a participant’s speech and play it back to them in near-real time.
What is altered auditory feedback?
500
These triangular cartilages help move the vocal folds into a closed position.
What are the arytenoid cartilages?
500
This type of grammatical structure is very rare in most children's language experience, but they still manage to learn it by age 5.
What is passive voice OR relative clauses?
500
The longest-running Broadway show told the story of the masked composer who haunts a theatre in Paris for the last time in April 2023.
What is "the Phantom of the Opera"?
