Living Literature
Excitement rippled with this author's sequel, The Testaments, to her famous work, The Handmaid's Tale.
Who is Margaret Atwood?
A type of poem that tells a story, involves a hero, and has hundreds of lines.
What is an epic?
Unfortunately, this was the bloodiest battle during the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is brought to theaters by this acclaimed director.
Who is James Cameron?
This actor finally won for Best Actor in 2021 for his role in The Father and not for his performance in Silence of the Lambs.
Who is Anthony Hopkins?
Worries abound if this Song of Ice and Fire author will ever finish his book Winds of Winter.
Who is George R.R. Martin?
This is a type of poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative?
The American Civil War began with Southern troops bombarding this fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
This author of Breakfast at Tiffany's died in 1984 on August 25th.
Who is Truman Capote?
When counted as film company, this franchise has one the most Oscars ever with 26.
Who is Disney?
Known for writing in an original genre: STEM-focused romance.
Who is Ali Hazelwood?
A poem that has fourteen lines and is written in iambic pentameter. It also has a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet or Shakespearean sonnet?
These two men finally met in the field of battle in May, 1864 near the end of the war.
Who are Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee?
This charity supergroup and concert was formed by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure was formed to raise funds for the anti-famine effort in Ethiopia.
What is Band Aid?
The first year of the presentation of the Academy Awards.
What is 1929?
His most famous piece is likely White Noise but he's also known for his most recent, Zero Man.
Who is Don DeLillo?
This is a short, three line poem that originated in Japan.
What is a haiku?
The month and year the Emancipation Proclamation went into affect.
What is January, 1863?
She scores a perfect 10 for her final vault, making her the first American woman to win an Olympic gymnastics gold medal.
Who is Mary Lou Retton?
The Oscar statue was made of painted plaster for three years due to this event.
What World War II?
This famed and prolific author has used the pen name Richard Bachman in order to publish one more book a year, as at the time, authors were limited only to one.
Who is Stephen King?
This type of poem is deliberately irregular and perhaps improvisational.
What is free verse?
War loomed over the U.S. and Britain over this action.
What is the Trent Affair?
This state executed convicted murderer Velma Barfield, and she becomes the first woman in the U.S. to be executed since 1962.
Who is a North Carolina?
The first female to win for Best Director.
Who is Kathryn Bigelow?