Natural Science
This force keeps us firmly on the ground and causes objects to fall.
Gravity
This famous Egyptian queen formed alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who was Cleopatra?
This part of speech describes a noun and often answers questions like which one? or what kind?
What is an adjective?
This legendary basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls during the 1990s. Is the GOAT
Who is Michael Jordan?
This Dutch painter is famous for Starry Night and cutting off part of his own ear.
Who was Vincent van Gogh?
This planet is known as the “Red Planet.”
Mars
In 1492, this explorer completed his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This international soccer tournament, held every four years, is the most-watched sporting event in the world.
What is the FIFA World Cup?
This Italian Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
Who was Michelangelo?
This gas, taken in by plants, is released by animals when they breathe out.
Carbon Dioxide
This wall, built in the 1960s, physically and ideologically divided a major European city during the Cold War.
What was the Berlin Wall?
This Shakespearean tragedy follows a Scottish nobleman whose ambition leads him to murder King Duncan.
What is Macbeth?
This Olympic event involves swimming, cycling, and running, completed in succession.
What is the triathlon?
This art movement, originating in France in the late 19th century, includes painters like Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
What is Impressionism?
This state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume.
Solid
This 1215 English charter limited the power of the monarchy and is seen as a foundation for modern constitutional government.
What is the Magna Carta?
This literary term refers to hints or clues an author gives about events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This baseball position, located between second and third base.
What is shortstop?
This Spanish artist, known for Guernica, co-founded the Cubist movement.
Who was Pablo Picasso?
This law of thermodynamics states that entropy in an isolated system will never decrease over time.
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
This Renaissance scholar’s 95 Theses, posted in 1517, sparked the Protestant Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?
This poetic meter, common in Shakespeare’s works, consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
This winter sport involves sliding stones on ice toward a target area, often called the “house.”
What is curling?
This Italian painter of the Renaissance is known for using linear perspective and creating The Last Supper.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?