Literature (BOOKS!)
This author wrote books including Green Eggs and Ham and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Dr. Seuss
First up, hydrogen! This is hydrogen's number on the periodic table
1
This important US founding father helped create our financial system, though he was never much of a rapper as Broadway fans might expect
Alexander Hamilton
This series recently aired its final season - or at least the last season focusing on its main cast of teens in the 80s. Maybe there will be more... I don't know, these sorts of things have happened
Stranger Things
These domesticated animals are said to have chosen humans to live with, not the other way around - so why doesn't mine ever want to cuddle?
Cats
This book series introduces the character Remus Lupin in its third book, a professor who is hiding a big, hairy secret
Harry Potter
in 2024, our region of Vermont was a perfect place to view this rare celestial phenomenon, though hopefully you didn't view it directly!
Solar Eclipse
This conflict still holds the record for the most American casualties (deaths or injuries) in a single war
The Civil War
Spoiler alert! This movie, which tells the story of the lost Heart of the Ocean gem, doesn't have a happy ending for its namesake vessel.
Pong
A young boy proves himself to be a talented strategist and rather good at simulated wargames in this book/series by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game
Sorry, Pluto enjoyers: there's actually this many planets in our solar system
8
This president was in a wheelchair by the end of his 3rd presidency, having contracted polio, but still managed to be the only president elected 4 times!
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
This Marvel show got revived in 2025, focusing on a new story for Matt Murdock as he once again fights against Kingpin, now mayor of New York City.
Daredevil (Born Again)
There are this many tablespoons in a cup
16
Edgar Allen Poe, an American poet and author, inspired this NFL team's avian name, due to his connection to their home city.
The Baltimore Ravens (The Ravens is acceptable)
This layer of Earth's atmosphere has a (thankfully) steadily shrinking hole in it, which caused worldwide bans on certain aerosols... before you were born :)
The Ozone layer
The final frontier, indeed! This modern (and recent) space mission broke the record for farthest distance traveled into space by any human
Artemis II
When the world needed them most, this character vanished - especially because the Fire Nation began taking over the world
Aang (The Last Airbender)
This boy band took a 4 year hiatus starting in 2022 because its members needed to complete their country's mandatory military service requirement. I guess it's appropriate that their fans call themselves an "army!"
BTS
DAILY DOUBLE!
The title of Ray Bradbury's most famous novel, Fahrenheit 451, is very aptly named - why is that?
Weird science! Early in 2025, scientists managed to bring back this large canine... sort of!
Dire Wolf
The chain of theme parks, Six Flags, was named for the history of this US State, whose territory had been ruled by six different nations
Texas (Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, The United States, Confederate States of America)
The game is afoot! This acclaimed TV series from Great Britain is a modern (2010, sorry) retelling of an Arthur Conan Doyle character's work in London, England
Sherlock
Boston, Massachusetts had a... unique disaster in 1919, when a 2.3 million gallon tank full of this sweet substance flooded the streets - Bostonians say you can still smell it on hot summer days!
Molasses