Novel Characters
This young woman survives a deadly game show in a dystopian future by her skill with a bow.
Katniss Everdeen
As the first of the 13 original states to ratify The U.S. Constitution, this state is called “The Constitution State.”
Delaware
The term describes discrimination or prejudice based on how old a person is.
Ageism
beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr)
alkaline earth metals
Russia 2000-2008 and 2012 to present: RUM VALID PRINT
Vladimir Putin
This reclusive millionaire throws lavish parties while pining for a married woman from his past.
Jay Gatsby
“The Gem State” gets its nickname from the rich mineral deposits in its mountains, not the potatoes in its fields.
Idaho
The literary movement emphasized imagination, emotion, and the beauty of nature, reacting against industrialization and rationalism
Romanticism
Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross
Motown artists
Canada 2015-2025: RETURN JUST AID
Justin Trudeau
This ambitious pig dreams of equality and revolution before dying early in a famous allegory.
Old Major
Although Iowa produces the most corn in the United States each year, this state is “The Cornhusker State”
Nebraska
This theory explains evolution as the result of organisms best adapted to their environment surviving and reproducing
Darwinism
Daily Double
Midway, Dunkirk, Iwo Jima, the Bulge
WW II Battles
South Africa 1994-1999: LANDS ALONE MEN
Nelson Mandela
This Italian author is also this main character by the same name who journeys through the nine circles of Hell.
Dante
Louisiana’s state nickname reflects its official bird, which can hold up to 3 gallons of water and small creatures in the pouch below its bill.
Pelican
The political system is based on the idea that the means of production should be owned collectively rather than privately.
Socialism
Atlanta Braves, Memphis Grizzlies , Indianapolis Colts, Calgary Flames
professional Sports Teams that Changed Cities
United Kingdom 1940-1945 and 1951-1955: CHILL TWIN SOURS NUT
Winston Churchill
This idealistic knight errant tilts at windmills, mistaking them for giants.
Don Quixote
California may be “The Golden State”, but this nearby state earned the moniker “The Silver State” due to an 1859 silver deposit found about 15 miles northeast of Carson City.
Nevada
This artistic movement focused on depicting everyday life and ordinary people as they truly are, without idealization.
Realism
Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, William Golding, John Steinbeck
Nobel Prize Winners in Literature
Daily Double
Germany 2005-2021: KEEN ALARM GEL
Angela Merkel