Literature
TV
Childhood Classics
Names
Multi-platform
100
The enigmatical title for this classic coming-of-age novel by J.D. Salinger refers to a field of grain.
Catcher in the Rye
100
This 2022 film, directed by Rian Johnson, sees Daniel Craig return to his role as Detective Benoit Blanc. The title is the name of a mansion but could also refer to a rather breakable herb of the allium family.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
100
Sent by his mother to sell their cow for food, the wayward son in this classic fairy tale brings home seeds.
Jack and the Beanstalk
100
Played by Kate Winslet, this character proclaims, "A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."
Rose
100
This defunct social media platform popularized very short-form videos.
Vine
200
This 1999 novel by Stephen Chbosky was made into a film starring Logan Lerman as the protagonist, Charlie, and co-starring Emma Watson and Ezra Miller.
Perks of Being a Wallflower
200
Hosted by Zach Galifianakis, this sketch satirized public access television, and was eventually extended into a Comedy Central special and Netflix original movie.
Between Two Ferns
200
This tearjerker novel published in 1961 chronicles a boy's relationship with his hunting dogs, Little Ann and Old Dan.
Where the Red Fern Grows
200
This extraterrestrial tree-like creature voiced by Vin Diesel was such a fan favorite, Marvel launched a 2022 series of shorts starring this character.
Groot
200
"Chroma keying" is a post-production compositing technique more popularly known as this.
Green screen
300
Walt Whitman originally self-published this, his most famous volume of poetry, in 1855.
Leaves of Grass
300
This 2003-2012 CW drama focused on half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott and their "kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet" North Carolina town.
One Tree Hill
300
This picture book by Shel Silverstein is often interpreted as a tale of selfless love.
The Giving Tree
300
This wealthy socialite is Jay Gatsby's love interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, The Great Gatsby.
Daisy Buchanan
300
With over 2.3 Billion views, this plant is the most popular on TikTok, according to AllAboutGardening.com
Aloe Vera
400
With over 160 weeks on the New York Times non-fiction best seller list, this 2013 work by Robin Wall Kimmerer is subtitled Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass
400
Before Mayim Bialik was a Jeopardy host, she was a teen sitcom star in this titular role.
Blossom
400
The preservation of Truffula trees is at the center of this classic rhyming children's tale
The Lorax
400
This iconic Tom Hanks character taught us that "Life is like a box of chocolates."
Forest Gump
400
This 2018 Oscar-winning film takes its name from a series of guidebooks that helped African Americans plan interstate travel amidst Jim Crow oppression.
Green Book
500
The first novel from Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, lauded by J.M. Coetzee as "a sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state," is named for this flower.
Purple Hibiscus
500
This landmark 1977 television miniseries was adapted from a novel of the same name by Alex Haley and earned 37 Primetime Emmy nominations, among other accolades.
Roots
500
This 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a "pastoral story of self-healing" and described by Britannica as a "tale of transformation... an exaltation of nature and its effect on the human spirit"
The Secret Garden
500
This Suzanne Collins heroine shares her name with this flower.
Katniss Everdine
500
In book binding, a full sheet of paper is folded in half producing a folio with two of these. A sheet folded in quarters is a quarto with four of these.
Leaf