YA Fiction
This series, set in Panem, follows Katniss Everdeen as she fights in a televised battle for survival.
What is the Hunger Games?
In Avengers: Endgame, this character wields both Mjölnir and Stormbreaker during the final battle.
Who is Thor?
This is the closest planet to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
This is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
In blood, these cells are responsible for finding and eliminating external pathogens.
What are white blood cells?
This novel follows a boy who learns he is the son of Poseidon and goes on a quest with a satyr and a daughter of Athena.
What is Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief?
In Black Panther, this rare metal, found in Wakanda, is the source of the nation’s advanced technology.
What is Vibranium?
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
The process by which plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere is called this.
What is photosynthesis?
In the Harry Potter universe, students are accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this age.
What is 11?
The character Thanos collects this many Infinity Stones to power his Infinity Gauntlet.
What is six?
The remnants of a dead star that has collapsed into itself, with gravity so strong that not even light can escape, is known as this.
What is a black hole?
This river, the longest in the world, flows through northeastern Africa.
What is the Nile?
This part of the cell is often referred to as the "powerhouse," as it generates energy for the cell.
What is the mitochondrion?
This Neil Shusterman series explores a world where death has been eliminated, and specially trained individuals are tasked with population control.
What is Scythe?
This celestial being, played by Kurt Russell, is revealed to be Star-Lord’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Who is Ego the Living Planet?
This private company, headed by Elon Musk, developed the first reusable first-stage rocket.
What is SpaceX?
This mountain range is home to Mount Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
DNA, the molecule that carries genetic information in all living organisms, is an acronym that stands for what?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
This year’s Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Community Read features a book by Sandhya Menon about aspiring filmmaker Twinkle Mehra, who learns about love while directing a movie for a Midsummer Night arts festival
What is "From Twinkle, With Love"?
In Doctor Strange, the title character uses this powerful relic to manipulate time and defeat Dormammu.
What is the Eye of Agamotto?
This space telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever launched. It features gold plated beryllium mirrors in a honeycomb pattern.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
This line of latitude, also known as the "Line of Demarcation," divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Charles Darwin developed his theory of natural selection, a key component of evolution, after studying species on this island chain.
What are the Galapagos Islands?