Back in My Day...
On the night of April 18, 1775, he rode through the countryside warning colonial militias that the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere?
What is 206?
In this novel, a young girl named Scout grows up in the racially divided town of Maycomb, Alabama
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This Dutch painter is famous for “Starry Night” and cutting off part of his own ear
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This Norse god wields the hammer Mjolnir and is associated with thunder and protection
Who is Thor?
This 1920 amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
On average, this organ produces up to 2.5 pints of bile every day
What is the liver?
George Orwell wrote 1984 to depict a dystopian society ruled by this impending figure
What is Big Brother?
This Italian artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
These twin brothers are said to have founded the city of Rome after being raised by a she-wolf
Who are Romulus and Remus?
During the Vietnam War, this herbicide was used by the U.S. military to destroy crops and jungle cover, causing long-term health effects for soldiers and civilians
What is Agent Orange?
This structure connects muscle to bone and transmits the force that allows movement at a joint
What is a tendon?
Narrated by Nick Carraway, this novel explores wealth, identity, and moral decay in America during the Roaring Twenties
What is The Great Gatsby?
This Spanish artist co-founded the Cubist movement and painted “Guernica”
Who is Pablo Picasso?
In Egyptian mythology, this god of the afterlife is often depicted with the head of a jackal
Who is Anubis?
This series of laws, passed in the 1930s, aimed to provide economic relief, recovery, and reforms during the Great Depression under President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is the New Deal?
Sir Peter Medawar proposed Medawar’s paradox to explain why this system in women doesn’t reject a fetus
What is the immune system?
In The Lord of the Flies, this object symbolizes civilization, order, and democratic power
What is the conch shell?
This style of painting emphasizes light, color, and movement, with artists like Monet and Renoir
What is Impressionism?
This hero’s only vulnerability was his heel, leading to his death during the Trojan War
Who is Achilles?
Before Donald Trump became the second U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms, this 19th-century leader held that distinction, making him both the 22nd and 24th president
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This valve prevents the backflow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden often complains about his dislike for fake people which he refers to as this term
What are phonies?
This American artist is known for his large-scale drip paintings and is a major figure in Abstract Expressionism
Who is Jackson Pollock?
This legendary figure is credited with creating humans out of clay and is sometimes called the “first emperor” of China
Who is Pangu?