Astronomy
The Renaissance
Classical Music
Broadway
The Hidden Life of Trees
100

This planet, the fourth farthest from our sun, is known as the “Red Planet.”

What is Mars?

100

This Italian city is considered to be the birthplace and center of the Renaissance. 

What is Florence?

100

This Austrian composer wrote Eine kleine Nachtmusik and many famous symphonies.

Who is Mozart?

100

This classic musical includes the songs “Do-Re-Mi” and “My Favorite Things.”

What is the Sound of Music?

100

This is the outer protective layer of a tree trunk, doggonit. 

What is bark?

200

This galaxy contains our Solar System, and maybe some nougat and caramel as well. 

What is the Milky Way? 

200

He painted the Mona Lisa and designed inventions, anatomy sketches, and flying machines. 

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

200

This Italian tenor became one of the most famous opera performers of the modern era, known for his powerful voice, and was a member of the 3 Tenors. 

Who is Pavarotti? 

200

This long-running musical is set in revolutionary France and features the song “One Day More.”

What is Les Misérables? 

200

This process is how trees use sunlight to make food.

What is photosynthesis? 

300

This planet, the sixth furthest from our sun, is famous for its large and visible ring system.

What is Saturn?

300

This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and carved the Statue of David.

Who is Michelangelo? 

300

This cellist became internationally famous for performing Bach’s cello suites and for his humanitarian work.

Who is Yo Yo Ma?

300

This Lin-Manuel Miranda musical tells the story of America’s first Treasury Secretary through rap and hip-hop.

What is Hamilton?

300

This is the underground part of a tree that absorbs water and nutrients from the soil. It's also the name of the house band for the Tonight Show.

What are roots?

400

This celestial event occurs when the Moon passes directly between Earth and the Sun.

What is a solar eclipse? 

400

This family of powerful bankers helped fund Renaissance art and politics in Florence.

Who are the Medici family?

400

This violin virtuoso and composer was rumored to have sold his soul for his extraordinary talent.

Who is Paganini? 
400

This musical features the songs “Defying Gravity” and “Popular” and tells the backstory of witches from Oz.

What is Wicked?

400

If you cut down a tree, you can count these to determine the trees age. 

What are rings?

500

This telescope, launched in 1990, revolutionized astronomy by capturing detailed images from space

What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

500

This famous Renaissance invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread knowledge by making books easier to produce.

What is the printing press?

500

This Italian violinist and composer wrote The Four Seasons.

Who is Antonio Vivaldi? 

500

This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about a Siamese king and a British schoolteacher debuted on Broadway in 1951, and later became a film starring Yul Brynner.

What is the King and I. 

500

This gas that humans breathe in is released by trees during photosynthesis.

What is oxygen?