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He famously wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet using only 50 unique words
Who is Dr. Suess (Theodore Geisel)
This massive, circular, stone Neolithic monument on Salisbury Plain in England dates back to around 2500 B.C.
What is Stonehenge?
An unofficial national holiday, this event is celebrated on the first Sunday of February and features an expensive, highly anticipated halftime show
What is Super Bowl Sunday?
This process of heat treatment is used to eliminate pathogens in liquids like milk
What is pasteurization?
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
Hamlet
In this book, the mouse asks for a glass of milk once he has the cookie
What is "If you give a mouse a cookie?"
This immense amphitheater, built in Rome, was used for gladiatorial purposes and public spectacles like mock sea battles
What is the Colosseum?
This dessert is so synonymous with the country, that the phrase "as American as..." is often used to describe other deeply-rooted customs
What is Apple Pie?
This element, with the symbol Hg, is the only metal that is liquid at standard temperature and pressure.
What is Mercury?
This cynical, wealthy protagonist hosts lavish parties in West Egg, New York, hoping to win back Daisy Buchanan
Who is Jay Gatsby?
The beloved stuffed bear in A.A. Milne's stories
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh
The heads of Presidents; Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln, are carved into this granite monolith in the Black Hills of South Dakota
What is Mount Rushmore?
This unofficial shopping holiday, famous for deep discounts and early-morning crowds, takes place the day after Thanksgiving
What is Black Friday?
This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
This 1960 novel features a young narrator named Scout Finch and deals with themes of racial injustice in the American South
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Stanley Yelnats must dig holes in the desert as punishment in this novel by Louis Sachar
What is "Holes"
Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, this massive religious complex in Cambodia is the largest in the world
What is Angor Wat?
This formal vow, often recited daily by schoolchildren, includes the phrase "one nation, under God"
What is the Pledge of Allegiance?
The galaxy in which our solar system resides
What is the Milky Way?
This 1962 novel by Ken Kesey tells the story of Randle Patrick McMurphy in a mental institution
What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Miss Honey is the kind-hearted teacher of this girl genius who can move objects with her mind
Who is Matilda
Built in 122 A.D., by a Roman Emperor, this defensive fortification once marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
What is Hadrian's Wall?
The annual tradition of sending personalized Christmas cards to friends and family, was largely popularized in the U.S. by this company
What is Hallmark?
This layer in the stratosphere absorbs most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation
What is the Ozone layer?
This author's novel, The Lord of the Rings, was published in three volumes starting in 1954 and introduced the fictional world of Middle-earth
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?