Children's Books
Story of a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages.
What is Doctor Doolittle (1920) by Hugh Lofting?
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” is the iconic final line of this movie.
What is Chinatown?
This city was once Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
This small glacial lake in the Lake District of northwestern Minnesota in the United States is the source of the Mississippi River.
What is Lake Itasca?
A race of giants who had only one eye, in the middle of the forehead. Polyphemus, one of them, was slain by Odysseus.
What is a Cyclops?
First published in 1947, it is a highly acclaimed example of a bedtime story and the content depicts the process of a little one saying goodnight to everything that can be seen.
What is Goodnight Moon (1947) by Margaret Wise Brown?
“Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” is the end of this movie.
What is Casablanca?
This country was once called Siam.
What is Thailand?
Of all the great lakes, only this does not touch Michigan.
What is Lake Ontario?
Female spirit, whose sorrowful wail portends death.
What is a banshee?
Classic that tells the story of a girl who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantastic realm populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures.
What is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll?
This movie ends with the chilling line “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner.”
What is "The Silence of the Lambs?"
This country was once called Democratic Republic of Congo.
What is Zaire?
North Carolina site known as known as Graveyard of the Atlantic.
What is the outerbanks?
A three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades.
Who is Cerberus?
A novel focusing on four heavily anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England and notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie. The book was saved from obscurity by the playwright, A. A. Milne, who adapted it for stage.
What is The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame?
This movie finishes with "“Well, nobody’s perfect.”
What is "Some Like it Hot"?
This city was once called Edo.
What is Tokyo?
The largest estuary in the United States, whose name is derived from an Algonquian word commonly believed to mean "Great Shellfish Bay."
What is Chesapeake Bay?
A dragon with two legs and a barbed tail. Often seen on heraldry.
What is a wyvern?
The book is about the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is punished for "making mischief" by being sent to his room without supper.
What is Where the Wild Things Are (1963) by Maurice Sendak?
This Book ends with "Chicago will be ours!"
What is The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906)
This North American city was once called Fort York?
What is Toronto?
The sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands that is known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation.
What is Lanai?
A lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. Was killed by Bellerophon with the aid of Pegasus.
What is Chimera?