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Double Letters
Women In History
Final Jeopardy Questions
Famous Speeches:
Broadway
100

The first animal in the dictionary


Aardvark

100

... "My Own Words", a bestselling collection of speeches & articles by this late Supreme Court justice

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg

100

The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible "restoration to fruitfulness"

What is The Waste Land

100

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States, known for its repeated phrase envisioning equality.

  • What is “I Have a Dream”?
100

One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, what Jonathan Larson show with a four-letter title featured characters singing about how they couldn't afford to pay their New York City landlord?


Answer: Rent

200

Owner of a magic lamp


Aladdin

200

Her, in 1869 in a women's suffrage newspaper: "Join the union, girls, and together say equal pay for equal work"

Who is Susan B. Anthony

200

Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water

What is Atlanta, Georgia

200
  • Delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, this speech is known for the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
  • What is the Gettysburg Address?
200

Named for a major Midwestern city, what long-running Broadway musical features songs like "All That Jazz," "Cell Block Tango," and "Mr. Cellophane?"

Chicago 

300

#1 discussion forum on the internet


Reddit

300

Born a slave around 1797, she became famous as a preacher, abolitionist & women's rights activist

Who is Sojourner Truth

300

Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful

What is Velcro

300
  • This British Prime Minister gave a speech in 1940 known for the phrase “We shall fight on the beaches.”
  • Who was Winston Churchill?
300

The title character and his comrade in arms, Lafayette, tell the story of the Battle of Yorktown in "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)," a rousing number in what hit Broadway musical?


Hamilton

400

David Bowie song: "Space _______"


Oddity

400

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily

Who is Elizabeth Blackwel

400

Old maps depicting what's now this 125,000-square-mile country labeled the area with the French word for "teeth"

What is Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

400
  • Given by this U.S. President in 1961, the speech famously urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
  • Who was John F. Kennedy?
400

Harold Hill sings, "I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian, Marian" in the song "Marian the Librarian," in what classic and alliteratively titled Broadway musical?

The Music Man

500

Pinocchio's maker


Geppetto

500

In 1915 this Hull House founder helped establish the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom

Who is Jane Addams

500

A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American

What is A Farewell to Arms

500
  • This speech was delivered by Queen Elizabeth II on her 21st birthday, making a lifelong pledge to her people.
  • What is “A Life of Service”?
500

"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a song written by Irving Berlin for what classic Broadway musical about the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley?


Annie Get Your Gun