Climate
What teenage climate change activist started the Fridays for the Future climate strikes?
Greta Thunberg
What is dialogue?
What the character is saying
What is paleontology?
The study of fossils
Where did ballet originate?
France
Who wrote Ode to Joy?
Beethoven
Which US president signed the Paris Agreement?
Barack Obama
Who is the author of the Piggy and Gerald books?
Mo Willems
What two things are the universe made of?
Matter and energy
There is a Tchaikovsky ballet with a character named Odette. What is the name of this ballet?
Swan Lake
Who wrote the words to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
Jane Taylor
What day was the first Earth Day (month, date, year)?
April 22, 1970
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What are the five largest moons that circle Uranus (hint: they all come from the Shakespeare plays, and four of them come from The Tempest)?
Titania, Oberon, Ariel, Umbriel, and Miranda
Who invented hip hop?
DJ Kool Herc
Who invented the piano?
Bartolomeo Cristofori
How many species are currently considered critically endangered (2020)?
6811 -- in other words, way too many
What are the three sisters' names in King Lear?
Goneril, Reagan, and Cordelia
What element is 58 on the periodic table?
Cerium
There is a high energy French dance that begins with the letter C. What is it?
Cancan
This famous composer wrote one double concerto for violin and cello, one violin concerto, and two piano concertos. Who was he?
Source: icebreakerideas.com
Brahms
How many vaquita porpoises are left in the wild?
Between 6 and 22, but most likely about 10
How many words are in LOTR series (including The Hobbit)?
576,459
Name all of the noble gasses
Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and oganesson
Who choreographed the first performance of Copland’s Rodeo?
Source: triviabliss.com
Agnes de Mille
There is a well known Beethoven symphony with a part that goes Da da da daaaaaaaaaa. There is also another similar piece by a less known French composer whose first symphony has a similar Da da da daaaaaaaaaa sound and has been frequently compared to Beethoven's 5th symphony. Who is this composer?
Étienne Nicolas Méhul