Rhyme Time
Y.A. Literature Geography
Ancient History
Who Said It?
A Trip to the Museum
200
A suitor arrives after they said they would.
What is a late date?
200
The entrance to Mount Olympus is found on the 600th floor of this location in the Percy Jackson series.
What is the Empire State Building?
200
In 2012 CE, the 5,125-year cycle of this ancient civilization's calendar finally came to an end (thankfully, the world did not end with it).
Who are the Maya?
200
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
"Swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of China blue" in this masterpiece, found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
What is Starry Night?
400
A gigantic mushroom.
What is a humongous fungus?
400
This tile character's full address was: The Cupboard Under the Stairs, 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey.
Who is Harry Potter?
400
Beginning in 130 BCE, this series of trade routes connected China's Han Dynasty with the West.
What is the Silk Road?
400
“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
This iconic Grant Wood painting depicting the working class of Midwestern America can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago.
What is American Gothic?
600
An Argentinian dance performed by a tropical fruit.
What is a mango tango?
600
Teenagers called "Tributes" are selected from the twelve districts of this dystopian nation to fight to the death in The Hunger Games.
What is Panem?
600
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it's the only one that is still around today.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
600
"I came. I saw. I conquered."
Who is Julius Caesar?
600
This ancient statue, now found at the Louvre Museum in Paris, is renowned for her graceful pose and idealized beauty. So who cares that her arms are missing?
What is the Venus de Milo?
800
A stage play about a South American pack animal.
What is a llama drama?
800
This mythical land is described as "all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel."
What is Narnia?
800
Around 50,000 BCE, people crossed this land bridge from Asia to settle in the Americas.
What is Beringia?
800
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
800
When viewing this Picasso masterpiece at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, you can feel the paint and torment of the Basque people during the Spanish Civil War.
What is Guernica?
1000
The tail end of a train has trouble understanding.
What is an obtuse caboose?
1000
While touring Amsterdam, Hazel and Augustus visit this historic site (and share their first kiss) in The Fault in Our Stars.
What is the Anne Frank House?
1000
In 218 BCE, Hannibal led the Carthaginian army, complete with war elephants, over this mountain range to prepare for his invasion of the Roman Empire.
What are the Alps Mountains?
1000
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
1000
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City showcases this surreal Dali masterpiece.
What is the Persistence of Memory?