Famous Architects
He pioneered the Prairie School movement, best known for Falling Water
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
Equal parts butter, sugar, eggs, and flour by weight
What is a Pound cake?
As mandated in the first Article of the Constitution, this federal count takes place every 10 years
What is the Census?
The ballet was premiered here in 1892
What is Saint Petersburg?
Distance from the center of the circle to any point on its boundary
What is a Radius?
He's known for his usage of geometric shapes and glass curtain walls (see: the Louvre Pyramid)
Who is I M. Pei?
Originally, it was the buttermilk's reacts with anthocyanin in the raw cocoa powder that gave this cake its signature color
What is Red Velvet cake?
The only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye, reappearing every 72-80 years
What is Halley's Comet?
Character sometimes known as Marie or Masha, she's usually known as this in the US
Who is Clara?
Line that touches a circle once, perpendicular to the radius
What is a Tangent?
His designs rely on plate glass and steel beams, best known for Chicago sky rises and the Edith Farnsworth House
Who is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?
Kirsch-soaked chocolate sponge is topped with buttercream or whipped cream for this regional favorite
What is Black Forest cake?
They spend 99.5% of their life underground but emerge every 13 or 17 years to mate and die
What are cicadas?
This choreographer reworked the show for the New York City Ballet in 1954
Who is George Balanchine?
Line segment joining any two points on the circumference of the circle
What is a Chord?
His signature is undulating metal skinned buildings (see: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain)
Who is Frank Gehry?
Finding the fève could mean a year of prosperity or paying for the cake depending on where you celebrate the Epiphany
What is King cake?
Two Schwabe Cycles equals one Hale Cycle; its the activity cycle of what object
What is the Sun?
The principal role, made famous by Maria Tallchief in 1954
Who is the Sugar Plum Fairy?
Portion of a disk enclosed by two radii and an arc?
What is a Sector?
His sculptural designs were carried over to his furniture practice (see: Gateway Arch, TWA Flight Center)
Who is Eero Saarinen?
This spit cake from Germany resembles a tree stump
What is Baumkuchen?
Milankovitch cycles describe how the changes in the Earth's movements affect this
What is climate?
Piano-like percussion instrument used heavily in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
What is a the Celesta?
A straight line that intersects a circle in two points
What is a Secant?