Pop Culture
This Korean boy band is often referred to as the "Kings of K-pop."
Who is BTS
This teacher's maiden (before marriage) last name was Yerkes. (pronounced similar to circus)
Who is Ms. Rampley?
This company is famous for creating electric cars and launching rockets into space.
What is Tesla/Space X?
In this sport, players use a racket to hit a shuttlecock over a net.
What is badminton.
This disease was carried from Asia to Europe by fleas on rats and killed more than 50% of the population.
What is Bubonic Plague/Black Death?
This Japanese anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki features a young girl named Chihiro entering a magical world.
What is Spirited Away
This teacher has played piano since they were 4 years old.
Who is Ms. Mizel?
This planet is the hottest in our solar system.
What is Venus?
This country is famous for the martial art Taekwondo.
What is South Korea?
This ancient city-state in Greece is famous for its military discipline and warriors who trained from a young age.
What is Sparta?
This American TV show about kids fighting creatures in the Upside Down became a Netflix phenomenon.
What is Stranger Things
This teacher lived in Belgium.
Who is Mr. Berntson?
This 2020 Mars rover, named after a human quality, is searching for signs of ancient life. Tell me the name of the rover.
What is Perseverance?
his traditional Japanese sport, where competitors try to force each other out of a ring, dates back hundreds of years.
What is sumo wrestling?
This system of government in medieval Europe involved lords, vassals, and serfs working on manors.
What is feudalism?
This trend, that started in Japan, involves hotels offering travelers cozy, extra compact sleeping spaces.
This teacher was president of her high school Spanish club.
Who is Ms. Hohnholt?
GPS is an acronym for 3 words. Tell me these 3 words.
Global Positioning System
This Chinese athlete won multiple Olympic gold medals in diving and is considered one of the greatest divers of all time.
Who is Wu Minxia?
This Indian leader used nonviolent resistance to lead his country to independence from British rule in 1947.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This Genshin Impact region was inspired by Japan and introduced the character Raiden Shogun.
What is Inazuma?
This teacher was a hand model for Sony for the PS4.
Who is Ms. Tan?
This law states that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
This winter sport involves sliding a stone across ice toward a target while teammates sweep the ice to guide it.
What is curling?
This large dam, completed in 2012 on the Yangtze River, is one of the most powerful hydroelectric projects in the world.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?