English
Science
"Mat"h
History
Chaos
200

Haikus, while not English, are often taught in English classes. Though you may need math to count this, the number of total syllables in a haiku.

What is seventeen?

200

It's the only planet in our solar system not named after a Roman or Greek God.

What is Earth?

200

It's what math is short for.

What is mathematics?

200

This country invented tea and fireworks.

What is China?

200

This is the largest (and probably most seen) organ that humans have.

What is skin?

400

The form of writing that is not poetry, and makes up most books is called this.

What is prose?

400

This temperature scale is based on the freezing and boiling points of water.

What is Celsius? 

400

It's another word for a bullfighter. Olé!

What is a matador?

400

This man led the Soviet Union during World War II, and was actually from Georgia, not Russia.

Who is Joseph Stalin?

400

This is the holiday for the British the day after Christmas.

What is Boxing Day?

600

High school English classes will often have to read "1984" or Animal Farm, both by this man.

Who is George Orwell?

600

Taxonomy starts at Kingdom, Phylum, Class, and this ranking that you might hear in court.

What is order?

600

They pair people together in romantic relationships, or they create small wooden sticks. That can't be right.

Who are matchmakers?

600

The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage after leaving this famous English port city.

What is Liverpool?

600

Pong, created by this company, is largely considered the first home video game.

Who is Atari?

800

When lawyers speak "Legalese" it's not always English, but often actually this dead language.

What is Latin?

800

Charles Darwin coined this two word term that essentially means 'survival of the fittest'.

What is natural selection?


800

It's the first word of a rating that you may find on movie posters or video game posters.

What is mature?

800

America is named after this navigator, who aided Columbus in his journey.

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

800

This is the Latin word for left, which might explain why left handed people used to be treated as evil.

What is sinister?

1000

Defenestration is the act of throwing somebody out of one of these.

What is a window?

1000

Forensic scientists are sure glad that all humans have unique these. Even identical twins!

What are fingerprints?

1000

It's a system where society or lineage are largely run through women, rather than men.

What is a matriarchy?

1000

He's the only president who wasn't elected as either president or vice president. That and pardoning his predecessor made him fairly unpopular.

Who is Gerald Ford?
1000

After a common surgery, it's the number of teeth that a healthy adult is left with.

What is 28?