Movies
This 1939 film famously features the line, “There’s no place like home.”
Wizard of Oz
This is the largest land animal currently living on Earth.
Elephant
This French military leader crowned himself emperor in 1804.
Napoleon
This plant is traditionally hung in doorways, encouraging people to kiss beneath it.
Mistletoe
This river is the longest in South America.
The Amazon
In this 1977 film audiences were first introduced to Jedi and the force.
Episode IV – A New Hope
This flightless bird is the tallest and fastest-running bird in the world.
Ostrich
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
This is the location the baby Jesus was born
Bethlehem
This novel by George Orwell depicts a dystopian future ruled by Big Brother.
1984
This dreamworks animated movie follows a young viking and his relationship with a dragon.
How to train your dragon
Known for its ability to change color and texture, this cephalopod has three hearts.
Octopus
This pandemic, also known as the Black Death, swept through Europe in the 14th century.
Bubonic plague
This many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol
Four
This language has the most native speakers worldwide.
Chinese (mandarin)
This is the title of the second Indiana jones movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
This egg-laying mammal has a duck-like bill and is native to Australia
Platypus
This Mesopotamian king is known for one of the earliest surviving written legal codes.
Hammurabi
This is the country that invented Eggnog
England
This European city is home to the Parthenon.
Athens
This director won Oscars for Titanic and Avatar,
James Cameron
This animal is the closest living realvtive to the T Rex
Chicken
This ancient Roman festival, celebrated in mid-December, influenced many later Christmas traditions.
Saturnalia
These are all of Santa's reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen, Rudolph
This desert, the largest hot desert in the world, spans much of northern Africa.
Sahara