Literary Speaking
Artsy-Smartsy
We're All Science Guys
HERstory
Play That Funky Music
100

This story is about a very grouchy guy who will not try two specific green foods.

Green Eggs and Ham

100

This color is known for causing joy and calming the mind, though people associate it with sadness.

Blue

100

This used to be a planet in our solar system, but was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006

Pluto

100

This Disney princess is based on a real person who is notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She paints with all the colors of the wind.

Pocahontas

100

The Sherman Brothers wrote all the music for Mary Poppins, but it was their time in the Army that led them to a specific confectionery solution for taking medicine.

Spoonful of Sugar

200

The main character of this children's book may be a pig, but the title is about the spider and what she spins.

Charlotte's Web

200

This artist is known for his impressionist works, especially Starry Night.

Vincent van Gogh

200

This mammal has venomous spurs on its hind feet, glows in ultraviolet light, and can lay eggs.

Platypus

200

She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, but mysteriously disappeared while flying over the Pacific.

Amelia Earheart

200

Lin-Manuel Miranda played this main character from a hit musical about a specific founding father of America.

Alexander Hamilton

300

The protagonist of this book is being blamed for stealing a god's weapon and giving it to a father he's never met. Despite just learning he can control water and talk to fish and horses

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

300

This Renaissance painting is known for its heroine sitting perfectly still with a smile, but when you look again, it's a grimace.

Mona Lisa

300

A foamy, bubbling chemical reaction occurs when these two substances are mixed. You'd better build the volcano first.

Baking Soda and Vinegar

300

This Civil Rights activist refused to give up her seat on a bus, and her arrest inspired a bus boycott that lasted 381 days

Rosa Parks

300
The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" talks about people keeping small flowers boquets in their pockets and is thought to reference this widespread historical/medical event. 

Bubonic Plague

400

Based on Shel Silverstein's beloved children's book. This story tells of childhood, adulthood, and old age through the eyes of its Arbor Day-appreciating narrator.

The Giving Tree

400

In Toy Story, Mr. Potato Head says he is what famous abstract artist after rearranging his face?

Picasso

400

This may have a unit of time in its name, but it's actually a unit of distance, specifically the distance light travels in one Earth year 

Light Year

400

When she designed and sewed the American flag, there were only 13 stars. Rumor has it she was not a fan of George Washington.

Betsy Ross

400

This song from a famous movie/musical based on a novel was originally not going to make the film when Shirley Temple was cast. When Judy Gardland tookover and, it became a classic. ROY G. BIV

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

500

This character has been portrayed the most in any type of media. It's elementary, my dear contestants!

Sherlock Holmes

500

This artist consulted with Walt Disney on an animated film that was never made. But what he was truly known for was his moustache.

Salvadore Dali

500

Gas giant planets like Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have extreme pressure that turns atmospheric carbon into a rain of this extremely valuable mineral.

Diamond

500

This indigenous woman helped Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Territory. She is also on the Golden Dollar coin.

Sacagawea

500

Hadestown is based on the classic Greek tale about the original star-crossed lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice, but the music is in this style. Get your banjo out!

American Roots/ Blue Grass