FAMOUS SPEECHES
Delivered on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, this address began with the now-iconic words, “I have a dream.”
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the early 1900s, this movement breaks objects into geometric shapes and reassembles them in abstract forms.
What is Cubism?
Compact home hubs like the Amazon Echo and Google Nest rely on these AI-driven systems to interpret voice commands and manage tasks.
What are virtual assistants (or voice assistants)?
Nicknamed the “City of Light,” this European capital on the Seine River boasts landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.
What is Paris?
Used to join two related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction, this punctuation mark looks like a period on top of a comma.
What is a semicolon?
In November 1863, he spoke for just over two minutes at a Pennsylvania battlefield dedication, beginning with the words, “Four score and seven years ago.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What is the “Gettysburg Address”?
Emerging in late 19th-century France and championed by artists like Claude Monet, this style focused on capturing the fleeting effects of light and color in everyday scenes.
What is Impressionism?
Used in apps like Snapchat and Pokémon GO, this technology overlays digital objects onto real-world views through a smartphone camera or specialized glasses.
What is augmented reality?
Located on a river, this Canadian capital is overshadowed in population by other famous cities, but is home to Parliament Hill.
What is Ottawa?
“Was eaten by a bear” instead of “A bear ate” demonstrates this voice in English, where the subject receives the action rather than doing it.
What is the passive voice?
On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, this U.S. president delivered a speech which famously included the line: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
What is the “Tear down this wall!” speech?
Capturing the imagery of dreams and the unconscious, this 20th-century movement counted Salvador Dalí and René Magritte among its notable figures.
What is Surrealism?
Developed for video games but widely used in AI and scientific computing, these specialized processors excel at parallel tasks by running thousands of small operations simultaneously.
What are graphics processing units (or GPUs)?
Formerly the center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this “City of Music” was home to composers like Mozart and Beethoven.
What is Vienna?
The study of the origin and historical development of words, it can reveal how “nice” went from meaning “ignorant” to “pleasant.”
What is etymology?
In June 1940, amid the darkest days of WWII, he rallied Britain with a rousing speech that included the line, “We shall fight on the beaches.”
Who is Winston Churchill?
What is the “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech?
The brilliant colors and bold brushstrokes used by artists like Henri Matisse around 1905 earned this style the name “wild beasts.”
What is Fauvism?
A type of digital ledger popularized by cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, it uses decentralized verification to maintain secure records.
What is a blockchain?
Perched at about 9,350 feet above sea level, this Andean capital in Ecuador features a well-preserved colonial center.
What is Quito?
From the Greek for “placed beside,” this type of phrase—like “John, my brother”—adds extra information about a noun without altering the sentence’s basic structure.
What is an appositive?
Speaking before a crowd in West Berlin on June 26, 1963, this U.S. president proclaimed solidarity by declaring, “Ich bin ein Berliner.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
What is the “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech?
Led by painters such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning in post–World War II America, this highly expressive and spontaneous style put New York at the center of the art world.
What is Abstract Expressionism?
This type of AI model that “learns” from vast amounts of data—like GPT—often relies on a technique called “transformers” to process language.
What is a large language model?
Though overshadowed by its country’s most populous city, Abidjan, this West African capital was officially designated in 1983 and features the world’s largest Christian basilica.
What is Yamoussoukro?
This verb form can act as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb, often introduced by “to” yet retaining characteristics of a verb.
What is an infinitive?