American History
England, Scotland or Wales?
Women in Literature
Know your Classics
Walking Thesaurus
100
He is the 44th President of the United States whose campaign slogan was "Yes, we can!"
Who is Barack Obama?
100
Its capital is home of Big Ben, Tower Bridge and Buckingham Palace.
What is England?
100
In 2019, Greta Gerwig adapted this Louisa May Alcott classic in a new film version starring Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson.
What is Little Women?
100
A play about a brooding Danish prince who said: "To be or not to be, that is the question."
What is Hamlet?
100
a literary genre which consists of a long story, usually about human experience
What is a novel?
200
One of the Founding Fathers who gave his name to a Broadway musical now available on Disney+
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
Its national flag features a red dragon.
What is Wales?
200
Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion are some of her most beloved works.
Who is Jane Austen?
200
The titular character of Bram Stoker's novel about a blood-drinking aristocrat who lives in Transylvania.
Who is Count Dracula?
200
A word or phrase used to describe something/someone in a way that it is different from its normal use, in order to illustrate that the two things have similar qualities
What is a metaphor?
300
This document, adopted July 4, 1776, asserted the Thirteen Colonies' desire to break free from British authority.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
This well-known prehistoric site is located there.
What is England?
300
Whether it was Emily, Charlotte or Anne, they were all skilled British writers.
Who are the Brontë sisters?
300
He is the sidekick of a famous detective who lives on 221B Baker Street.
Who is Doctor Watson?
300
A synonym of "main character"
What is a protagonist?
400
A Japanese military strike on this naval base led to the USA's formal entry into World War 2.
What is Pearl Harbor?
400
A village located there has the longest name place in Europe, with 58 letters.
400
The feminist author of Mrs. Dalloway, who also claimed that female artists should have A Room of [their] Own.
Who is Virginia Woolf?
400
The story of an orphan who is forced to become a pickpocket to survive in London.
What is Oliver Twist?
400
Stephen Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino.
What is a director?
500
That year, millions of Americans lost their jobs and migrated because of the combined effects of the stock market crash and severe droughts.
What is 1929?
500
An archipelago known for its ponies and sheep dogs is part of this country.
What is Scotland?
500
A trailblazer who died too soon, she wrote The Bell Jar, as well many poems.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
500
Scout and her father, a lawyer called Atticus Finch, tackle racial prejudice as they defend a wrongfully accused black man in the segregated South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
500
A line of poetry with six stressed syllables.
What is an hexameter?