Portmanteau
American Cities
Physics Honors
Historical Inspirations
A Court of ____ and ____
400

Smog

What are Smoke and Fog?

400

This East Coast city was the first capital of the United States, being capital from 1790-1800

What is Philadelphia, PA?

400

9.8 m/s^2 is the value of this force, which often causes things to fall

What is Gravity?

400

In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the Byzantine Empire served as an inspiration for this kingdom, the homeland of Boromir and Faramir

What is Gondor?

400

Two of the major components of the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game fall in love in a story more fit for TLC than literature

What is a Court of Dungeons and Dragons?

800

Comicon

What are Comic and Convention?

800

This Southeastern city is home to MLK’s Childhood Home and Coca-Cola World

What is Atlanta, GA?

800

In Physics, these two different kinds of quantities are used to quantify the values of things

What are Scalar and Vector quantities?  

800

This series of Civil Wars between the rival houses of York and Lancaster served as an inspiration for George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series What is the Wars of the Roses?

What is the Wars of the Roses?

800

 The classic love story between a man and his food, in this case a Pro Football announcer and his Thanksgiving favorite

What is a Court of Madden and Turducken?

1200

Wikipedia

What are Wiki and Encyclopedia?

1200

This Southern city is known for being the home of Bill Clinton and the _________ 9

What is Little Rock, AK?

1200

When you throw an object straight up in the air, this value is the object’s speed at the top of the arc

What is 0 m/s

1200

In the Empire of the Wolf trilogy, we follow the adventures of Sir Konrad Vonvalt and his clerk, Helena Sedanka through the Sovan Empire, inspired by this rather pious imperium  

What is the Holy Roman Empire?

1200

Two AIs, one from the Next Generation, the other a LLM, find true love

What is a Court of Data and ChatGPT

1600

Yelp!

What are Yellow Pages and Help?

1600

This City on the West Coast is the capital of California, and its name means Sacrament in Spanish

What is Sacramento, CA?

1600

This is why if you were to throw a coin from the top of the Empire State Building there isn’t enough to kill a person

What is Terminal Velocity?

1600

In Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, the name of Prester John, the High King of Osten Ard, is taken from a mythical Christian king of this land

What is Ethiopia?

1600

Detective Lennie Briscoe finds himself testifying before District Attorney Jack McCoy in court

What is a Court of Law and Order?

2000

Microsoft

What are Micro Computer and Software?

2000

This Southwestern City is home to the University of Arizona, and has a type of car that shares its name

What is Tucson, AZ?

2000

In Physics,  the equation Fnet = MA is used to this, one of Newton’s Laws

What is Newton’s Second Law

2000

nspired by post-World War II Asia, this series by author Fonda Lee follows the lives of two rival crime families, the No Peak and Mountain clans

What is the Greenbone Saga?

2000

A monster hunter from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them teams up with a pompous author of many a Forgotten Realms book about the same subject, only to later end up suing said author for plagiarism

What is a Court of Newt and Volo?