The Art of Adaptation
This musical features such song titles as “New Money,” “God Sees Everything,” and “Beautiful Little Fool.”
What is The Great Gatsby?
Of the actors appearing in leading roles in Marvel movies, these are the ones named Chris.
Who are Hemsworth, Pratt, and Evans?
In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides, according to this famous theorem.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury isn't the hottest. That title belongs to this planet, thanks to its thick atmosphere.
What is Venus?
This Italian dish consists of layers of pasta, sauce, and cheese, typically baked in the oven.
What is lasagna?
"Just keep swimming."
Who is Dory?
Though Greta Gerwig is known for her surreal feminist masterpiece, Barbie, this 2019 film also had feminist themes and was a critically-acclaimed success. It starred such popular actors as Emma Watson and Timothée Chalamet and was based on a novel from 1868.
What is Little Women?
It’s not just an IL program - this 2020 album is known for featuring a love triangle between Betty, James, and Augustine.
What is Folklore?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This gas makes up approximately 78% of Earth's atmosphere, even though oxygen gets most of the attention.
What is nitrogen?
This frozen dessert is traditionally made from cream, milk, sugar, and flavorings.
What is ice cream?
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong
This 2011 Brad Pitt film was, unusually, based not on a novel but rather on a nonfiction book focused on, among other things, statistics and economics.
What is Moneyball?
It’s the now-famous word yelled by Ross on the TV show Friends as he tries to move a couch up a staircase.
What is “pivot!”
In literature, this term describes a reference to another literary work, historical event, or famous person without directly explaining it.
What is an allusion?
This sea creature has no brain, heart, or bones, yet has survived in Earth's oceans for hundreds of millions of years.
What is a jellyfish?
This brand introduced the slogan "Once you pop, you can't stop."
What are Pringles?
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This hit musical was inspired by a 2004 biography by Ron Chernow that is over 800 pages long.
What is Hamilton? (or Hamilton the Musical or Hamilton: An American Musical)
Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, this celebrity is better known by this name.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This element, represented by the symbol W on the periodic table, has the highest melting point of all pure metals.
•What is tungsten?
This biological process allows certain animals, including axolotls, to regrow lost limbs.
What is regeneration?
This ingredient is responsible for making bread rise by producing carbon dioxide as it ferments sugars.
What is yeast?
“You get a car! You get a car!”
Who is Oprah?
This charming though bizarre animated film, released in 1968, was in a sense an adaptation of a hit song of the same name from two years earlier, released as a single and on an album titled Revolver.
What is Yellow Submarine?
This Hollywood star appeared in five major films released in 2026, including The Odyssey.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
This 1930s series of federal programs and reforms, introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
What is The New Deal?
This phenomenon describes the tendency of two touching surfaces to resist sliding past one another, and it is essential for walking without slipping.
What is friction?
This French culinary term describes a mixture of butter and flour cooked together to thicken sauces and soups.
What is a roux?
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Who is Socrates?