Revolutionaries
Halloween
Off the Field
Botany
Famous Firsts
400

He is known for his nonviolence and as Bapa in India as he is considered the "Father of the Nation" there

Mahatma Ghandi

400

This poet wrote the Telltale Heart and The Raven, and other spooky stories perfect for Halloween

Edgar Allen Poe

400

This NBA superstar opened the "I PROMISE" school which has educated thousands of needy children 

LeBron James

400

The green pigment that captures sunlight for photosynthesis is called this

Chlorophyll

400
In 1903, the Wright Brothers took the first powered airplane flight in this state

North Carolina

800

This Russian revolutionary wrote “What Is to Be Done?” and led the Bolsheviks to power in 1917

Vladimir Lenin

800

This Dracula inspired ghoul is known for its aversion to garlic and sunlight

Vampire

800

Colin Kaepernick was blacklisted from the NFL for kneeling during the National Anthem in protest of this 

Racial injustice / Police brutality against African Americans

800

This famous botanist and farmer wrote How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption

George Washington Carver

800

Nelson Mandela became the first black president after years of imprisonment and apartheid in this country 

South Africa

1200

This Cuban revolutionary, famous for his beret and cigar, fought alongside Fidel Castro and became a global symbol of rebellion

Che Guevara 

1200

Jason is not the killer in Friday the 13th (1980), she is. Drew Barrymore dies in Scream because she gets the answer wrong

Pamela Voorhees (Jason's mother)

1200

Despite being the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods has received media scrutiny for this charge in 2017 (not his first)

DUI

1200

These attract pollinators to the flower by being colorful

Petals

1200

He allegedly took the "one small step for man" on the moon in 1969

Neil Armstrong

1600

This Lt. General was both a national hero for France and the U.S. for his role in their respective revolutions

Marquis de Lafayette

1600

The name “Halloween” is a contraction of this older phrase meaning “the evening before All Saints’ Day"

All Hallow's Eve
1600

O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murdering this ex-wife and Ron Goldman, an acquaintance and waiter who was dropping off her sunglasses

Nicole Brown Simpson

1600

These small openings on the underside of leaves allow gas exchange between the plant and the atmosphere

Stomata

1600
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to climb this

Mt. Everest

2000

Known as El Libertador in South America gained independence for Venezuela and a country that bears his name

Simon Bolivar

2000

Despite being known for his civil trials with Amber Heard, he got his big break by being turned into a volcano of blood in A Nightmare on Elm Street

Johnny Depp

2000

After retiring from soccer, this English icon became a UNICEF ambassador and launched his own fashion and fragrance lines

David Beckham

2000

This rare tropical plant produces the world’s largest single flower — and a famously foul odor

Corpse Flower

2000

She became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court

Sandra Day O'Connor