THE FUTURE ACCORDING TO BOOKS AND MOVIES
WEIRD THINGS IN HISTORY
TECHNOLOGY
PLANTS & ANIMALS
CROSSWORD CLUES
100
In this 2008 Pixar film, humanity lives aboard a massive spaceship after Earth becomes uninhabitable due to environmental degradation and overconsumption
What is Wall-E?
100
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. In 1937, she disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Amelia Earhart?
100
The keyboard shortcut for copy and paste
What is Ctrl C and Ctrl V?
100
Darwin’s observations of tortoises, finches, and other species on these islands contributed to his theory of evolution published in 1859 in his book, On the Origin of Species
What are the Galapagos islands?
100
Extinct large flightless bird (4 letters)
What is the dodo bird?
200
This futuristic Kubrick film opens with a prehistoric sequence showing a tribe of hominins (primates) learning to use tools after encountering a mysterious monolith
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
200
This infamous phrase is often (though likely falsely) attributed to Marie Antoinette, whose fate ended with the guillotine during the French Revolution: “Let them eat ___.”
What is cake?
200
This country has banned Facebook, Instagram, and X/Twitter
What is China?
200
Due to the natural phenomenon of fluorescence, scorpions and some other arachnids and insects glow a bright green/blue color under this type of light
What is UV (ultraviolet) light?
200
Planet between Mars and Saturn (7 letters)
What is Jupiter?
300
This 1949 George Orwell novel depicts a society under constant surveillance ruled by Big Brother, a totalitarian regime that abuses its power to control history, facts, and collective memory
What is 1984?
300
The founder of this arts and crafts chain also founded the Museum of the Bible in DC-- with thousands of artifacts stolen from Iraq, Greece, and other countries in the Middle East
What is Hobby Lobby?
300
This form of renewable energy harnesses the Earth’s internal heat to produce power
What is geothermal energy?
300
This small aquatic salamander is sometimes called the “walking fish” because it retains juvenile traits, including gills, throughout its life. This animal can fully regrow limbs, parts of its heart, spinal cord, and even parts of its brain
What is an axolotl?
300
Type of geological plate (8 letters)
What is tectonic?
400
This novel by Margaret Atwood depicts a theocratic regime called Gilead, where women are denied basic rights and reduced to reproductive roles
What is The Handmaid's Tale?
400
Scientists monitor colonies of these animals in the western U.S. to prevent outbreaks of the disease that caused the Black Death (bubonic plague) in Europe centuries ago
What are prairie dogs?
400
A student is analyzing why 19th-century cities like Manchester grew rapidly; this major technological shift explains it
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
This Japanese art form involves growing miniature trees in containers, shaped carefully over many years
What is bonsai?
400
Country on Brazil's west border (4 letters)
What is Peru?
500
In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel, this title society uses pleasure, conditioning, and soma (a drug that is given to citizens to ensure happiness, compliance, and escape from negative emotions) in order to maintain control over the various castes of people
What is Brave New World?
500
In 1587, colonists led by John White established a settlement here; White returned from England in 1590 to find it deserted, with the word "Croatoan" carved into a post, indicating they may have joined the local Croatan tribe or faced other fates such as starvation, a mystery unsolved for centuries
What is the colony of Roanoke?
500
This inventor proposed to his second wife using morse code
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
This desert plant stores water in its thick trunk and can live for thousands of years in Africa
What is the baobab tree?
500
Not acidic (8 letters)
What is alkaline?