Works of Literature
The Wide, Wide World
American Presidents
Word Play
Culture
100

Oink! This pig was a main character in Charlottes Web.

Wilbur
100

Uluru, Tasmania, and a famous opera house with white sail shells for a ceiling are all part of this island continent. 

Australia 

100

"Ask not what this country can do for you," according to this youngest president.

John F. Kennedy

100

Run, drive, and play are examples of this part of speech.

verb

100

This is the Spanish-speaking country with the largest population. 

Mexico

200

A Raisin in the Sun is set in this city, where the Younger family lives on the South Side.

Chicago

200

Moscow, Russia is home to this colorful, onion-domed church. 

St. Basil's Cathedral

200

This wealthy president used his call button to request diet cokes.

Donald Trump

200

Fill in the idiom: cat's out of the _____.

bag

200

Dishes from this Spanish-speaking country include tapas and paella.

Spain

300

These two European cities are the setting for Charles Dicken's book A Tale of Two Cities.

London and Paris

300

This African island is home to lemurs, the city Antananarivo, and a namesake bunch of penguins from a Dreamworks movie franchise.

Madagascar 

300

This president served two nonconsecutive terms, the 22nd and 24th. 

Grover Cleveland
300

This literary device compares things using "like" or "as."

simile

300

This empire is famous for its togas, Caesar, and speaking Latin.

Roman Empire

400

"Dallas" is both a city and the name of a main character in this book about scrappy boys.

The Outsiders

400

Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein are the three capitals of this African country. 

South Africa 

400

This president's death ended the shortest term ever, after giving the longest inaugural address ever in the cold. 

William Henry Harrison

400

Fill in the beatitude: The ____ shall inherit the earth. 

meek
400

This Roman Emperor tried to make his horse a consul, and famously declared war on the sea. 

Caligula 

500

The Joad family makes it to California in novel named for the wrath of these fruits. 

grapes (The Grapes of Wrath)

500

This country boasts the only non-rectangular flag in the world, made of two red and blue triangles. 

Nepal 

500

Brrr! Barack Obama's first job was in Honolulu, at this company. 

Baskin Robbins

500

Words that describe sounds, like "boing" or "bang" are this type of word. 

onomatopoeia 
500

What sea was called "Mare Nostrum" by the Romans.

The Mediterranean