Weird Science Facts
Charged particles from solar winds in the Earth’s atmosphere are responsible for this brilliant nighttime phenomenon.
What is aurora borealis/Northern Lights?
This singer declared “I’m that girl” on the opening track of her 2022 album.
Who is Beyonce?
This South African leader was imprisoned 27 years before becoming president and ending apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This gymnast has spoken openly about mental health challenges, changing the conversation around athlete wellness globally.
Who is Simone Biles?
The line, “Fish are friends, not food” comes from this animated film.
Finding Nemo
Much like trees, cod fish ear bones, called otoliths, form rings that can be used to determine this.
What is age?
This pop anthem includes the lyric “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem.”
What is “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift?
This Indian activist and political leader helped fight for independence from British colonial rule in his home country and South Africa as well as serving as an inspiration to anti-colonial movements across the globe.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This NBA superstar has spoken out on racial injustice, founded a school for at-risk kids in Akron, Ohio, and donated millions to education.
Who is LeBron James?
This 2015 Pixar film about emotions inside a girl’s mind won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and sparked widespread conversation about emotional intelligence.
What is Inside Out?
Flamingos get their vibrant pink color from a diet rich in this.
What is shrimp?
This boxer, known as “The Greatest”, changed his name from Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This Pakistani activist was the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner advocating for girls’ education.
Malala Yousafzai?
This soccer legend from Brazil used his platform to support UNICEF programs and campaigns for children’s welfare worldwide.
Who was Pelé?
In this Studio Ghibli classic, a girl navigates a magical bathhouse full of spirits.
What is Spirited Away?
Monotremes are an order of mammals including platypus and echidnas that are distinct from other mammals for this.
What is laying eggs?
This A24 multiverse film won Best Picture in 2023 and centers on an unlikely laundromat-owning hero.
What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?
This 18th century English physician is created with having developed the first successful vaccine after discovering that people infected with cowpox had immunity to smallpox.
Edward Jenner
This U.S. soccer player and World Cup champion has been a leading voice in her sport for gender pay equity and LGBTQIA+ rights.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
What was the first feature length animated film?
What is Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
This is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
This Black lesbian writer and civil rights leader said, “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
Who is Audre Lorde?
his Canadian Indigenous activist is known for advocating for water rights, and addressed the UN for the first time at the age of 13.
Who is Autumn Peltier?
In 1968, these two American Olympic athletes won 1st and 3rd place in the 200-meter sprint and used the medal platform to raise awareness of the ongoing struggle of the Civil Rights Movement.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Which actor voiced the animated character Shrek?
Who is Mike Myers?