Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business when Gandalf the Wizard drops in. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by an evil dragon named Smaug.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
John Searle's thought experiment, called "The Chinese Room," presents an argument against the idea that computers could ever be truly intelligent.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Tom and Jerry cartoon has been a classic since it first came out in 1940. America's favorite rivals now take their cat-and-mouse game to the big screen – coming to theaters in 2021.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The more you think about it, the more complex time travel seems! This video explains a key paradox that is one of the main reasons for this.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The English language has changed in many ways over the centuries, but the internet has changed it in just a few decades. Why use a whole sentence when an abbreviation will do?
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Groovy is in a festive mood with the holiday song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." It's a classic song for Christmas in the US and UK.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Fred Flintstone and his best friend Barney Rubble like to go bowling and play golf, but before they can relax and enjoy themselves, there are household chores to be done. Fortunately for them and their wives, Wilma and Betty, there have already been some fantastic new inventions to make Stone Age living that much easier.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Bedrock, home of the famous cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone, is a very modern Stone Age city. There are newspapers, cars, televisions and telephones, even a system of airmail!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
A scene from Peter Griffin’s past life as Griffin Peterson: He and his friends win over the audience at the local talent show with a song that rips off 1984’s wildly successful comedy “Revenge of the Nerds.”
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
The witch surprises the prince and he falls from the tower. Fortunate to have survived but blinded, he wanders the forest, living on wild plants and fruits, until one day he arrives at the desert where Rapunzel was banished, and hears her voice once more…
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
Enchanted by Rapunzel’s singing, the prince climbs the tower to meet her. They make plans to escape together, so they can be married and live happily ever after. But when the wicked witch learns of the prince’s visits, she flies into a vengeful rage.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
In this well-known and well-loved loved fairy tale, Rapunzel’s poor parents are forced to give her away as a baby to a wicked witch. When the child grows into a beautiful young woman, the witch hides her away in a tall tower in the woods. Will she ever be rescued from her lonely fate?
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Somehow the team needs to get the control baton away from Doctor Spooky, before the whole environment is trashed! How about distracting him by appealing to his vanity?
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
How can one brother travel into space and return younger than his twin? In just sixty seconds, a startling side effect of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is explained to us.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Peter has a surprise for Lois, but not the kind she would necessarily hope for.
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