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Attributed to Homer, this ancient Greek epic poem opens with the destructive wrath of Achilles during the final year of the Trojan War.
The Iliad
Though world-famous for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation, this 17th-century polymath spent decades secretly studying alchemy and theology.
Sir Isaac Newton
This novel follows a young girl named Scout growing up in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Directed by Christopher Nolan, this 2010 sci-fi thriller follows a thief played by Leonardo DiCaprio who steals secrets from deep within targets' subconscious minds.
Inception
To protest British import tariffs imposed by the Townshend Acts, members of the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into a harbor during this 1773 demonstration.
The Boston Tea Party
This Polish-born scientist remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific disciplines: Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911.
Marie Curie
If you rearrange the letters in “THE EYES,” you can form this phrase describing something you might use to observe.
They See
This novel's title character famously says, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” in its opening sentence.
A Tale of Two Cities
At age 18, this artist made Grammy history in 2020 by becoming the youngest person to sweep the four major general categories: Best New Artist, Record, Album, and Song of the Year.
Billie Eilish
Issued on January 1, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln, this executive order declared that all enslaved people within the rebellious Confederate states were free.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Popularized by meteorologist Edward Lorenz, this chaos theory concept suggests that a small change in initial conditions—like a fluttering wing—can cause massive differences in complex systems.
The Butterfly Effect
This is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight.
Bat
In Romeo and Juliet, what city does the story take place in?
Verona
This fictional coffee shop served as the regular hangout for the six main characters of Friends.
Central Perk
Formally titled the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, this law fundamentally reshaped postwar America by providing returning WWII veterans with low-cost mortgages and college tuition.
The GI Bill
This British mathematician cracked the German Enigma cipher at Bletchley Park and pioneered artificial intelligence with his namesake "imitation game" test.
Alan Turing
Orson Welles caused widespread public anxiety in 1938 with a live radio drama adaptation of this H.G. Wells sci-fi novel about a Martian invasion of Earth.
War of the Worlds
In Lord of the Flies, what object initially serves as a symbol of authority and the right to speak?
The Conch
In The Office, what company employs Jim, Pam, Dwight, and Michael?
Dunder Mifflin
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States by purchasing 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River from this nation.
France
This famous fictional character's name is an anagram of the phrase “I am Lord Voldemort.”
Tom Riddle
A room has 4 corners. A cat sits in each corner. Each cat sees 3 other cats. How many cats are in the room?
4
This novel by Margaret Atwood follows Offred, a woman forced into reproductive servitude in the dystopian Republic of Gilead.
The Handmaid's Tale
What was the first music video played on MTV when the network launched in 1981?
Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles
This amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment