American Herstory
She made the first American Flag
Betsy Ross
This is the year when the Jin Dynasty Ended
420 (AD)
Boy gets psychologically tortured until he learns to beat something with sticks correctly
Whiplash
Halo Reach debuted with this popular mapping level
Forge World/Halo Alpha
He was the first Tzar of Russia (Land of All Rus)
Ivan IV ‘The Terrible’ Vasilyevich
A world-famous child star, she even has a drink named after her!
Shirley Temple
This is the square root of 441
21
Guy crawls away from a building after 19 years
Shawshank Redemption
This Halo 1 level greets you with the chapter title card ‘Flawless Cowboy’
Halo
This ruler was known for the encouragement of German settlers into the Russian Empire (which was over 250 years ago!)
Catherine The Great
Writer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The binary representation of this is 10100111001
1337
Guys’ wife dies so he gets high (literally)
Up
This Halo 3 level has the objective of finding the prophet of truth in this location
The Ark
Long before Russia, this country was a loose federation of East Slavic and Finnic peoples in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, who were under the reign of the Varangian Rurik dynasty
Kievan-Rus
One of the great modernist painters of the 20th century, and a major figure in American art for more than 70 years
Georgia O’Keeffe
This is a semiprime number (it is the product of two prime numbers)
69
A Large Man is forced to participate in the rescue of a royal hostage by the government, that has turned his home into a refugee camp
Shrek
Halo 3 ODST canonically starts side by side with the end of this Halo 2 level
Metropolis
This Grand Duchy is known as a precursor to the Russian Empire, formerly a mongol tributary
Muscovy
She campaigned nationwide for the abolition of slavery and important women’s rights. She also raised money for black Union soldiers.
Sojourner Truth
It’s a reference to a type of Cognac (hint: It’s Remy Martin)
1738
Driver kills Ford on a long bridge
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
This was the first mission in Halo to feature ship-to-ship space combat
Long Night of Solace
This war fought from 1700 to 1721 between (mainly) the Swedish Empire/Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia led to the decline of the former and rise of the latter. It’s what made Peter so Great, after all.
The Great Northern War