Nautical
A Napoleonic-era sailing film, released in 2003 and featuring Russel Crowe, based on the 1969 novel written by Patrick O'Brien.
What is Master and Commander: Far Side of the World?
The god of wine.
Who is Bacchus, or Dionysus?
Darth Vader's name before his turn to the dark side.
Who is Anakin Skywalker?
It replaced other forms of public execution with its invention in 1789.
A musical based on the popular 1862 book by Victor Hugo.
A whaling accident, famously written about by historian Nathaniel Philbrick.
What is the Whaleship Essex?
The main two conspirators against Julius Caesar.
A Jedi's apprentice is this.
A padawan
George Washington's righthand man, a figure central to both the French and American revolutions.
Who is Lafayette?
The oboe is part of this musical instrument family.
What is a double-reeded instrument?
A TV show featuring 129 men attempting to find the Northwest Passage.
What is AMC's The Terror?
The Roman emperor who killed his mother and rose to the throne at age 16, was famous for his violent tendencies and for the Great Fire of Rome.
Who is Nero?
The Emperor's name is this.
Who is Sheev Palpatine?
Robespierre was part of this council.
What is The Committee of Public Safety?
The number of translations of the Iliad composed by a women.
A brig has this many masts.
What is a two-masted ship?
Name three ancient Greek city-states.
Possible Answers: Thebes, Mycenae, Minoa, Sparta, Athens, Ithica, etc.
Yoda's species.
What is N/A?
It was a popular political club in France during the 1780s-90s, and was considered extremist at the time.
Who are The Jacobins?
The best Shakespearian tragedy.
Hamlet
A sea-shanty written by Stan Rogers discussing an expedition trying to find a path to the north of Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What is The Northwest Passage?
Plato stated that in the ideal city-state, Homer should be banned in this dialogue.
What is The Republic?
The Star Wars equivalent of BCE/CE (Before Christ/Common era).
What is BBY/ABY (Before/After the Battle of Yavin)?
Who is Camille Demoulins?
The two primary stitches which are used when knitting.
What are purl and knit stitches?