ENGLISH LIT
THIS WRITER, POET, AND LITERARY CRITIC WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICANS TO MAKE A LIVING EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH WRITING. HIS TALENT FOR THE CRAFT IS ON DISPLAY IN HIS POEM "THE RAVEN", WHICH WAS RELEASED TO INSTANT SUCCESS IN 1845.
EDGAR ALLAN POE
THIS ARTIST IS THE FIRST TO WIN 35 GRAMMYS OVER THE COURSE OF HER CAREER, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS IN 2001 FOR THE SONG "SAY MY NAME"
BEYONCE
THIS ANIMAL PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE FIRST JURRASIC PARK AND JURRASIC WORLD FILMS. THEY ARE SUSPECTED TO HAVE HUNTED IN PACKS AND ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR SICKLE-SHAPED TOE CLAWS.
VELOCIRAPTOR
THIS 1990's TERM REFERS TO THE INTUITIVE ABILITY TO ASSESS OTHERS' SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
GAYDAR
THIS COUNTRY'S NATIONAL DISH, RAGU ALLA BOLOGNESE, CONSITS OF A MEAT BASED TOMATO SAUCE SERVED WITH PASTA. IT HAS BECOME A CULTURAL STAPLE THERE, DESPITE TOMATOES BEING ABSENT FROM EUROPE UNTIL THE MID 1500s.
ITALY
THIS AMERICAN NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER AND JOURNALIST SERVED IN WORLD WAR ONE, COVERED THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AND WORLD WAR II, BEFORE FINALLY SAYING FAREWELL TO ARMED CONFLICHT AND WINNING THE 1954 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
THE 2023 "ERAS" TOUR WAS THE SIXTH CONCERT TOUR BY THIS ARTIST, AND THE FIRST TOUR IN HISTORY TO REACH OVER 2 BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.
TAYLOR SWIFT
THIS DINOSAUR IS BEST RECOGNIZED BY THE KITE SHAPED PLATES ALONG THE BACK OF THEIR SPINE, AND THEIR SPIKEY TAIL. THOUGHT THE PURPOSE OF THESE PLATES REMIANS A MYSTERY TO THIS DAY.
STEGOSAURUS
MONTHLY MULTIPLIER
YOU'D BETTER 'BE THERE', LEST YOU BE THIS 1940's WORD FOR SOMEONE WHO IS BORING, OR CONVENTIONAL.
POT-AU-FEU IS THE NATIONAL DISH OF THIS COUNTRY, CONSISTING OF STEWED BEEF AND VEGETABLES.
FRANCE
THIS GOTHIC AUTHOR WROTE HER SEMINAL WORK AT THE AGE OF 18, SPAWNING AN ENTIRE GENRE OF HORROR STORIES. ON THE RELEVANCE OF HER WORK TODAY, ONE COULD ONLY SAY IT'S ALIVE AND WELL.
MARY SHELLY
THIS SONG IS QUEEN'S MOST LISTENED SONG ON BOTH YOUTUBE AND SPOTIFY, WITH A COMBINED 4.4 BILLION PLAYS AROSS BOTH PLATFORMS.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
THIS 'KING OF THE DINOSAURS' WAS FIRST DISOVERED IN HILL CREEK MONTANA. IT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE THE STROGENST BITE OF ALL DINOSAURS AT OVER 8000 POUNDS OF PRESSURE.
TYRANOSAURUS REX
THE 1980's TERM FOR A HOMOSEXUAL WOMAN, WHO EXHIBITS A GREAT AMOUNT OF FEMININE ATTRIBUTES, SUCH AS WARING MAKE-UP, DRESSES, OR SKIRTS, AND HAVING OTHER CHARACHTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH FEMININE WOMEN.
LIPSTICK LESBIAN
THE RÖSTI IS THE NATIONAL DISH OF THIS COUNTRY. IT IS MADE BY GRATING POTATOES, FRYING THEM IN A SHALLOW PAN AND TOPPING WITH CHEESE, BACON, OR EGGS.
SWITZERLAND
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ENGLISH WRITERS OF HIS TIME, HE WROTE 15 NOVELS, 5 NOVELLAS, AND OVWR 190 SHORT STOREIS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER. BUT IN A TWIST TO NO ONE, I'M ASKING FOR MORE.
CHARLES DICKENS.
THE BEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME, SELLING OVER 70 MILLION COPIES AND WINNING A RECORD BREAKING 8 GRAMMYS IN ONE NIGHT WAS CREATED BY THIS ARTIST.
MICHAEL JACKSON
THESE REPITELS WERE THE FIRST VERTIBRATES TO DEVELOP POWERED FLIGHT. THOUGH DESPITE THEIR NAME, THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY DINOSAURS.
PTEROSAURS (PTERODACTYL)
THE 2000's WORD FOR A VERY CLOSE, NON SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE MEN.
BROMANCE
RED BORSCHT IS THE NATIONAL DISH OF THIS NATION AND HAS BEEN PREPARED IN VARIOUS FORMS AS FAR BACK AS THE 5th CENTURY.
UKRAINE
SAMUEL CLEMENS WROTE UNDER THIS PSEUDONYM, AND IS CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE 'THE FATHER OF AMERICAN LITERATURE'.
MARK TWAIN
THIS 1987 ALBUM IS DAVID BOWIE'S BEST SELLER, CONTAINING SUCH SONGS AS "MODERN LOVE", "CHINA GIRL", AND "WITHOUT YOU"
LET'S DANCE
THE FOSSIL OF THIS ANIMAL PROVED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BIRDS AND DINOSAURS. THE FIRST SUCH SPECEMIN IS CURRENTL ON DISPLAY IN THE BERLIN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
ARCHAEOPTERYX
THIS 2020's NOUN REFERS TO ABNORMALLY ATTRACTIVE BUTTOCKS, USUALLY THOSE OF A WOMAN.
GYATT
MOROCCANS ARE KNOWN TO BE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT THE PREPARATION OF THEIR NATIONAL DISH, INSISTING THE SEMOLINA BASE BE STEAMED OVER A POT OF BOILING VEGTABLES, AND FLUFFED BY HAND FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE SERVING.
COUSCOUS