Vikings
Vikings believed in an afterlife where warriors chosen by Odin went to this hall.
What is Valhalla?
This civil rights pioneer refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This hobbit found the One Ring in Tolkien’s Middle-earth adventures.
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
The acronym “VPN” stands for this, used to secure internet connections.
What is Virtual Private Network?
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Who is John F. Kennedy?
A type of Viking warrior elite said to fight with frenzied strength and little regard for injury.
What is berserkers?
This British chemist’s X-ray diffraction photograph known as “Photo 51” was critical to identifying the structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This adventurous archaeologist wields a whip and has a famous fedora.
Who is Indiana Jones?
This type of display technology, used in many modern smartphones and TVs, allows each pixel to emit its own light.
What is OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)?
“I know words. I have the best words.”
Who is Donald Trump?
Vikings used this system of memory aids, often carved on wood or stone, for storytelling and marking graves.
What are runes or runestones?
This mathematician laid the groundwork for today's computing technology and is famous for decrypting German radio transmissions in WWII.
Who is Alan Turing?
This classic Disney sidekick is a talking insect who guides Pinocchio on his adventures.
Who is Jiminy Cricket?
Quantum computers use these units, which can represent 0, 1, or both simultaneously.
What are qubits?
“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”
Who is Che Guevara?
The Vikings often raided monasteries in this British kingdom, including the famous Lindisfarne raid in 793 AD.
What is Northumbria?
This explorer and naturalist created the foundation of modern geography with his multi-volume work "Kosmos".
Who is Alexander von Humboldt?
This character in "1984" secretly rebels against Big Brother and starts a love affair with Julia.
Who is Winston Smith?
This programming language, developed by Google, is often used for web and mobile app development and shares its name with a type of coffee.
What is Go (or Golang)?
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.”
Who is Marie Curie?
This Icelandic Viking is famous for his travels to North America around the year 1000, well before Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
This mathematician and NASA “human computer” helped calculate the trajectory for the Apollo 11 mission.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This eccentric scientist invents a time-traveling DeLorean in the Back to the Future movies.
Who is Doc Brown?
This reusable rocket, developed by SpaceX, has revolutionized the cost of launching payloads into orbit.
What is the Falcon 9?
“Meine Definition von Glück ist keine Termine und leicht einen sitzen.”
("My definition of happiness is having no appointments and being slightly drunk.")
Who is Harald Juhnke?