Opera
In this Rossini opera, the title character's son, Jemmy is quite the archer himself
What is William Tell?
It's the combined degree total of 2 angles of an equilateral triangle
What is 120?
It's a tradition to leave pennies atop this assassin's tombstone at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Tradition says that St. Priscilla allowed this New Testament figure also called Simon to use her home as his HQ while in Rome
Who is Peter the Apostle?
Tartar Island, just off this continent, is a popular breeding ground for chinstrap penguins
What is Antarctica?
The title of this band's album, "Songs of Innocence", references a Blake poetry collection
Who is U2?
Macchiato means coffee spotted with milk & "Una Macchia" is a Verdi aria about a spot from this Shakespeare woman
Who is Lady Macbeth?
A rectangular solid with the dimensions 5 by 6 by 7 inches has this volume in cubic inches
What is 210?
In 1984 two of her Sikh bodyguards shot her outside her home in New Delhi
Who is Indira Gandhi?
This Nobel Prize winner reached the ranks of the blessed in the church's then shortest time & was canonized in 2016
Who is Mother Teresa?
This community in southeastern Pennsylvania gave its name to a convenience store chain very big in Penn. & nearby
What is Wawa?
The name of this band fronted by Jim Morrison comes from a Blake passage via Aldous Huxley
What are the Doors?
In a Bela Bartok opera, Judith comes to live in this man's "Castle" & discovers its room of his previous wives
Who is Bluebeard?
It's the product of 32 x 42
What is 144?
In 1977 this convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. escaped from prison but was recaptured after 54 hours
Who is James Earl Ray?
On May 30, 1431 the English threw her ashes into the Seine River
Who is Joan of Arc?
The name of this German spa town means "baths-baths"
What is Baden-Baden?
Replicant Roy Batty adapts a passage from Blake's book "America, a Prophecy" in this futuristic film set in 2019 Los Angeles
What is Blade Runner?
The first Paris production of this composer, an 1861 "Tannhäuser", was a debacle due to dog whistles (the audible kind)
Who is Richard Wagner?
3 out of every 5 members of a club voted yes; if 75 voted, this many were not in favor
What is 30?
Just days after stabbing Jean-Paul Marat through the heart, she lost her head on the guillotine
Who is Charlotte Corday?
The sixth station of the cross is this saint "wipes the face of Jesus"; tradition says she used her veil
Who is Saint Veronica?
A port city on Tutuila Island, Pago Pago is the capital of this U.S. territory in the South Pacific
What is American Samoa?
A chapter that follows Rorschach in this graphic novel draws inspiration from William Blake's poem "The Tyger"
What is Watchmen?
Anna Netrebko shot to world fame as Donna Anna in a va-va-voom 2002 production of this Mozart opera
What is Don Giovanni?
The area of a circle with a radius of 8 equals this amount
What is 64𝝅?
In 222 eccentric Roman emperor Elagabalus was assassinated by this group that was supposed to protect him
What is the Praetorian Guard?
This Italian-born patron saint of immigrants came to New York City in 1889 to help immigrants
Who is Mother Cabrini?
In this Asian country, the Phi Phi islands are an island group between Phuket & the Straits of Malacca
What is Thailand?
Francis Dolarhyde is obsessed with a Blake painting in "Red Dragon" by this author
Who is Thomas Harris?