French Revolution
The construction and continued renovation of this palace by the Bourbon rulers of France racked up huge expenses, which contributed to the unrest that boiled over in the French Revolution
Palace of Versailles
This composer, often called the GOAT, is additionally remarkable due to his continued composition through substantial hearing loss
Ludwig van Beethoven
The inventor of basketball
James Naismith
This subfamily of trees found along the Pacific coast of California and Oregon includes the largest and tallest trees in the world
Redwoods
This is the capital city of California
Sacramento
This revolutionary became the de facto ruler of France during the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
The Beatles songs "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" were written by this now-deceased member of the group
George Harrison
Purple
As opposed to prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells contain this specialized organelle which contains the cell's DNA
Nucleus
Strait
This revolutionary was known for his radical stances on the revolution and for his debilitating skin condition. He was assassinated in the tub
Jean-Paul Marat
DNA is the acronym for this polymer
Deoxyribonucleic acid
After attempting to flee France dressed as servants, the royal family of Louis XVI was arrested in this city
Varennes
This rapper, active in the 90's and considered an all-time great, took his name in honor of an Incan rebel who resisted Spanish colonial rule
Tupac Shakur; named after Tupac Amaru II
The first broadly-effective antibiotic, developed in 1928 by Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
Name three of the Great Lakes
Eerie, Ontario, Michigan, Huron, Superior
The origin of the phrase "Let them eat cake", often attributed to Marie Antoinette, can be traced back to a book written by this Enlightenment philosopher.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Lizzo attracted controversy last year when she got the chance to play this instrument, once owned by James Madison (I need the instrument and what it was made of)
Crystal flute
The name of the semi-mythical Egyptian architect who eventually came to be revered as a god of medicine
Imhotep
The scientific binomial Nessiteras rhombopteryx was given to this legendary aquatic "monster" despite there being no hard proof of the animal's existence
Loch Ness Monster